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TM5550:03
Rural and Remote Environmental Health
Dr D Canyon (Coordinator).
A multidisciplinary community-based subject that will equip health professionals to influence, plan and manage changes at the community level that will contribute to reducing the incidence and impact of environmental health risks in rural, remote and Indigenous communities. Social and environmental injustice pervades rural and remote Australia with devastating effects leading to a vast disparity in the disease burden as compared to urban areas. This subject provides information on existing environmental risk factors and develops skills, knowledge and competency in the areas of management and planning which will provide the confidence required to undertake leadership roles in this area. Areas to be examined are health issues relating to rural, remote and Indigenous settings, use of appropriate settlement design to achieve definite health improvements and issues related to rural industry and emergency situations.
to understand the extent of health problems related to rural and remote environmental conditions and to develop the ability to critically analyse and evaluate the claims, evidence and arguments relating to social justice;
to learn about environmental issues relating to health in the mining industry and public health engineering requirements relating to rural, remote and Indigenous communities in normal and emergency situations;