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LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND ITS HEALTH IMPACT
Study programme design: Asta Lassila, Arja Liinamo and Hele Leek-Ambur
Programme implementation: Asta Lassila and Heli Laarmann
COURSE AIM
The course aims to give an overview of the effect of living environment on human health, in order to understand the cause and relationship of living environment and health. Global Health, urban and rural environments and salutogenesis are just a few themes covered by the programme. As a result of the course students will be able to describe and analyse the connections between environment and health, understands the important role of living environment in human health and will also know the urban health determinants.
e teacher of Tallinn University Haapsalu College: H. Laarmann
This course provides a general understanding of environments’
impact on health. The environment in which we live and which affects our health is complex and generally not immediately visible or perceptible. It is therefore essential that people are able to understand the general mechanisms and ways in which the environment affects health. It is also important to be aware how the negative effects of the environment can be reduced and the positive ones increased.
e teacher of Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
There is a rapid urbanization in today’s world, so we need to understand the connection between human health and cities and promote citizens’ health.
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