The advanced course covers the topics of the core course in greater detail, with more emphasis on the lessons that cover specialized context areas in injury prevention and control. The advanced lessons are organized into 13 modules; each module containing 3 lessons, each of which taking approximately one hour classroom time to teach. The advanced lessons are described in the table below.
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Advanced curriculum
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Module
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Lesson
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Lesson topics
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I. Injury prevention: General principles and methods
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1
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Injury prevention: general principles
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2
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Injury research methods: Data collection
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3
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Injury research methods: Study design
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II. Injury information systems
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4
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Injury coding and classification
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5
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Trauma scoring and injury surveillance
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6
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Communicating injury surveillance information for public health action
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III. Road traffic injuries
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7
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Determinants and risk factors
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8
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Planning and implementing road traffic injury interventions
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9
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Putting knowledge into practice
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IV. Injuries due to falls and burns
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10
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Injuries due to falls
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11
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Injuries due to burns
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12
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Falls and burns: Program planning
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V. Drowning, poisoning, and animal-related injuries
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13
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Drowning-related injuries
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14
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Child poisoning
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15
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Animal-related injuries
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VI. Child abuse and neglect
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16
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Child abuse and neglect 1
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17
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Child abuse and neglect 2
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18
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Child abuse and neglect 3
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VII. Elder abuse and neglect
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19
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Elder abuse as a social phenomenon
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20
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Interventions for elder abuse prevention
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21
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Prevention, ethics, and policy in elder abuse situations
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VIII. Youth violence
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22
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Youth as victims and victimizers
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23
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Exposure to violence in youth
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24
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Preventing youth violence; preventing victimization
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VIIII. Gender-based violence
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25
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Gender-based violence: Definitions, patterns and prevalence
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26
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Understanding gender-based violence as a public health problem an a human rights violation
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27
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The health sector response to gender-based violence
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X. Suicide and self harm
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28
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A stress vulnerability model and the development of the suicidal process
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29
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The public health approach: Primary prevention
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30
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Suicide prevention in healthcare and psychiatry: Secondary and tertiary prevention
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XI. Injury care and rehabilitation
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31
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Trauma care systems
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32
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Pre-hospital care
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33
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Facility-based care: Acute care and rehabilitation
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XII. Ethical issues in violence and injury prevention
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34
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Self inflicted injuries, suicide attempts & suicide
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35
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Unintentional injuries
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36
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Violence
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XIII. Policy and advocacy
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37
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Media advocacy case studies
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38
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Case studies in developing networks of pressure
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39
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Dealing with powerful opposition
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