Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Public Health Threats
UndergraduateLTU-PHE20052025
Course information for 2025 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 20 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Start dates
- 28 July 2025
- Price from
- $1,164
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Public Health Threats
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Identify and explain social, cultural, and ecological determinants shaping health, well-being and equity in communities and populations.
- Communicate public health threats, disasters, and emergencies in relation to the determinants of health, well-being, and equity, collaboratively and individually.
- Discuss the intersection between the environment, public health disasters and emergencies, the health of populations and the factors that influence responses.
- Analyse frameworks used by public health practitioners in day-to-day practice and as responses to public health threats, disasters, and emergencies.
- Introduction and review of relevant theories
- Climate change
- Hydrometeorological and geophysical emergencies
- Biological emergencies
- Technological emergencies
- Societal emergencies
- Gender and emergencies
- Mental health and emergencies
- The Emergency Management Cycle
- Public Health Communication
- Global and local responses to emergencies
This subject explores social, cultural and ecological determinants shaping health in communities and populations. You will examine critical social factors such as education, occupation, social class, gender, ethnicity and culture as a basis for understanding how social structures, practices and processes influence health, well-being and equity. You will gain an understanding of the interrelationships between people, other species, natural and built environments, human health and public health practice. Responses to public health risks and disruptions, such as climate change, natural disasters and emergencies, will be explored as well as the role of public health professionals in their prevention, management, mitigation and adaptation. You will be introduced to the frameworks that public health practitioners use to contribute to a socially and ecologically sustainable world, and to improve human health.
- Online multi-choice quiz (400 words equivalent) (10%)
- Online multi-choice quiz (400 words equivalent) (10%)
- One 1,500-word individual written assessment (40%)
- Online multi-choice quiz (400 words equivalent) (10%)
- One 15-minute presentation including design of a poster (1,050 words equivalent per student), 3 members per team (30%)
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Entry requirements
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
one of
- LTU-PHE1UHW-Understanding Health And Wellbeing
- LTU-PHE1SDH-Social Determinants of Health
- LTU-PHE1005-Principles of Public Health
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
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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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Health Sciences
UndergraduateLAT-AHS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-ART-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-HSC-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-BUS-DEG
Bachelor of Information Technology
UndergraduateLAT-TEC-DEG
Bachelor of Psychological Science
UndergraduateLAT-PYS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-CYS-DEG
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