MPH5207 · Chronic disease: Epidemiology and prevention

Overview

Chronic non-communicable diseases represent a major global public health challenge. They affect lives of people, their families and communities. This unit provides learners with an overview of surveillance of chronic diseases, social determinants of and risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases. Learners will discuss epidemiology and strategies for prevention of major chronic disease groups impacting Australia including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, respiratory disease, musculoskeletal disorders, mental illness and injury. Learners will gain practical skills for describing the epidemiology and burden of chronic diseases, assessing risk factors and analysing strategies for chronic disease prevention.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment tasks. Failure of any hurdle assessment task may result in failure of the unit

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Describe the epidemiology and burden of chronic diseases in Australia
2. Evaluate methods to measure the health impact of chronic diseases
3. Assess risk factors and causal pathways leading to important chronic diseases.
4. Examine the influence of social and economic factors on chronic diseases
5. Analyse strategies for the public health control of chronic diseases.
6. Evaluate the role of public health evidence in the control of chronic diseases.

Workload

6 hours of teacher-directed learning activities per week, and 6 hours of self-directed study per week, plus 2 on-campus Block Days.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.