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ADS5204 Addiction Studies: The Policy and Practice of Prevention
SCHOOL OF EXERCISE AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Credit Points: 20
Prerequisites:
ADS5103 Understanding Addictive Behaviour
 
Description:
This unit combines a focus on the theoretical underpinnings of prevention and their translation into policy and action. The course will examine the theory and practice of policy development and implementation, harm minimisation, and systems theory. This unit also examines recent and current prevention policies involving a range of agents including health professionals, researchers, local, state and federal governments and industry. The course will specifically address social and legislative controls, and prevention at the local and national level. The dilemmas of translating research into policy will also be discussed.

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This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets
Q24Graduate Certificate in Addiction Studies
F93Graduate Certificate in Drug and Alcohol Harm Minimisation
I44Master of Criminology and Justice
 
 
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 30/04/2009 VET: 30/04/2009