Overview
This course involves a systematic examination of the health status of the Canadian population. It asks, What are the common illnesses affecting the general population, and how can we minimize them through community action? This course examines the major communicable and non-communicable diseases. It also examines food and nutrition, health care and the elderly, environmental health, and occupational health and safety. The course sums up with a community health planning model with strategies, program design, and population targets. Community health planning is the process whereby we look at what is causing ill health in a community/specific group of the population, and then design and implement cost effective prevention plans.
Outline
The ten major topics in the course are:
- the health status of Canadians and the nature of health care in Canada.
- public health planning.
- communicable diseases.
- non–communicable diseases.
- First Nations health.
- food and nutrition.
- health care and the elderly.
- environmental health.
- occupational health.
- national public health issues in the twenty–first century.
Evaluation
To receive credit for HADM 336,you must achieve a course composite grade of at least D (50 percent). The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| Activity | Weight | Complete by |
| Quiz 1 | 10% | after Unit 2 |
| Tutor-marked Exercise 1 | 15% | after Unit 4 |
| Quiz 2 | 10% | after Unit 5 |
| Quiz 3 | 10% | after Unit 7 |
| Tutor-marked Exercise 2 | 15% | after Unit 10 |
| Term Paper | 40% | after Unit 10 |
| Total | 100% | |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University鈥檚 online Calendar.
Materials
Digital course materials
Links to the following course materials will be made available in the course:
Shah, C. P. (2003). Public Health and Preventive Medicine in Canada (5th ed.). Toronto: Elsevier.
Challenge for credit
Overview
The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.
Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Evaluation
To receive credit for the HADM 336 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least C- (60 percent)on the examination.
| Activity | Weight |
| Online Examination | 100% |
| Total | 100% |
Challenge for credit course registration form