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LANGUAGES
English
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
This course is a study of the environment and provides the learner with the opportunity to understand the dynamics of how environmental factors integrate with agent and host factors in the causation, prevention and control of disease in human populations.
- Introduce the concepts of health, disease, environment, behavior and risk
- Describe major environmental risks
- Describe the main health risks at work
- Discuss the determinants of home environment safety
- Explain applied aspects of environmental and occupational health