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HLTH 3104

Regulatory Issues and Human Health

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

The general principles of health regulatory policies in Canada. The role of scientific evidence in developing legislation and regulations at different levels, including probable levels of risk, standards of evidence, cost-benefit analysis, ethical considerations, psychosocial factors influencing risk management and compliance, and evolving technologies.

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Course catalogue

2026

Readings

  • 2026: ISBN 978-1-0498-0451-4 UTP Pricing: Paperback: $84.95 Online: $68.95 Food Law and Policy in Canada Selected chapter used for the Chapter 9: Food Safety, pages
  • (Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, Angela Lee course are posted on ARES 175 – 199 and Nathalie Chalifour eds, Thomson Reuters, 2019) No incremental cost to student.
  • Health Matters: Evidence, Critical Selected chapter used for the Chapter 8, pages 155 – 171 Social Science, and Health Care in course are posted on ARES (Cigarette-Packaging
  • Canada edited by Eric Mykhalovskiy, Legislation in Canada and the Jacqueline Choiniere, Pat Armstrong, and No incremental cost to student. Smoking Subject) Hugh Armstrong (University of Toronto
  • Press, 2020, ISBN 978-1-4875-25238-5)

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): HLTH 1000 or HLTH 1001 , or permission of the department. Lecture and seminar three hours a week.

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