PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE
PHE2PHP
2020
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Having completed their studies in PHE2PHP, students will be able to describe and evaluate the principles of public health, health promotion and primary health care as they relate to various social, political and economic contexts. Students will acquire a deeper understanding of behavioural, environmental, sociocultural, political and organisational factors that promote or compromise health. Students will identify and evaluate the range of evidence that informs public health practice, evidence on which public health policies and programs are based. The subject will assist students to examine the strategies used in public health in the context of public health planning frameworks. The various aspects of public health will be reviewed such as surveillance and monitoring, community-based approaches, protection and prevention and the promotion of health.
School: La Trobe Rural Health School (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Karen Anderson
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Must be admitted into one of the following course codes: HBPHPB, HZPPNB, , HBHS, HBHSB, HZHSID, LBBSB, HZHSB, HHPPB,LZCHS or AZAHS and must have passed: PHE1SDH or Must be admitted into one of the following course codes: EVEDB or and no other rule applies.
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: HLT2PHP
Equivalent subjects: HLT2PHP
Quota Management Strategy: Enrolment accepted until quota reached
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Promoting health: a primary health care approach
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Talbot, L and Verrinder, G
Year: 2017
Edition/Volume: 6TH EDN
Publisher: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTON, MELBOURNE.
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Source location: N/A
Public health practice in Australia: the organised effort
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Lin, V, Smith, J and Fawkes, S
Year: 2014
Edition/Volume: 2ND EDN
Publisher: ALLEN & UNWIN, CROWS NEST, NSW.
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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
Bendigo, 2020, Semester 1, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: 175
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Karen Anderson
Class requirements
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via online.
WorkShopWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 hours workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
One 2-hour tutorial per week.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One group oral presentation (500 words equivalent per group member)Students are required to present to the class a discussion a on weekly topic and key reading. | N/A | N/A | No | 20 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
One individual 10 minute multimedia presentation (1000 words equivalent)Students will be required to undertake a site visit to a public health agency to examine how principles of public health practice are applied in that agency. Students are then required to produce a 10 minute multimedia presentation based on that visit. | N/A | N/A | No | 30 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
One 2 hour written exam (2000 word equivalent)The exam will consist of short and longer answer questions. | N/A | N/A | No | 35 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
Individual online tasks (1000 words equivalent)Students are required to complete weekly individual tasks online based on the weekly online content (e.g. written reflection, quiz, group discussion) | N/A | N/A | No | 15 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Susan Chong
Class requirements
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via online.
WorkShopWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 hours workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
One 2-hour tutorial per week.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One group oral presentation (500 words equivalent per group member)Students are required to present to the class a discussion a on weekly topic and key reading. | N/A | N/A | No | 20 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
One individual 10 minute multimedia presentation (1000 words equivalent)Students will be required to undertake a site visit to a public health agency to examine how principles of public health practice are applied in that agency. Students are then required to produce a 10 minute multimedia presentation based on that visit. | N/A | N/A | No | 30 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
One 2 hour written exam (2000 word equivalent)The exam will consist of short and longer answer questions. | N/A | N/A | No | 35 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
Individual online tasks (1000 words equivalent)Students are required to complete weekly individual tasks online based on the weekly online content (e.g. written reflection, quiz, group discussion) | N/A | N/A | No | 15 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |