PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
CPH5PPP
2020
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject, you are provided with an integrated overview of the ways in which different theories and disciplinary perspectives have informed public health principles and practices. You are provided with the foundations for a contextual understanding of the specific methods of public health research, policy development and program planning and implementation. This subject draws linkages between areas that may at first sight appear quite disparate. You are provided with an overview of public health as an organised global and local effort to promote and protect the health of the public. Links are drawn between the past and present to provide the foundations for a contextual understanding of the specific methods of public health practice and policy development. You are encouraged to position yourself within public health debates. This subject is taught bilingually for China health program students only.
School: Psychology and Public Health (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: George Liu
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
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Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Public Health Practice in
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: LIN V, SMITH J, Fawkes S
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Publisher: ALLEN & UNWIN
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Subject Guides
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: School of Psychology & Public Health
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Publisher: LA TROBE UNIVERSITY
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
Graduate Capabilities
Intended Learning Outcomes
China (Harbin Medical Uni), 2020, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: George Liu
Class requirements
Block ModeWeek: 0 - 0
Ten 5.00 hours block mode per study period on weekdays during the day from week 0 to week 0 and delivered via face-to-face.
Teaching hours are extended to allow bilingual delivery
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Two tutorial exercises/group presentations (15 minutes/member, 1500 words equivalence in total) | N/A | N/A | No | 40 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
3,000-word major essay | N/A | N/A | No | 60 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3 |
China (Harbin Medical Uni), 2020, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: No
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: George Liu
Class requirements
Block ModeWeek: 0 - 0
Ten 5.00 hours block mode per study period on weekdays during the day from week 0 to week 0 and delivered via face-to-face.
Teaching hours are extended to allow bilingual delivery
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Two tutorial exercises/group presentations (15 minutes/member, 1500 words equivalence in total) | N/A | N/A | No | 40 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
3,000-word major essay | N/A | N/A | No | 60 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3 |
China (Harbin Medical Uni), 2020, Week 15-27, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: George Liu
Class requirements
Block ModeWeek: 0 - 0
Ten 5.00 hours block mode per study period on weekdays during the day from week 0 to week 0 and delivered via face-to-face.
Teaching hours are extended to allow bilingual delivery
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Two tutorial exercises/group presentations (15 minutes/member, 1500 words equivalence in total) | N/A | N/A | No | 40 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
3,000-word major essay | N/A | N/A | No | 60 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3 |