HSH302 - Politics, Policy and Health
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Rebecca Stockdale |
| Prerequisite: | One of HBS107,HSH102 or HSH111 and one level 2 HSH coded unit |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 online recorded lecture |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 1 x 2 hour online seminar per week |
| 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 assists students to analyse and appraise all aspects of Australian health policies and processes, and the policy context for health promotion and human services in Australia. The unit investigates different forms of health policy and the political process as it relates to policy making. It explores the impact of ideologies, politics and other major forces on policy making and the skills necessary for the community and groups to develop policy and advocate change. It identifies the major mechanisms for implementing and evaluating health policy. Students will develop skills in describing, investigating, analysing and assessing health policy debate relating to a range of health issues and population groups.
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 | Conceptualise policy, policy design and the policy making process to critically appraise policy documents for their capacity to effectively provide optimum public health outcomes and the reciprocal role of informing and being informed by health promotion and sustainability principles and frameworks. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Identify and evaluate the role of values, political ideologies, stakeholder influence, type of evidence and power influences, which impact on the policy making process in relation to health promotion, public health and health inequalities, inclusive of an environmentally sustainable context. | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO3 | Compare and evaluate the role of Federal, State and local governments in the provision of health services and their policy contexts and develop political persuasion techniques, which will have the potential to make change in public health/health promotion. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Develop skills and expertise in research and advocacy by creating a team advocacy campaign in relation to a current health issue, which will build and enhance professionalism and health promotion/sustainability praxis. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Policy essay | 1500 words | 40% |
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| Assessment 2: Advocacy campaign | Group seminar presentation: 10 minutes | 20% |
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| Assessment 3: Submission to a parliamentary committee | 1500 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 HSH302 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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