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C. HEALTH CARE,THE ENVIRONMENT, AND SOCIETY
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
C1. HealthCareandtheEnvironment
By the end of this course, students will:
C1.1 analyse the environmental impact of products developed to meet the needs of children and the elderly (e.g., landfill issues – throw-away toys, batteries, disposable diapers, plastic baby bottles) and identify more sustainable alternatives with respect to the use of such products;
C1.2 analyse the impact of a degraded environment and other environmental hazards on children and the elderly (e.g., increased rates of respiratory problems, detrimental effects of lead paint, effects of environmental estrogens).
C2. HealthCareandSociety
By the end of this course, students will:
C2.1 describe how accessibility issues affect the lives of children and older adults (e.g., wheelchair access, adapted transportation);
C2.2 evaluate the impact of emerging technologies on children and older adults (e.g., improved design of diapers or incontinence products, new skin care products, video monitoring from a remote site, electronic lifts) from various perspectives (e.g., safety, improvement or reduction in quality of life, financial or business implications, opportunities for more effective action for improved health care);
C2.3 describe how changing population patterns will affect society (e.g., decrease in child cohort resulting in excess capacity in schools, increase in elderly cohort resulting in increased demand for different levels of care).
C1. analyse how environmental factors affect children and older adults, and how products and services related to the care of these groups may affect the environment;
C2. analyse the role of society in caring for children and the elderly.
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