Public health policy and planning
Mr J Smith
2 hours per week over 14 weeks
* Second semester
Synopsis This subject aims to examine the policy processes, structures and planning processes in public health. During this subject students will cover the following areas. (a) Health policy. What is policy and policy making?; governmental institutions and their roles in public health; legislative processes and the participants in them; initiation and formulation of policy. (b) Planning. What is planning and what are the approaches in common use?; stakeholders and their role in public health planning; institutional imperatives in the planning process; strategies for influencing the development of public health plans. (c) Case studies. Analyses of public health plans and the planning at state, regional and local levels; processes of development; implementation and evaluation. Teaching will include lectures, tutorials and syndicate work.
Assessment Assignment (1500 words): 30%
* Assignment (3000 words):
70%
Prescribed texts
Australian Local Government Association A guide to integrated local area planning ALGA, 1993
Duhl L J Health planning and social change Human Sciences Press, 1986
Friend J and Hickling A Planning under pressure: The strategic choice approach Pergamon, 1987
Gardner H (ed.) The politics of health: The Australian experience Churchill Livingstone, 1989
Hamilton-Smith E Strategic planning for community health centres and other community services Maroondah Social and Community Health Centre, 1993
Leichter H M Free to be foolish: Politics and health promotion in the United States and Great Britain Princeton University Press
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