PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY AND PRACTICE
PHE5PAP
2020
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject provides an introduction to the ways we can intervene to improve health, the ethics of intervention and the challenges to be faced when trying to implement and evaluate intervention effectiveness. The subject covers the array of public health strategies: from individual health education, through to school, workplace and community based interventions, regulation, and policy (local, national, international). By linking to cases introduced in other core subjects, the student's understanding of the characteristics and merits of alternative policy and practice intervention strategies is matched to what he or she is learning about the nature of public health issues in PHE5WPH, the cultural and social determinants of health and health related behaviours in PHE5SCP, and the generation and use of evidence to assess public health problems and evaluate their solutions in PHE5HDD.
School: Psychology and Public Health (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Sally Fawkes
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
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Public Health Policy and Politics
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Baggot R.
Year: 2012
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: N/A
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Other description: N/A
Source location: N/A
Oxford Handbook of Public Health
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Guest C, Ricciardi W, Kawachi I, Laing I.
Year: 2013
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: OUP
ISBN: N/A
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Chapter/issue: N/A
URL: N/A
Other description: N/A
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: N/A
Publisher: Allen and Unwin
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
Chapter/issue: N/A
URL: N/A
Other description: N/A
Source location: N/A
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
City Campus, 2020, Semester 1, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Sally Fawkes
Class requirements
TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour unscheduled online class per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Four multiple choice exercises (1,500-words equivalent)Covers understanding of basic concepts, terminology and methods. The format allows for rapid feedback as subject unfolds | N/A | N/A | No | 20 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
Group exercise (1,000-words equivalent, per student)Exercise involves application of critical appraisal skills | N/A | N/A | No | 30 | SILO2 |
Written report (3,000-words)Essay in the form of a briefing to a health minister will outline the case for intervening to improve population health, articulating the strategy and justifying it on the basis of the priority assigned to the problem taking into account any ethical implications of the preferred intervention strategy | N/A | N/A | No | 50 | SILO3, SILO4 |
On-Line, 2020, Semester 1, Online
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Sally Fawkes
Class requirements
TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
Twelve 2.00 hours tutorial per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via online.
Scheduled online tutorial
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 10 - 22
Twelve 1.00 hour unscheduled online class per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via online.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Four multiple choice exercises (1,500-words equivalent)Covers understanding of basic concepts, terminology and methods. The format allows for rapid feedback as subject unfolds | N/A | N/A | No | 20 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
Group exercise (1,000-words equivalent, per student)Exercise involves application of critical appraisal skills | N/A | N/A | No | 30 | SILO2 |
Written report (3,000-words)Essay in the form of a briefing to a health minister will outline the case for intervening to improve population health, articulating the strategy and justifying it on the basis of the priority assigned to the problem taking into account any ethical implications of the preferred intervention strategy | N/A | N/A | No | 50 | SILO3, SILO4 |