HSH701 - Principles and Practice of Public Health

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Neetu George
Trimester 3: Shane Kavanagh
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

3 hours per week comprising 1 hour weekly lecture (recorded and accessible online) and 2 hour weekly seminar

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

3 hours per week comprising 1 hour weekly lecture (recorded and accessible online) and 2 hour weekly online seminar

Content

In this unit, students are provided with an integrated overview of the ways in which different theories and disciplinary perspectives have informed public health principles and practices both in the past and present. The unit provides the foundations for a contextual understanding of the specific methods of public health research, policy development and program planning and implementation.

Principles and Practice of Public Health is a 'glue' unit for the study of public health, drawing linkages between areas that may at first sight appear quite disparate. This unit aims to provide students with an overview of public health as an organised global and local effort to promote and protect the health of the public. The unit will immerse students in evidence based public health in exploring public health problems, their causes and solutions. Students will be encouraged to position themselves within public health debates.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Describe the history, principles and major fields of practice in public health and apply this knowledge to contemporary health issues and their contexts.

GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO2

Apply epidemiological, clinical, social, behavioural and other perspectives to analyse current and emerging public health issues, contexts and practices.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO3

Use digital skills and technologies to locate, critically analyse, evaluate, synthesize and present information about public health issues, their causes and solutions.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO4

Propose effective responses to current and emerging public health issues that demonstrate mastery of the underlying principles and evidence-base and disciplines of public health and its major fields of practice.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO5

Demonstrate constructive teamwork skills to support self and peers within a contemporary public health context.

GLO7: Teamwork

ULO6

Demonstrate skills to professionally communicate public health information to a variety of audiences.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication

Assessment

Trimester 2:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: MCQ Quiz Multiple choice question (online) test 20%
  • Week 4
Assessment 2: Ministerial briefing paper Individual written response of 2500 words 50%
  • Week 9
Assessment 3: Group presentation plus individual reflection Group presentation 10 minutes
Individual reflective piece 500 words
30%
  • Team presentation: During Weeks 10 and 11
  • Individual Reflection: During Study period (Week 12)

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSH701 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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