Non Communicable Disease Prevention
Postgraduate
TAS-CAM624 2025Course information for 2025 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 16 Feb 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 24 Feb 2025
- Price from
- $2,923
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Non Communicable Disease Prevention
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- Apply knowledge of the contemporary principles, concepts, philosophy and purpose of Non Communicable Disease Prevention internationally.
- Analyse the major global NCD burden and identify risk factor and disease determinants.
- Critically evaluate the intervention options available for use in NCD prevention worldwide.
- Design multi-strategy interventions to prevent NCDs.
- Evaluate policy and other public health interventions targeting NCD prevention.
- An Introduction to NCD Prevention
- Risk Factors for NCDs
- NCD Challenges and Priority Populations
- Cancer Epidemiology
- Cancer Prevention
- Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Diseases
- Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
- Epidemiology of Chronic Respiratory Diseases
- Chronic Respiratory Disease Prevention
- Epidemiology of Diabetes
- Diabetes Prevention
- Mental Health as an NCD
- NCD Strategic Priorities
This subject focuses on the practical development of interventions and strategies to reduce the major risk factors for the major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart and lung diseases, cancers and diabetes, including tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet and the harmful use of alcohol, and aligns with the World Health Organisations NCD agenda. Students will critically and systematically explore determinants of risk factors and disease outcomes, intervention options (including policy) and effectiveness evidence, health system and institutional capacity and responses at a national and global level.
- Critical Review (20%)
- Non Communicable Disease Intervention Plan (40%)
- Policy Review (40%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- TAS-MPH-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Public Health
- TAS-AQS-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
- TAS-CDP-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
- TAS-CUC-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
- TAS-APD-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
- TAS-ADH-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
- TAS-APG-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Governance)
- TAS-AHE-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
- TAS-HSI-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
- TAS-APH-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
- TAS-AMS-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
- TAS-AOP-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
- TAS-AOR-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
- TAS-ASC-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Strategic Communication)
- TAS-SCL-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
- TAS-AWP-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
- TAS-ADP-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Advanced Practice
- TAS-CDP-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
- TAS-CUC-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
- TAS-APD-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
- TAS-ADH-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
- TAS-APG-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Governance)
- TAS-AHE-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
- TAS-HSI-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
- TAS-APH-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
- TAS-AMS-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
- TAS-AOP-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
- TAS-AOR-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
- TAS-ASC-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Strategic Communication)
- TAS-SCL-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
- TAS-AWP-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
- TAS-AQS-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Independent Learning 8 hours weekly; Tutorial (Online) 1 hour (4 times)
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Certificate in Public Health
Postgraduate
TAS-MPH-GCEGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
Postgraduate
TAS-AQS-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
Postgraduate
TAS-CDP-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
Postgraduate
TAS-CUC-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
Postgraduate
TAS-APD-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
Postgraduate
TAS-ADH-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Governance)
Postgraduate
TAS-APG-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
Postgraduate
TAS-AHE-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
Postgraduate
TAS-HSI-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
Postgraduate
TAS-APH-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
Postgraduate
TAS-AMS-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
Postgraduate
TAS-AOP-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
Postgraduate
TAS-AOR-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Strategic Communication)
Postgraduate
TAS-ASC-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
Postgraduate
TAS-SCL-GDIGraduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
Postgraduate
TAS-AWP-GDIGraduate Certificate in Advanced Practice
Postgraduate
TAS-ADP-GCEMaster of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
Postgraduate
TAS-CDP-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
Postgraduate
TAS-CUC-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
Postgraduate
TAS-APD-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
Postgraduate
TAS-ADH-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Governance)
Postgraduate
TAS-APG-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
Postgraduate
TAS-AHE-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
Postgraduate
TAS-HSI-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
Postgraduate
TAS-APH-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
Postgraduate
TAS-AMS-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
Postgraduate
TAS-AOP-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
Postgraduate
TAS-AOR-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Strategic Communication)
Postgraduate
TAS-ASC-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
Postgraduate
TAS-SCL-MASMaster of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
Postgraduate
TAS-AWP-MASMaster of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
Postgraduate
TAS-AQS-MAS