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Evidence Guide: HLTPOP008 - Develop and implement disease prevention and control measures

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HLTPOP008 - Develop and implement disease prevention and control measures

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Elements define the essential outcomes.

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Determine diseases affecting the community

  1. Search for basic signs, symptoms and causes of diseases
  2. Determine the diseases affecting the community and confirm with supervisor
Search for basic signs, symptoms and causes of diseases

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Determine the diseases affecting the community and confirm with supervisor

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Work with basic environmental health strategies to limit the transmission of disease

  1. Develop appropriate control measures to limit the transmission of disease
  2. Discuss and confirm environmental health strategies selected with supervisor
Develop appropriate control measures to limit the transmission of disease

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Discuss and confirm environmental health strategies selected with supervisor

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Implement environmental health strategies to limit the transmission of disease

  1. Identify own roles and responsibilities
  2. Clarify roles and responsibilities of other key people or agencies
  3. Identify points of contact in relation to job role
  4. Implement and monitor control measures
Identify own roles and responsibilities

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Clarify roles and responsibilities of other key people or agencies

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Identify points of contact in relation to job role

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Implement and monitor control measures

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Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements define the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria specify the level of performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Determine diseases affecting the community

1.1 Search for basic signs, symptoms and causes of diseases

1.2 Determine the diseases affecting the community and confirm with supervisor

2. Work with basic environmental health strategies to limit the transmission of disease

2.1 Develop appropriate control measures to limit the transmission of disease

2.2 Discuss and confirm environmental health strategies selected with supervisor

3. Implement environmental health strategies to limit the transmission of disease

3.1 Identify own roles and responsibilities

3.2 Clarify roles and responsibilities of other key people or agencies

3.3 Identify points of contact in relation to job role

3.4 Implement and monitor control measures

Required Skills and Knowledge

ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements define the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria specify the level of performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Determine diseases affecting the community

1.1 Search for basic signs, symptoms and causes of diseases

1.2 Determine the diseases affecting the community and confirm with supervisor

2. Work with basic environmental health strategies to limit the transmission of disease

2.1 Develop appropriate control measures to limit the transmission of disease

2.2 Discuss and confirm environmental health strategies selected with supervisor

3. Implement environmental health strategies to limit the transmission of disease

3.1 Identify own roles and responsibilities

3.2 Clarify roles and responsibilities of other key people or agencies

3.3 Identify points of contact in relation to job role

3.4 Implement and monitor control measures

The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be evidence that the candidate has:

followed correct procedures to identify and address at least 2 potential diseases in the community, including developing and implementing disease prevention and control measures.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:

legal and organisation requirements relating to environmental health needs, including:

national, State/Territory and local health policies, goals, targets and priorities relevant to identifying health needs

scope of own role and responsibilities

other key people or agency responsibilities

points of contact to assist with the implementation of strategies which are outside own responsibility

basic germ theory, including:

what germs are, including conflict and/or compatibility with traditional knowledge

where germs live and their source, including:

raw meat

rubbish

sewerage

sick animals

conditions that germs need for growth, including:

temperature

food

water

time

what parasites are, and types of parasites, including:

protozoa

worms

mites

lice

disease categories (bacterial, viral), types of diseases and their signs and symptoms

diseases or infection that can be attributed to parasites, types of diseases and their signs and symptoms

bacterial diseases, including:

Salmonella

Staphylococcus

Campylobacter

E-Coli

Tetanus

viral diseases, including:

colds and flu

Hepatitis A

gastroenteritis

Trachoma

Ross River Fever

Australian Encephalitis

diseases attributed to parasites, including:

Dwarf Tape Worm infection

Giardiasis

hookworm infection

threadworm (or Pinworm) infection

scabies infection

signs and symptoms of disease, including:

diarrhoea

vomiting and/or nausea

fever

abdominal cramps and pains

headaches

lethargy

dehydration

indigestion

very painful muscles or joints

severe spasms and cramps in the neck, face and body

inability to control movements

yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes

liver dysfunction

sore eyes

red eyes

watering eyes

rash

convulsions

paralysis

inflammation

coma

death

vehicles and agents of transmission, including:

water droplets in the air

hands

wind blown dust

water

vectors (insects and rodents)

the blood which carries germs around in the body

strategies and control measures to limit the transmission of diseases in the following contexts:

housing

water supply

sewage

rubbish collection and disposal

food storage and handling.