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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Communicable Disease Control

  • Unit Code

    HST2184

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit covers a variety of communicable disease of public health significance. Causative agents, disease vectors and modes of transmission are explored in order to devise appropriate environmental health best practice interventions to contain the spread of disease.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply appropriate environmental management strategies to control disease vectors.
  2. Describe causative organism, mode of transmission, symtoms and prognosis of a range of communicable diseases.
  3. Describe the relationship between communicable diseases and environmental health.
  4. Discuss issues related to anti-microbial resistance, climate change, emerging communicable diseases, international disease control measures and quarrantine.
  5. Engage in the management of communicable diseases among Indigenous Australians.
  6. Identify reservoirs of infection of a range of communicable diseases of public health significance.
  7. Implement appropriate control strategies and manage an inter-sectoral team based approach to contain the spread of communicable diseases.

Unit Content

  1. Air borne diseases
  2. Antimicrobial resistance
  3. Arthropod borne diseases
  4. Climate change and health
  5. Food borne diseases
  6. Groups at risk, with particular reference to Indigenous Australians.
  7. International health
  8. Introduction to communicable disease.
  9. Parasites and disease.
  10. Review of microbiology.
  11. Sexually transmitted infections
  12. Water borne diseases
  13. Zoonotic diseases

Additional Learning Experience Information

Internal Lectures, case studies, small group activities, guest lecturers and discussions. External E-learning course work and activities are provided through MyECU and supported by a tutor.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Assignmentliterature review20%
Projectcase study30%
ExaminationEnd of semester exam50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Assignmentliterature review 20%
Projectcase study30%
ExaminationEnd of semester exam50%

Text References

  • ^ Heymann, DL. (2008). Control of communicable diseases (19th ed.). Washington: American Public Health Association.
  • Connolly, MA. (2005). Communicable disease control in emergencies; A field Manual. Geneva: WHO.
  • World Health Organisation. (2010). Urbanisation and communicable disease. Geneva: WHO.
  • World Health Organisation. (2002). Integrated approach in the control of communicable diseases. Geneva: WHO.

Journal References

  • International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Journal of Environmental Health
  • International Journal of Environmental Health
  • Environmental Health Review, Australia
  • Medical Journal of Australia
  • Australian Journal of Public Health
  • Environmental Health

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Communicable Disease Control

  • Unit Code

    HST2184

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit covers a variety of communicable disease of public health significance. Causative agents, disease vectors and modes of transmission are explored in order to devise appropriate environmental health best practice interventions to contain the spread of disease.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply appropriate environmental management strategies to control disease vectors.
  2. Describe causative organism, mode of transmission, symtoms and prognosis of a range of communicable diseases.
  3. Describe the relationship between communicable diseases and environmental health.
  4. Discuss issues related to anti-microbial resistance, climate change, emerging communicable diseases, international disease control measures and quarrantine.
  5. Engage in the management of communicable diseases among Indigenous Australians.
  6. Identify reservoirs of infection of a range of communicable diseases of public health significance.
  7. Implement appropriate control strategies and manage an inter-sectoral team based approach to contain the spread of communicable diseases.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction to communicable disease.
  2. Vaccine Preventable Diseases
  3. Communicable disease surveillance systems
  4. Climate change and health
  5. Antimicrobial resistance
  6. Review of microbiology.
  7. Groups at risk, with particular reference to Indigenous Australians.
  8. Zoonotic diseases
  9. Vector borne diseases
  10. Parasites and fungal disease.
  11. Food and water borne diseases
  12. Air borne diseases
  13. Blood borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections

Additional Learning Experience Information

Internal Lectures, case studies, small group activities, guest lecturers and discussions. External E-learning course work and activities are provided through Blackboard and supported by a tutor.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Assignmentliterature review30%
Presentationcase study20%
ExaminationEnd of semester exam50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Assignmentliterature review 30%
Presentationcase study20%
ExaminationEnd of semester exam50%

Text References

  • ^ Heymann, DL. (2014). Control of communicable diseases (20th ed.). Washington: American Public Health Association.
  • Hawker, J. (2012). Communicable disease control and health protection handbook (3rd ed.). Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. http://library.ecu.edu.au/record=b2216411 ">http://library.ecu.edu.au/record=b2216411">http://library.ecu.edu.au/record=b2216411
  • Connolly, MA. (2005). Communicable disease control in emergencies; A field Manual. Geneva: WHO. http://www.who.int/diseasecontrol_emergencies/publications/9241546166/en/ ">http://www.who.int/diseasecontrol_emergencies/publications/9241546166/en/">http://www.who.int/diseasecontrol_emergencies/publications/9241546166/en/ Note: Seminal Reference.
  • Humanitarian Response. (2015). Communicable Disease Control Guidelines. https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/operations/iraq/document/communicable-diseases-control-guidelines ">https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/operations/iraq/document/communicable-diseases-control-guidelines">https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/operations/iraq/document/communicable-diseases-control-guidelines

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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