Communicable Disease Control
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours Face to Face + Blended
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
| Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Aims and objectives
This unit provides students with an understanding of the nature and scope of communicable diseases, including identification, control and contemporary management techniques.
1. Explain the relationship between immunology and immunisation
2. Contrast the major transmission routes for communicable diseases of public health importance
3. Apply the principles of public health surveillance and epidemiology in relation to investigating communicable disease outbreaks
4. Explain the legislative frameworks for preventing and controlling communicable diseases in Australia
5. Analyse the human and environmental factors that contribute to the emergence of new communicable diseases
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
2. Contrast the major transmission routes for communicable diseases of public health importance
3. Apply the principles of public health surveillance and epidemiology in relation to investigating communicable disease outbreaks
4. Explain the legislative frameworks for preventing and controlling communicable diseases in Australia
5. Analyse the human and environmental factors that contribute to the emergence of new communicable diseases
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
On Campus Lecture | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| On Campus Tutorial | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Specified Learning Activities | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 7.5 | 12 | 90 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Unit Learning Outcomes ULOs |
| Mid-Semester Test | Individual | 40% | 1, 2 |
| Assignment 1 | Individual | 25% | 3, 4 |
| Assignment 2 | Individual | 35% | 2, 4, 5 |
Content
• The immune system
• Vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases
• Immunisation requirements and procedures in Australia
• Social determinants of health and vaccination
• Principles of epidemiology and outbreak investigation
• Communicable disease surveillance
• Public health legislation and notifiable diseases
• Principles of infection control in skin penetration premises
• Emerging communicable diseases
• Vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases
• Immunisation requirements and procedures in Australia
• Social determinants of health and vaccination
• Principles of epidemiology and outbreak investigation
• Communicable disease surveillance
• Public health legislation and notifiable diseases
• Principles of infection control in skin penetration premises
• Emerging communicable diseases
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline.