Unit Code: EVH507

Unit Name: Prevention and Control of Diseases

Description: The purpose of this course is to provide training for students for understanding and managing the environmental public health aspects of diseases at a level required for application in the communities while working with other public and clinical health workers. The course will help students acquire basic skills in identifying and understanding reservoirs, origins, transmission and progression of diseases. Students develop skills in identifying the risk factors and to apply appropriate levels of interventions required and participate with response teams in applying various intervention methods to control disease.

Learning Target Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 1 List and describe Infectious, Non-communicable Diseases and Mental Health Issues of Environmental Public Health importance. 2 Explain the concepts of life-cycles and transmission of Infectious Disease (ID) agents including NCD, MH etc. 3 Explain risk factors and progression for Non-communicable Diseases (NCD) including Mental Health. 4 Discuss primary, secondary, tertiary intervention and control of ID, NCD and MH with ethics considerations. 5 Discuss the use of epidemiology, statistics and ethics to understand and manage ID and NCD.

Prerequisite: PBH505

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 2