School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Addiction Studies: Preventive Practice
  • Unit Code

    ADS3458
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Stephen Jason BRIGHT

Description

This unit focuses on how illegal drugs are controlled at international and national levels and contrasts the issues between developed and developing nations. An examination of the history of the global control of tobacco is used to identify the lessons it provides for the control of other drugs. The unit completes the students understanding of the national and international implications of adopting a harm minimisation approach to reducing drug-related harm.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ADS3355

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the impact of illegal drug control policy in developing nations.
  2. Compare and contrast the nature and effectiveness of illegal drug control policies in selected developed nations.
  3. Compare the proportion of demand reduction, supply reduction and harm reduction strategies contained within illegal drug control polices.
  4. Discuss the contents, implications, and future of existing UN drug conventions.
  5. Discuss the national and international influences on the development of illegal drug control policy.
  6. Justify the inclusion of harm reduction strategies in illegal drug control policies.

Unit Content

  1. Examination of harm reduction and issues of HIV and other blood-borne infections.
  2. Global control of tobacco.
  3. Harm minimisation in developing countries.
  4. Harm reduction as a prevention paradigm. Australia and the international context of harm minimisation.
  5. Impact of culture on the nature of illegal drug control policy.
  6. International comparison of illegal drug control policy options.
  7. Systems perspectives in the prevention of alcohol and other drug-related harm.
  8. United Nations drug conventions.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Internal
Lecturers, audio visual materials, guest speakers from industry, critical analyses of case studies, small group discussions and collaboation and oral presentations, experiences of internationally-enrolled students and on-line resources.

External
E-learning course work and activities are provided through MyECU and supported by a tutor.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayComparison of international drug control policies20%
ReportDrug control policy in Portugal30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayComparison of international drug control policies20%
ReportDrug control policy in Portugal30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Addiction Studies: Preventive Practice
  • Unit Code

    ADS3458
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Stephen Jason BRIGHT

Description

This unit focuses on how illegal drugs are controlled at international and national levels and contrasts the issues between developed and developing nations. An examination of the history of the global control of tobacco is used to identify the lessons it provides for the control of other drugs. The unit completes the students understanding of the national and international implications of adopting a harm minimisation approach to reducing drug-related harm.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ADS3355

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the impact of illegal drug control policy in developing nations.
  2. Compare and contrast the nature and effectiveness of illegal drug control policies in selected developed nations.
  3. Compare the proportion of demand reduction, supply reduction and harm reduction strategies contained within illegal drug control polices.
  4. Discuss the contents, implications, and future of existing UN drug conventions.
  5. Discuss the national and international influences on the development of illegal drug control policy.
  6. Justify the inclusion of harm reduction strategies in illegal drug control policies.

Unit Content

  1. Examination of harm reduction and issues of HIV and other blood-borne infections.
  2. Global control of tobacco.
  3. Harm minimisation in developing countries.
  4. Harm reduction as a prevention paradigm. Australia and the international context of harm minimisation.
  5. Impact of culture on the nature of illegal drug control policy.
  6. International comparison of illegal drug control policy options.
  7. Systems perspectives in the prevention of alcohol and other drug-related harm.
  8. United Nations drug conventions.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Internal
Lecturers, audio visual materials, guest speakers from industry, critical analyses of case studies, small group discussions and collaboation and oral presentations, experiences of internationally-enrolled students and on-line resources.

External
E-learning course work and activities are provided through MyECU and supported by a tutor.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayComparison of international drug control policies20%
ReportDrug control policy in Portugal30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayComparison of international drug control policies20%
ReportDrug control policy in Portugal30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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