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PUBH5510: Healthy ageing and fall prevention
2025 unit information
This unit comprises a series of online lectures and discussions followed by a 2 day face-to-face workshop. The unit aims to teach students about the demography, epidemiology and economics of population ageing in Australia and globally, and about common health conditions that impact on healthy ageing, including dementia, frailty and falls, and the evidence regarding prevention and management of these health conditions. This unit will also include teaching about the structure and role of health and aged care services. The 2 day workshop will focus on fall prevention, from the epidemiology and economic cost of falls to fall risk factors and evidence-based strategies for the prevention of falls and physical activity strategies for healthy ageing, areas of particular expertise in the School of Public Health.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Public Health |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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PUBH5419 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. develop a deep understanding of the demography, epidemiology, and economics of population ageing in Australia and globally
- LO2. develop a deep understanding of common health conditions that impact healthy ageing
- LO3. understand how to use evidence to develop effective fall prevention programs
- LO4. understand the role of physical activity for healthy ageing, and the different approaches needed to encourage a more active society.
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2025
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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