ADVANCED ISSUES IN HEALTH
PHE4AIH
2017
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject, students develop advanced skills and knowledge in understanding the relationships between theory and method in health research, clinical and non-clinical health practice and evaluation and applying this knowledge in practice. This subject includes examination of the relationships between ontologies, epistemologies, methodologies and methods used in the health domain. Interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and multi- disciplinary theories and methods are presented for evaluation in terms of plausibility and efficacy. In addition, it provides students with an understanding of the various hierarchies of knowledge utilised in the health sciences (including the relationships between sociology, psychology, biomedicine, anthropology, economics, feminisms, etc.) and the impact of power relations on the theoretical and methodological debates.
School: School of Psychology & Public Health
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Lindsay Carey
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: offered subject to sufficient enrolment numbers.
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Approaches to social inquiry. | Recommended | Blaikie, N. | POLITY PRESS, 1993. |
| Readings | Gender and the social construction of illness. | Recommended | Lorber,J. | THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA: SAGE, 1997. |
| Readings | Gender. | Recommended | Connell,R.W. | CAMBRIDGE: POLITY, 2002. |
| Readings | Health Psychology: biopsychosocial interactions. | Recommended | Caltabiano,M.L.,Sarafino,E.P. | QUEENSLAND: JOHN WILEY & SONS, 2002. |
| Readings | Health promotion practice: power & empowerment. | Recommended | Laverack,G. | LONDON: SAGE, 2004. |
| Readings | Population, health communities and health promotions | Recommended | Jirojwong, S., Liamputtong, P. (eds) | OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, MELBOURNE, 2009 |
| Readings | Theory in a nutshell: a guide to health promotion theory. | Recommended | Nutbeam,D.,Harris,E. | 1999, SYDNEY: THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC. |
| Readings | Understanding and changing health behaviour: from health beliefs to self-regulation. | Recommended | Norman,P.,Abraham,C.,Conner,M.(eds). | AMSTERDAM: OVERSEAS PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION, 2000. |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. tba
- Activities:
- tba
Melbourne, 2017, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Lindsay Carey
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| one 1,000-word report on four seminars/colloquia | Hurdle requirement: attendance at School/Faculty seminars and colloquia | 25 | 01 |
| one 3,000-word theoretical framework | 75 | 01 |