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    Dec 26, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Calendar 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Calendar [ARCHIVED CALENDAR]

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HLSC 4809U – Environmental and Occupational Health


Environmental health is a branch of public health, which examines the influences of various environmental factors on human health to promote and/or preserve health via environmental and occupational influences. Occupational health is a subspecialty of public health, which seeks to preserve, promote and/or restore the health and safety of workers by examining influences of occupational exposures or hazards on health outcomes. This course critically examines how various environments, ecosystems and work-related settings interact to both positively and negatively affect health outcomes in diverse populations in Canada and globally. Topics will be examined using a case-study approach and will include the following: environmental toxicology, the health effects of air and water pollution, food protection, injury prevention, housing and health hazards, effects of global warming and climate change on health, acute and chronic effects of natural and human-induced disasters, and classification and management of environmental and occupational hazards.

This course has multiple sections and delivery modes; please check MyOntarioTech for further details
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): HLSC 3820U  or NURS 3700U  



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