Health Sciences

School of Public Health

Public Health Policy - PHE5POL

Grad Cert Health Policy, Postgrad Dip Health Policy and MPH unit.

Coordinator

Ms Sally Fawkes, School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086

Phone: 9479-1135; Fax: 9479-1783

Email: s.fawkes@latrobe.edu.au

Main Lecturer

Prof Vivian Lin, School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086

Phone: 9479-1717; Fax: 9479-1783

Email: v.lin@latrobe.edu.au

Unit Details

PHE5POL

Timetable

Semester 1, 2009 - 5th March

Lectures:

Thursdays 2.15 - 3.15pm, 221 Bouverie St - Lecture Theatre 1

Tutorials: Thursdays 3.15 - 4.15pm

Outline

Unit Outline (Word Doc)

PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY

TUTORS

LEARNING RESOURCES

Required:

Barraclough S and Gardner H. (Eds). (2008). Analysing Health Policy: A Problem-oriented Approach. Elsevier Australia, Sydney.

OR

Palmer G and Short S. (2000). Health Care and Public Policy: An Australian analysis, 3 rd edition. Macmillan, Melbourne.

AND

Buse K, Mays N, and Walt G. (2005). Making Health Policy. Open University Press, Maidenhead.

OR

Colebatch H. (1998). Policy. Open University Press, Buckingham.

Recommended:

Duckett S. (2007). The Australian Health Care System, 3 rd edition. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

Dugdale P. (2008). Doing Health Policy in Australia. Allen and Unwin, Sydney.

Eagar K, Garrett P, and Lin V. (2001). Health Planning: Australian perspectives. Allen & Unwin. Sydney.

Lewis J. (2005). Health Policy and Politics: Networks, Ideas and Power. IP Communications, Melbourne,

Lin V and Gibson B. (Eds). (2003). Evidence-based Health Policy: Problems and possibilities. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

Additional Policy Reviews:

LECTURE AND TUTORIAL SCHEDULE

Please refer to the Public Health Policy page on the MPH web site

Additional Information

This unit is taught as part of the Victorian Consortium of Public Health MPH at Monash University. All communication with students will be via the MPH web page.