Health and Disease

Overview

This unit will provide an understanding of health and disease. The unit investigates the major diseases and infections that affect humans at different stages of life, including the increased prevalence of major diseases, their causes and progression. The different preventative and treatment approaches at both, individual and population level will also be explored to ensure that students understand how differing biological, psychological, social and cultural factors impact on health and disease

Learning outcomes

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Assessment

Content

• Concepts in epidemiology and population health.
• Measures of growth, development, health, disease burden, disability and injury.
• Major sources of disease, disability and injury across the life span including: aetiology, pathogenesis/pathophysiology and course.
• The relationships between health, disease, and human development at critical life stages.
• Biological, psychological, social, and cultural factors that influence growth, development, health and disease across the life course.
• Individual and population level interventions to address common diseases.