EOH3101 PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL

HEALTH

SEMESTER I 2014/2015

First meeting06 September 2014

Coordinator / Lecturer

Dr. Shaharuddin Mohd ShamDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Universiti Putra Malaysia

Room no. : P1C11, blok Pensyarah

Email: shaha@upm.edu.my

Fb: Din Sham

NAMA KURSUS : PRINSIP KESIHATAN PERSEKITARAN (Principles of Environmental Health)

KOD KURSUS : EOH 3101 KREDIT : 3 (3+0)

JUMLAH JAM : 116PEMBELAJARANPELAJAR

PRASYARAT : Tiada

HASIL : Pelajar akan dapat:PEMBELAJARAN

• Meneroka hubungan di antara aspek prinsip kesihatan manusia dengan prinsip persekitaran. (C6)

• Membincangkan masalah kesihatan fizikal dan mental yang berpunca daripada perubahan persekitaran termasuk perubahan fizikal dan sosial. (P3, CTPS)

• Menerangkan langkah pencegahan dan kaedah yang digunakan di dalam kesihatan persekitaran dan komuniti. (A3, LL)

SINOPSIS : Kursus ini menumpukan kepada prinsip salingkait kesihatan dan persekitaran, impak pembangunan fizikal dan caragaya hidup terhadap kesihatan, perubahan tren dan keadaan penyakit dan kepentingan pembangunan kekalan di dalam pencegahan dan pengawalan masalah kesihatan persekitaran.

(This course focuses on the principles in interrelationship of health and the environment, impact of development, physical environment and life styles and health, changes in disease trend and state and the importance of sustainable development in the prevention and control of environmental health.)

COURSE CONTENTSChapter Title

1 Introduction to environmental health

2 Impact of development to the environment and health

3 Factors relating to changes in the physical environment

Part 1: Water quality and pollutionPart 2: Air quality and pollutionPart 3: SanitationPart 4: Food safetyPart 5: Microorganisms, virus and bacteria

4 Laws and rules regarding pollution and health

5 Social aspects in environmental health

6 Community health and relationship with environmental health

7 Environmental health issues

Part 1: Environmental hormonesPart 2: Heavy metal contaminationPart 3: Ozone layer depletionPart 4: HazePart 5: Cancer

8 ISO14000, Environmental Management System (EMS), Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and corporate environmentalism

ASSESSMENTS / EXAMSNo.

Week

Type of assessment Percentage

Last day for UPMET to receive assignme

nt

1. 1 – 7 Assignment I 10% W510 Oct 2014

2. 8 – 12

Test II 20%

3. 1 – 14

Assignment II 30% W1205 Dec 2014

4. Final examination 40%

Total 100%

REFERENCESMorgan, M.T. (1993). Environmental Health. Dubuque: Wm. C Brown Communications, Inc.

Raven, P.H. And Berg, L.R. (2004). Environment (4th Edition). Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Moeller, D. W. (2004). Environmental Health (6th Edition). Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Frumkin, H. (2010). Environmental Health: From Global to Local (2nd Edition). San Francisco: John Wiley and Sons.

Friis, R. H. (2007). Essentials of Environmental Health (1st Edition). Sudbury: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

Conant, J. and Fadem, P. (2008). A Community Guide to Environmental Health (1st Edition). Berkeley: Hesperian Foundation.

Yassi, A., Kjellstrom, T., Kok, T.D. and Guidotti, T. (2001). Basic Environmental Health (1st Edition). New York: Oxford University Press.