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Karlstad University
Risk and environmental issues from a health perspective
The course covers environment-related risks with a focus on vulnerability from the perspective of public health. Concepts and theories of the complex relationships between the environment, risk, and health are introduced. Health aspects of environment-related risk factors such as water pollution, air pollution, and…
- Higher education
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- 31 August 2026
- Karlstad
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- 50 %
Overview
The course covers environment-related risks with a focus on vulnerability from the perspective of public health. Concepts and theories of the complex relationships between the environment, risk, and health are introduced. Health aspects of environment-related risk factors such as water pollution, air pollution, and toxicity are highlighted in relation to various vulnerable groups in society. The course introduces the dynamics of health, safety, and climate. People's vulnerability and health problems in connection with disasters are also highlighted, for example as effects of natural disasters and industrial accidents. Students carry out an independent project on environment-related health aspects, which is presented and discussed in a seminar.
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30 ECTS credits completed in Environmental Science, Risk and Environmental Studies, or Public Health Sciences, or equivalent
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- Skolverket Susa-navet
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- 2026-08-31
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- Entry-requirement text reproduced from the published Susa data; no personal eligibility assessment is made.
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- Education offering e.uoh.kau.rhg200.48924.20262
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- 2026-09-23T10:37:56.839657+00:00
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- 8e217193-f5fa-4778-b085-a4521fd03e8d
- Education identity in the source
- i.uoh.kau.rhg200.48924.20262
- Offering identity in the source
- e.uoh.kau.rhg200.48924.20262
- Education-form source code
- HS
- Education code in the source
- RHG200
- Change time according to the source
- 2026-03-03T14:13:47
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