MPH2031

Public health policy ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: A/Prof D Legge

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis: Health policy. Governmental institutions & their roles in public health. Legislative processes & the participants in them. Initiation & formulation of policy. Planning. Common approaches. Stakeholders & their role in public health planning. Institutional imperatives in the planning process. Strategies for influencing the development of public health plans. Case studies. Public health plans & the planning at State, regional & local levels. Processes of development, implementation & evaluation.

Objectives: The purpose of this unit is to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to participate competently in the development, implementation, and analysis of health policy at a level appropriate to a general public health practitioner, and with an introduction to various forms of health planning. On completion of this unit students should be able to: 1. Describe the major state, national and international institutions and arrangements through which health policy is made; 2. Describe the contemporary policy environment within which health policy making takes place; 3. Demonstrate familiarity with the arguments and the politics associated with major contemporary health policy issues; 4. Demonstrate competence in policy analysis, policy development and policy advocacy in relation to important public health issues.

Assessment: Assignments

Contact Hours: 2 contact hours per week

Prohibitions: Students completing MPH2031 cannot undertake MPH2069