PHH3041 Disease prevention and control
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
PHH3041 Disease prevention and control is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at South Africa. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- South Africa
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2022 entry.
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Requisites
Before PHH3041
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After PHH3041
No unit lists PHH3041 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: HSC3041
Prerequisites: HSC2141 or PHH2141
Overview
This unit focuses on prevention and control of communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases. Topics include principles of infection, outbreaks, public health control measures such as tobacco smoking, obesity, hypertension and current issues in disease prevention and control. Public health control measures discussed may include surveillance, modelling, immunisation, antimicrobial therapies, infection control, vector control, screening and risk factor management. These topics are illustrated using relevant examples of communicable diseases such as vaccine-preventable diseases (e.g. influenza); vector-borne diseases (e.g., malaria), food-borne diseases (e.g., salmonella) and sexually transmitted infections (e.g. Syphilis). Epidemiological, social, and political perspectives are also discussed.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | South Africa | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Identify the distinguishing epidemiological features of infectious diseases.
- 2
Explain how communicable infections are spread.
- 3
Interpret epidemiological data on disease surveillance and disease outbreaks.
- 4
Apply principles of communicable disease prevention to a range of scenarios, and identify which public health prevention and control strategies are appropriate for different diseases.
- 5
Design and evaluate disease surveillance and control programs.
- 6
Describe the role of social and political factors in disease prevention and control.
- 7
Explore similarities and differences in prevention and control strategies for non-communicable diseases and communicable diseases.
Workload and teaching
3 contact hours per week PLUS 9 hours of private study hours per week.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Mrs Nwamaka Nwogwugwu
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Natasha Khamisa
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for PHH3041?
PHH3041 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is PHH3041 offered?
In 2020, PHH3041 runs in Semester 1 at South Africa.