Principles of protecting human health from environmental hazards and application to environmental health practice in New Zealand. Strong emphasis on developing conceptual, analytical and field-based skills for health protection.
This paper covers the principles of health protection (HP) and their application to
environmental health practice in New Zealand. Topics studied include: an overview
of the important environmental hazards and diseases affecting New Zealand and our
region; water and air quality; food safety; indoor and work environments; infectious
disease control; and environmental health emergencies. There will be a strong emphasis
on developing critical skills for HP, including: environmental epidemiology; risk
assessment and management; basic toxicology; HP law; HP practice to reduce health
inequalities; HP indicators; public health surveillance; outbreak investigation; cluster
investigation; emergency management; environmental research methods; and effective
use of evidence.
View the PUBH 734 -
Health Protection video for more information.
| Paper title | Health Protection |
|---|---|
| Paper code | PUBH734 |
| Subject | Public Health |
| EFTS | 0.1250 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period | 1st Non standard period (24 February 2020 - 9 April 2020) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $1,428.75 |
| International Tuition Fees (NZD) | $5,181.50 |
- Limited to
- MA, MHealSc, MPH, MSc, DPH, PGDipArts, PGDipHealSc, PGDipPHC, PGCertPH, PGCertPHC
- Notes
- (i) PGCertPHC and PGDipPHC students require approval from the Board of Studies in Primary Health Care to enrol for this paper. (ii) Includes one field day in Wellington. (iii) This paper runs for the second half of first semester. (iv) Please note that from 2019, this paper will be offered in the first half of the first semester.
- Eligibility
- Students who have completed an undergraduate degree in any discipline or recognised equivalent
- Contact
Department of Public Health, Wellington campus: publichealth.uow@otago.ac.nz
- More information link
- View more information on postgraduate studies in Public Health
- Teaching staff
- Professor Michael Baker (Overall Convenor)
Associate Professor Simon Hales - Paper Structure
Individual sessions will include coverage of:
- Introductory concepts - the nature of HP, hazard and risk
- Frameworks and methodologies
- HP practice in New Zealand
- HP in outdoor environments
- HP in the workplace
- HP in the home
- Infectious diseases and HP
Assessments:
- One assignment (in two parts) - 50%
- Five webinar-based quiz assessments - 50%
- Teaching Arrangements
Distance taught - Monday afternoon webinar sessions, 4pm - 6pm
Compulsory, full-day field trip in Wellington - DATE TBC (tentatively scheduled for Monday 4 March)- Textbooks
Text to be confirmed. Please contact the Department: publichealth.uow@otago.ac.nz
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical
thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy, Information literacy,
Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
- Students who successfully complete the paper will
- Understand the principles of environmental health practice, environmental epidemiology and environmental health risk assessment and management, with particular reference to New Zealand's HP framework
- Understand and apply the major tools available to prevent or minimise environmental hazards and diseases
- Understand and apply the major HP tools available to control and respond to important environmental health hazards and associated diseases
