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HSC3002 - Health for all in a global world

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Organisational Unit

Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine

Coordinator(s)

Karen Richards

Offered

Caulfield

Second semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit will build on students' previous learning about global health, through examination of the 'health for all' agenda and associated approaches to meeting the challenges of health inequities. The intent of this unit is not only to further students' awareness of global health issues, but also to encourage critical thinking about the efficacy of global health programs and the ethics of delivering aid. Central to the unit will be the question of why there is often a failure to provide a total community approach to health issues.

Students will look at global health from a broad perspective, examining the global health architecture and the roles played by major actors. They will critically appraise social and economic approaches to global health problems and examine the positive and negative outcomes for health.

Major principles of effective and successful project management will be examined and past failures will be highlighted to demonstrate the complexity of health improvement in low- and middle-income countries.

The role of Australia bilateral donors (Australian AID, USAID etc) in giving development aid and addressing health issues in developing nations will be explored, with students being required to engage in examining and commenting upon the ethical aspects of donor activity. Individuals from the global health workforce will demonstrate the various careers available to students with a health sciences background.

The key themes of the unit will be consolidated to examine how these can be applied to continuing and future global health challenges.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Critically analyse the relationships between various actors and agencies in global health.
Explain, using evidence from secondary sources, the positive and negative aspects of different approaches to global health programs in terms of equity and inequity.
Analyse programs for health issues at national and international levels for their capacity to address health inequities.
Apply principles of health-for-all to a project proposal designed to address global health challenges.
Critique models of ethical and culturally appropriate development and aid delivery.
Explain the current and future threats to global health with reference to various social, economic, environmental and political causes.

Assessment

Essay (2,000 words) (30%)
Project plan (1,000 words) (20%)
Project proposal (3,000 words) (50%)

Hurdle:
Formative assessment task Twitter report (800 words)
80% attendance at tutorials.