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National Centre Epidemiology & Population Health · ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy
The course will help students gain a broad understanding of the overarching principles of population health, and the role of the discipline in improving health and reducing health inequities. This course will provoke interest in undergraduates around population health and will introduce the subject to students interested in pursuing a career path in public health at the graduate level. It will also lead to an appreciation of population health within the context of other health sciences, thus broadening the foundation for students in other cognate disciplines. This course therefore covers community assessment, health systems in Australia, point of care data collection, preventive strategies, and population level health interventions.
Tutorial Oral Presentation
Learning outcomes 4, 5, 6
Mid-Semester Online Quiz
Learning outcomes 2
End-of-Semester Exam
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Essay – A literature review of a public health initiative in action (1500 words)
Learning outcomes 4, 5, 6
The expected workload will consist of approximately 130 hours throughout the semester including: - Face-to-face or online components which may consist of 1 x 2 hour tutorial and 1 hour of recorded online lecture material per week. - Approximately 82 hours of self-study which will include preparation for lectures, presentations and other assessment tasks.
Jekel's Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Preventative Medicine, and Public Health, 5th Edition. David L. Katz, Joann G. Elmore, Dorothea M.G. Wild, Sean C. Lucan. Preliminary Reading 1. Shmueli, Amir, and Elizabeth Savage. "Private and public patients in public hospitals in Australia." Health policy 115.2 (2014): 189-195. 2. Boxall, Anne-Marie. "The future of Medicare: what's in store?." Australian Health Review 38.2 (2014): 123-124. 3. Aung, Eindra, Chalapati Rao, and Sue Walker. "Teaching cause-of-death certification: lessons from international experience." Postgraduate medical journal 86.1013 (2010): 143-152. 4. Patterson, C., and L. W. Chambers. Preventive health care. The Lancet 345.8965 (1995): 1611-1615.