Health & Development (PUBH7113)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2016
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Faculty
Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
School
Public Health School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Delivery mode
Internal
Class hours
3 Lecture hours
Assessment methods
Online quiz (10%); Critical Article Review (20%); `Policy Brief¿ Written Report (40%); Group Oral Presentation - Intervention Critique (30%)
Course enquiries
Ms Jo Durham
Course description
Description: This course covers several themes aimed at providing students with an understanding of the: variety of conceptions of health and of development, and how they are measured; fundamentals of the demographic and epidemiological transitions and the bi-directional interactions between health and development; social, economic and political components of development and their specific interactions with disease, mortality and fertility; a wide perspective on the determinants of health and disease, and health improvement in the international context; and, an understanding of the organisations and individuals working in international health and their strengths and weaknesses. This course may not be offered if the enrolment is less than 10 students.