Global health and infectious diseases (U04423)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HEA-3-GH&ID(UG)

This course will provide students with an understanding of infectious disease in a global policy context and with an awareness of the theory and practice of their control and prevention. It examines the theory underlying infectious disease control, including the agents and their transmission routes, infectivity, host susceptibility, transmission dynamics, incidence, and prevalence. It will examine the epidemiology of infectious diseases and their global disease burden, and assess major contemporary strategies for the control of these diseases. The course will examine key principles in infectious disease control including outbreak management and surveillance methods. It will assess both the principles underlying vaccination and immunisation and the methods for monitoring and evaluating immunisation programmes. The course will enable students to develop strategies for the control of infectious disease, and to plan and evaluate infectious disease control programmes.

Entry Requirements

? Prohibited combinations : Communicable Disease Control and Environmental Health P00930

Subject Areas

Home subject area

International Public Health Policy, (School of Health in Social Science, Schedule D)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students will be able to:
- demonstrate a detailed understanding of the significance of infectious diseases in global public health and of the transmission methods and epidemiology of key infectious diseases
- access key data resources for infectious disease control
- evaluate the principles of investigation, control and prevention of infectious diseases
- understand the principles and role of surveillance in identifying infectious disease priorities for a population and monitoring control strategies
- understand the principles of investigating an outbreak
- assess the different options for the control of infectious diseases
- understand the principles underlying vaccination and immunisation and critically assess methods for monitoring and evaluating immunisation programmes
- develop strategies for the control of infectious disease and evaluate infectious disease control programmes.