HSH113 - Social Perspectives on Population Health
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Hayley Mckenzie Trimester 3: Erin Hokin-Sandhu |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities and 1 x 2 hour on-campus seminar in weeks 1 - 11 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities and 1 x 2 hour online seminar in weeks 1 - 11 |
| 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. |
Content
This unit takes a sociological perspective to the examination of health issues and their determinants. It focuses on the development of knowledge regarding social theory and its applicability to health and wellbeing at an individual, community and population level.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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| ULO1 | Source and synthesise academic literature and evidence within the field of health sociology. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Discuss, critically analyse and apply social and sociological theories to explore the health and wellbeing for individuals, communities and diverse population groups using discipline specific language. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Identify how social factors and processes influence population health and explore evidence-based strategies to improve population health. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Collaborate with others to present how social theory can be used to analyse and explore individual, community and population health issues. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 2 and Trimester 3:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: 3 short answer questions | 1200 words in total | 30% |
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| Assessment 2: Small group presentation | 10 minute presentation | 30% |
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| Assessment 3: Written assessment | 1600 words | 40% |
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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 HSH113 can be found via the University Library.
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.
Unit Fee Information
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