PERSPECTIVES OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING

PHE1PHW

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject you will study the history of health and illness from an international perspective. Through inquiries, literature analysis and group work, you will compare national and international health system responses to health issues. You will consider the social, environmental and biological basis for disease, and look at holistic public health models for minimising disease and illness, and promoting health and wellbeing across populations. The role of evidence in developing an understanding of health and illness, how evidence is generated, and how it translates into policy and forms the basis of health practices, underpins the subject. Your learning in this subject will be assessed through reports on literature, a group presentation and a written assignment.

School: Psychology and Public Health (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Lindsay Carey

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 1 - UG

Exchange Students: No

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

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Health, Illness and Wellbeing: Perspectives and Social Determinants

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Liamputong, Fanany, & Verrinder

Year: N/A

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Publisher: OUP (MELBOURNE)

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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

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Understand how individual and population health is influenced by social, cultural, environmental and biological factors.

02. Use evidence to conduct systematic inquiries for understanding health and illness.

03. Critically analyse issues of health, health interventions and disease, and communicate findings and arguments through writing and speaking.

04. Apply theories of health, illness and public health strategies to develop interventions that improve population health.

05. Apply theories of health, illness and public health strategies to develop interventions that improve population health.

06. Collaborate with others to collectively and critically assess health care issues to generate and present an argument and strategy for health care practice and policy.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: No

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Lindsay Carey

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 hours lecture per week during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
One 1,000-word individual reading review.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6
One 1,500-word individual essay	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6
One group social media presentation (1,000 words per student).	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	20	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6