Unit description
Provides students with an understanding of key principles that inform the practice of public health and an overview of factors that influenced the development of public health. Students will critically analyse the social, ecological and political determinants related to the burden of illness across different populations and the implications for public health practice.
Unit content
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | critically examine the development and principles of public health | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 2 | critically analyse the social, ecological, economic and political determinants of health related to the burden of illness and disease across different populations and the implications for public health practice | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 3 | identify public health priority issues and health inequities within a local and global context | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 4 | examine key threats, challenges and requirements for effective public health practice including social change, globalisation and technology | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 5 | critically explore the impact of public health policy at a local and global level | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 6 | critically explore future considerations for public health practice at a local, national and global level. | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
Prescribed texts
Session 1
- This is the latest edition of this excellent text even though it is a bit old: Baum, F , 2008, The new public health , 3rd edn, Oxford University Press, Melbourne. ISBN: 978-0-19-555046-7.
Teaching and assessment
Lismore
| Teaching method |
| Tutorial on-site 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Discussion board | 15% |
| Presentation and critical review | 45% |
| Critical review | 40% |
Online
| Teaching method |
| Structured online learning 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Discussion board | 15% |
| Presentation and critical review | 45% |
| Critical review | 40% |
Fee information
Domestic
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Commencing 2014 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 2
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