PUBH6300
10 units
6000 level
Course handbook
Description
Public Health is the discipline that seeks to understand patterns and causes of disease within populations and brings evidence-based interventions to address those diseases of significance within populations. It requires an understanding of the current Burden of Disease in Australia, the Region and Globally. In order to effectively respond to the challenge of this Burden of Disease students will need to understand the biological, social and environmental courses of these patterns of disease; as well as an understanding of economic and political processes in determining a response to the burden of disease.An understanding of how health systems and organisations are structured and function to respond to this Burden of Disease in Australia, the Region and Globally is central to understanding how Population Health Responses are mounted.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Online
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Define Public Health and its historical development;
2. Identify and explain the impact of social determinants of health, health inequities and inequalities, ethics, globalisation and ageing on the Burden of Disease;
3. Describe the current Burden of Disease from non-communicable, communicable, and environmental causes, including biological threats;
4. Analyse how health systems and agencies are organised in Australia, the Region and globally to respond to current and projected Burden of Disease; and
5. Evaluate the processes underpinning public health policy formulation, implementation and evaluation.
Content
The course will include the following topics:
- Introduction to Public Health;
- Social Determinants of Health and Healthy Public Policy;
- Health Inequities and Inequalities;
- Burden of Disease;
- Aboriginal Health;
- Non-Communicable Diseases and Injury;
- Communicable Disease;
- Environmental Health;
- Ageing;
- Biological Threats;
- Globalisation and Health;
- Ethics and Public Health;
- Health Care Systems; and
- Comparative Global Health Systems.
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Assignment 1
Online Learning Activity: Online Learning Activities
Presentation: Assignment 3
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Online Activity-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Self-Directed Learning-1
- Self-Directed 8 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Semester 1 - 2024 - Online
Online Activity-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Self-Directed Learning-1
- Self-Directed 8 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
- PUBH6300 - Semester 1, 2024 (All) (PDF, 188.3 KB)
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