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National Centre Epidemiology & Population Health · ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy
This course is offered in two modes: online and in person. Please select the correct class number for the relevant mode of delivery when enrolling. This course examines the fundamental concepts in environmental health, health needs assessment, and environmental risk assessment and management. This will include a range of environmental risks, including water and food quality, sanitation, air quality, occupational health, environmental toxicology and the built environment. This course will also examine the pathways through which climate change is likely to influence human health. These include the likely health effects of rising ambient temperatures, shifting patterns of vector-borne and food-borne diseases, physical and mental health risks of extreme weather events, potential food and water insecurity, occupational health risks, and the likely impacts of climate change on health equity, vulnerability and resilience. This course will provide an introduction to research methodologies used to examine the relationships between environment and health, and examine the determinants and management of health protection. The emphasis will be on understanding the literature linking environment to health, the assessment of health risks and benefits associated with environmental factors, and the evaluation of frameworks designed to protect public health, including the risks and benefits associated with current and future climate change.
Short answer response
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5
Risk assessment essay
Learning outcomes 2, 3, 4
Risk communication plan
Learning outcomes 4, 5
Risk analysis oral presentation
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
The expected workload will consist of approximately 130 hours throughout the semester including: - Face-to-face component (either in-person or online) which may consist of one 2-hour lecture per week throughout the semester. - Approximately 10 hours per week of self-directed study, including course readings and assignments. Throughout the course, the emphasis will be on understanding the relationship between environmental risks and human health, interpreting published works in the area and synthesising and analysing the strength of the evidence. Lectures and small group discussions will be used to facilitate learning and provide opportunities to explore specific topics in more detail. Other Information Please note this is a master degree course, undergraduate students cannot enrol into this course unless you have an approved vertical double degree (VDD) study plan.
There are no prescribed texts for POPH8318. Course readings will be posted to the Wattle site on a weekly basis.