1. EOH3101 PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SEMESTER I 2019/2020
First meeting
21 September 2019

2. DR. SHAHARUDDIN MOHD SHAM
Coordinator / Lecturer
DR. SHAHARUDDIN MOHD SHAM
Environmental Health Unit
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Room no. : P1C11, blok Pensyarah

3. NAMA KURSUS : PRINSIP KESIHATAN PERSEKITARAN
(Principles of Environmental Health)
KOD KURSUS : EOH 3101
KREDIT : 3 (3+0)
JUMLAH JAM : 116
PEMBELAJARAN
PELAJAR
PRASYARAT : Tiada
HASIL : Pelajar akan dapat:
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.)

4. COURSE CONTENTS Chapter 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 pollution
Part 2: Air quality and pollution
Part 3: Sanitation
Part 4: Food safety
Part 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 hormones
Part 2: Heavy metal contamination
Part 3: Climate Change
Part 4: Cancer 8
ISO14000, Environmental Management System (EMS), Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and corporate environmentalism
COURSE CONTENTS

5. ASSESSMENTS / EXAMS Total 100% No. Type of assessment Percentage 1.
Last day for lecturer to receive assignment
Last day for UPMET to receive assignment 1.
Assignment I – send in softcopy to my & hardcopy to UPMET
10%
13 October 2019
20 October 2019 2.
Test
20% 3.
Assignment II – send in softcopy to my & hardcopy to UPMET
30%
01 December 2019
08 December 2019 4.
Final examination
40%
Total
100%

6. REFERENCES
Morgan, 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.