Public Health Policy

Subject 505-113 (2009)

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Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: One 1-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Contact

Professor Vivian Lin, School of Public Health, La Trobe University

School of Population Health, University of Melbourne

Subject Overview:

In this unit, students are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to participate competently in the development, implementation and analysis of health policy at a level appropriate to a generalist public health practitioner. This unit is taught as part of the Victorian Consortium of Public Health.

Objectives:

On completing this unit students should be able to:

  • analyse the impact of the major state, national and international institutions, and arrangements on health policy making;
  • locate the factors in the contemporary public policy environment and political landscape which influence health policy making;
  • demonstrate familiarity with the arguments and the politics associated with major contemporary health policy issues;
  • demonstrate competence in policy analysis, policy development and policy advocacy skills needed to achieve public health objectives.
Assessment:

One group project exercise and presentation (equivalent to 1,000 words each) (20%) two 600-word policy analyses (40%) one 2,000-word major policy project final report (40%)

Prescribed Texts:

Palmer, G and Short, S 2000, Health care and public policy: an Australian analysis, 3rd edn, Macmillan, Melbourne
Recommended Texts: Buse K, Mays N, and Walt G 2005, Making health policy, Open University Press, Maidenhead

Lewis, J 2005, Health policy and politics: networks, ideas and power, IP Communications, Melbourne

Gardner, H and Barraclough, S 2002, Health policy in Australia, 2nd edn, Oxford University Press, Melbourne

Duckett, S 2004, The Australian health care system, 2nd edn, Oxford University Press, Melbourne
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Links to further information: http://www.sph.unimelb.edu.au
Notes: This subject is a Master of Public Health Consortium subject.

Related Course(s): Master of Public Health

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