Health protection (5 cr)

Objective

You can carry out risk-based supervision and you know the regulations concerning health protection. You can give instructions in fault and special situations.
You know how health protection supervision is organized in Finland and what roles and responsibilities each organization has.
You can identify and evaluate the impacts of different procedures on humans, health and environment.

Content

How to act in cases of food or water based epidemics? How to report on epidemics? How to prepare for the impacts of climate change maintaining the targets of environment and health protection? How do the roles of occupational health and safety and health protection supervision differ and what kind of cooperation is there?

Course material

Kestävä ja ketterä ympäristöterveys. Heidi Colliander & Piia Kepanen. Ympäristökustannus. 2021. Soveltuvin osin.
Opettajan Learnissa jakama materiaali.

Study forms and methods

Työviikkopohjainen oppimisväylä:
Työjärjestyksen mukaiset teoriatunnit.

Työhön integroitu oppimisväylä:
Ympäristöterveyden perusteet oltava suoritettu.

Timing of exams and assignments

Tentin ja oppimistehtävien palautusajat ilmoitetaan opintojakson alussa.

Student workload

135 h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Arviointi perustuu oppimistehtävien suoritukseen

Qualifications

Attending the course requires completing the course of Basics of environmental health or equivalent knowledge.