HSH701 - Principles and Practice of Public Health
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
|---|---|
| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 3: Jennifer David Trimester 2: Berni Murphy |
| 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. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 3 hours per week comprising 1 hour weekly class (recorded and accessible online) and 2 hour weekly seminar. |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | 3 hours per week comprising 1 hour weekly class (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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 capabilites |
Assessment
Trimester 2:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Group presentation | 30% |
| |
| Assessment 2: Major paper | 2500 words | 50% |
|
| Assessment 3: MCQs online quiz | 1 quiz | 20% |
|
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.
Unit Fee Information
Click on the fee link below which describes you: