Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Public and Allied Health

Learning Methods

Lecture

Module Offerings

5002ENVCPH-SEP-CTY

Aims

To provide students with the relevant skills to identify, select and assess the effectiveness of a range of environmental health interventions and enforcement options within the key Environmental Health areas of environmental protection.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Interpret the relevant legislation, including codes of practice, policies and strategies at National and European level.
2.
Assess the factors which influence the implementation, investigation and enforcement of environmental protection interventions
3.
Identify the key principles associated with environmental protection

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Introduction to the underlying principles of environmental hazards and risks including the range of biological, chemical, physical social and psychological stressors that may act upon the physical, social and human worlds. The quantification, assessment and management of stressors within areas of Environmental Public Health Government policies and statutory instruments for health protection, including an understanding of their impacts on the environment and human health.
Module Overview:
This module provides you with the relevant skills to identify, select and assess the effectiveness of a range of environmental health interventions and enforcement options within the key Environmental Health areas of environmental protection. Health protection aims to anticipate chemical, physical and social hazards and develop interventions to protect the public's health. Environmental health practitioners are involved in the practice of these approaches and you will explore how these approaches are used and evaluate their effectiveness.
Additional Information:Health protection aims to anticipate chemical, physical and social hazards and develop interventions to protect the public’s health. Environmental health practitioners are involved in the practice of these approaches and we will explore how these approaches are used and evaluate their effectiveness.

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