HSH702 - Contemporary Health Issues and Policies
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
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| 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 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Cloud (online) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Matthew Dunn |
| 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: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities and 1 x 2 hour face-to-face or cloud seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 1 x 2 hour online seminar per week |
Note:*CBD refers to the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute; Community Based Delivery H756, H757 and H759 students are advised to have successfully completed at least 4 postgraduate units before enrolling in this unit. | |
Content
This unit is a core unit for the Master of Public Health, Master of Health Promotion, and Master of Health and Human Services Management, and is also an elective unit for a range of courses offered at the University. This unit exposes students to the policy process in relation to health, and the impact of social determinants of health on health policy. Through this unit, students will be introduced to theories and models of the policy process; explore how the political process impacts upon policy development and vice versa; develop tools to analyse policy; and identify and apply the skills necessary for policy advocacy. Contemporary health issues, both locally and globally, are drawn upon to assist students in developing skills to describe, investigate, analyse, and assess health policy.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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| ULO1 | Examine public policy theories and models, how they relate to policy design, the policy making process and the policy cycle. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Explain the relationship between the political process and policy development. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Identify the impact policy has on health, and analyse the impact social determinants of health have on policy in local and global contexts. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Apply the skills necessary to write a health policy for advocacy. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Critique contemporary health issues in local and global contexts. | 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: Essay | 2500 words | 50% |
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| Assessment 2: Essay | 2500 words | 50% |
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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
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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