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Slide 1 Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Bachelor of Science Population Health Major 2012 Jane Heyworth jane.heyworth@uwa.edu.au

Slide 2 Majors in Bachelor of Science • Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing • Marine Science • Agricultural Science • Mathematics and Statistics • Anatomy and Human Biology • Microbiology and Immunology • Applied Computing • Natural Resource Management • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology • Neuropsychology and Cognitive Science • Biomedical Science • Neuroscience • Botany • Pathology and Laboratory Medicine • Chemistry • Pharmacology • Computer Science • Physics • Conservation Biology • Physiology • Engineering Science • Population Health • Environmental Science • Quantitative Methods • Exercise and Health • Science Communication • Genetics • Sports Science • Geography • Zoology • Geology FMDHS majors in blue You can takes these as a degree – specific majors or as a second major apart from: Biomedical Science- double major, offered jointly with FLPS. Science communication – second major only.

Slide 3 Degree-specific majors • If you take any of these majors as degree-specific majors, you will need to also take the complementary units, where they exist. This slide is optional, but useful.

Slide 4 What is Population Health? • Three P’s: – Protect, Promote, Prevent • Promote good health • Prevent ill-health • Protect from hazards – How? By thinking about what factors lead to ill- health or promote good health. – And how we can manage these. You may want to look at this Youtube to hear of students’ experience with public health http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpu42LmLo4U&featur e=related Population health plays an important role in protecting people’s health and well-being and improving the conditions and behaviours that affect the health of each and every one of us. Population health fights against deadly contagious diseases and promotes healthier lifestyles. Our health is determined not only by our genes and personal choices, but also by the environment around us. Population health looks at the ecology of health – from social networks and economic circumstances to our environment – and then minimises health risks. From ‘No Smoking' signs to immunization clinics, from healthy food choices to bike paths, population health is all around us – protecting our health by safeguarding the places where we live, work, and play. Population health efforts allow us to save lives and improve health of people around the world. The global world in which we live allows diseases to move rapidly from a remote village to far-away cities and countries. Poor sanitation and a lack of health resources lead to major health problems in developing countries. Obesity and increasing sedentary lifestyle lead to chronic health conditions in developed countries. Population Health focuses on preventing this unnecessary illness and death and so reducing our healthcare costs. An exciting aspect about a career in population health is that it is constantly changing. It continually presents new challenges and allows you to work at the cutting edge of the nation’s public health issues. Some of the career opportunities i n population health include: health promotion officer; health policy advisor, epidemiologist, health researcher, health project officers, health scientist, health communication specialist, health administrators and when combined with economics, health economist.

Slide 5 What you learn in the Population Health major

Slide 6 What is in the Population Health major • Year 1 What are the health – Health and Illness in Human Populations issues? – Health and Globalisation • Year 2 How do we know? – Foundations of Epidemiology and What can we do to Biostatistics prevent? – Disease prevention and control – Aboriginal Health – Communication and project planning in health • Year 3 How can we promote health through – Health Industry Leadership – Health Promotion environment, – Health Systems & Policy systems and – Health Research Design & Methods research? Year 1 What are the health issues locally and globally? Student get a solid ground in Year 1 about local and global health issues and challenges Years 2 and 3 Address how do we research these? How do we prevent these Complementary units Ab health C&PPin Health – specific focus on communication skills – but embedded right throughout Solid grounding in both research and communication

Slide 7 In what ways can you study Population Health ? • As a single major in the BSc Degree • With another major from Science – (as a I st or 2 nd major) • I st major with another major from Arts, Design or Commerce • As a second major in B Arts, B Design or B Com.

Slide 8 Population Health Major Course study plan You can download course study plans from http:// handbooks- 2012.weboffice.uwa.edu.au/undergraduate/newcourses2012/about/study_plan Scroll down and make your selections from the drop down menus, then click ‘ go ’ . Click on the relevant search result link and a course plan will pop up on your screen. Click on ‘ pdf for printing ’ . On a PC: hold down ‘ Ctrl ’ and ‘ Print Scrn ’ , then go to the Powerpoint slide and paste the picture in. You will then need to use the cropping tool to select the part of the picture you wish to display. You can find the cropping tool by going to ‘ View/Toolbars/Picture ’ . On a Mac: hold down ‘ Command Shift 4 ’ to take a snapshot of the part of the screen you need. This will download a file on your desktop. Open the file, copy the snapshot then go to the Powerpoint slide and paste the snapshot in. TIP: zoom in on the screen before you copy the picture. This will generally give you a clearer result.

Slide 9 Population Health Major Example of First Year Study Plan with Exercise and Health as 2 nd major Elective or core units Core units for the Broadening units for second major Population Health major Elective or core units for a second major This option also allows ANHB or Exercise and Health as majora Population health fits well with pharmacology - good basis for a career in toxicology or evaluating health technologies. Population health fits well with pathology – career in health research

Slide 10 Population Health and Economics Core units for the Broadening/elective units Core units for Population Health (Cat A broadening unit second major major required) There is a shortage of health economists and this combination will allow you to do majors in pop health and economics.

Slide 11 Population Health Major First Year Study Plan core units for the core units for Population Health second major Elective units major Broadening units

Slide 12 6 main areas Scope of opportunities is wide ranging.

Slide 13 What occupations will a Population health major lead to? Which Areas?

Slide 14 What about broadening units? If you are not taking a science major as your degree-specific major here is a list of units you can take as Category A broadening units …

Slide 15 Cat A Broadening units offered by FMDHS • IMED2200 Mental Wellbeing for Today's World • PHAR1110 Drugs that Changed the World • PUBH1102 Health and Globalisation • PUBH2209 Plagues, Pox and Pandemics: the History of Death and Disease • SCIE2100 Social Responsibility in Action http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/ ANHB1102Human Biology II: Being Human ANHB2215Biological Anthropology: Human Adaptation and Variation SSEH2230The Spirit of Sport ANHB3321Biological Anthropology: Genes and Society

Slide 16 Cat A Broadening units from the Science Faculties • ANHB1102 Human Biology II: • ENSC1001 Engineering Being Human Challenges in a Global World • ANHB2215 Biological • ENSC2601 A Critical Theory of Anthropology: Human Technological Development Adaptation and Variation • MATH1601 Mathematics, • ANHB3321 Biological Culture and Everyday Life Anthropology: Genes and • PLNG1101 Geographies of Society Global Cities • EART1105 The Dynamic Planet • STAT1520 Economic and • EART1108 Globalisation, Business Statistics Environment and • SSEH2230 The Spirit of Sport Development • ECON1120 Environmental Economics

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