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Disease Prevention and Management

Postgraduate | ACU-PUBH631 | 2021

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Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
13 weeks

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Disease Prevention and Management

About this subject

  • On successful completion of the Disease Prevention and Management unit, students should be able to:

    1. Demonstrate specialised knowledge of disease prevention and management strategies, and emergency/disaster responses, in the context of public health practice
    2. Distinguish between different types of prevention and management strategies and decide on their applicability to particular diseases or circumstances
    3. Critique specific policies, interventions and service models in relation to disease prevention and management strategies and emergency/disaster responses
    4. Evaluate the long-term impact of disease prevention and management strategies at a community or population level
    5. Apply program management approaches to disease prevention and management strategies used in public health
    6. Design a disease prevention or management strategy that appropriately responds to an assessed need and integrates knowledge of program management approaches

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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