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Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Lester Wright
Phone: +61 8313 0944
Email: les.wright@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Room 813, Hughes Building

Course Coordinator: Teresa Burgess
Phone: +61 8313 3468
Email: teresa.burgess@adelaide.edu.auLocation: Level 7, 178 North Terrace

Learning and Teaching Team
Phone: +61 8313 4637
Email: postgrad_enq@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Level 7, 178 North Terrace

1	Understand current public health issues and controversies and critique the different public policy responses to them both within 最新糖心Vlog and internationally
2	Understand and apply different theoretical frameworks to the analysis of national and international health policies
3	Review and critique the policies and strategies associated with current, specific public health interventions
4	Apply relevant theories to the analysis of a specific public health problem and assess how the problem is currently being addressed
5	Develop a public health intervention plan for a specific public health problem integrating the principles of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion

There is no recommended textbook for this course.

A range of useful readings can be found on MyUni.

Public Health makes lecture notes and other teaching aids available electronically to students, through MyUni.

MYUNI
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Login to this resource using your Username and Password. Once logged on to MyUni, you will find the information displayed is customised to present only details relevant to you and the online content for courses that you are studying. For enquiries about online education services, what’s available and access, contact the Online Education Helpdesk:
The Helpdesk is available for extended hours during the week or through voicemail.
Phone: (08) 8303 3000
E-mail: servicedesk@adelaide.edu.au

MyUni purposes:
Accessing announcements about changes in scheduling, course information etc.
Accessing lecture notes both in pdf format and, if recording is possible in the allocated lecture theatre, in audiofile format.
Posting questions. You are encouraged to post queries on the discussion board in addition to emailing course coordinator the questions of an academic nature (e.g., about assignments).

The course lectures provide factual information, introduce public health concepts and provide an opportunity to the class for   discussing the concepts in an interactive lecture setting. Lectures are supported by group work for discussing and practicing planning  interventions for selected public health issues. Assignments provide an opportunity to undertake in depth analysis of some key  concepts of the course.

The intensive course requires 42 hours of contact time (lectures, discussion, and exercises). Additionally, time is needed for self-study: it is estimated thatabout eight hours per week of private study are required about a week before, during and for about five weeks  after the six day intensive course to fully comprehend the concepts introduced through lectures, and to complete the assignment and prepare for the presentations.

This course is divided into 3 modules which are undertaken over a six day period.

Module 1: Health Policy and Systems. This module looks at the intersections between public health, health policy and developing healthy public policies. Topics covered include: the ethics of public health policy making; the policy cycle; analysing policy; analysing a national health care system and access, quality and cost.

Module 2: Public Health in Action: This module revisits key aspects of population health including communicable and non-communicable disease and surveillance, prevention & control of infectious disease. It explores the principles and frameworks  underlying prevention and health promotion, including social and behavioural change for health promotion and health promotion  approaches as well as the planning, implementation and evaluation of health programs.

Module 3: Contemporary issues and challenges in public health policy and practice. This module explores a variety of issues and  challenges facing public health policy makers and practitioners today in including: Health in All Policies, health literacy, new and  emerging diseases (both communicable and non-communicable); the implications of the ageing population for public health and health  promotion, health promoting palliative care and how to address the growing burden of mental illness.

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Assessment Task	Task Type	Weighting	Learning Outcome
Quiz 1	Summative/Formative	5%	1, 2, 4
Quiz 2	Summative/Formative	5%	1, 2, 4
Group exercises	Summative	15%	1-5
Assignment 1	Summative	35%	1, 4, 5
Assignment 2	Summative	40%	1-3

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Quizzes 1 & 2. (5% each) Quizzes occur at the completion of Modules 1 and 2 The students will complete two line short  answer/multiple choice question quizzes, which will test the knowledge gained at the lectures. Each of the quiz’ carries 5% of marks.

Group Participation Exercises x 3 (5% each).  Three group participation exercises (one in each module) will be undertaken during classes.

Assignment 1:Interventions Essay.  2,500 words (35%).
Students are asked to select a health issue, which is of public health importance in a country of their choice, and identify the public  health program that is being implemented to promote health with regard to the issue selected. Students should review and critique  the selected public health intervention. The essay should highlight promotion, prevention and health protection actions if  any.

Health Policy Paper. 3000 words. (40%)Students are asked to prepare a research paper on one issue in public health policy. The  paper must demonstrate HOW YOU REACH A POSITION on a public health policy issue. The paper must start with identification of a  specific, real-world dilemma and then discuss the history of the debate over the issue. Students must offer at least three (3)  alternative responses; identify arguments used to support various positions held on the issue, and demonstrate the factors which  were considered and process used to reach a position on the issue.

Extensions
All extensions for assignments must be requested, at the latest, by the last working day before the due date of submission.   Extensions will generally be granted only on medical or genuine compassionate grounds.  Supporting documentation must be  provided at the time a student requests an extension.  Without documentation, extensions will not be granted.  Late requests for extension will neither be accepted nor acknowledged.

Only the Course Co-ordinator(s) may grant extensions.
 
Supporting documentation will be required when requesting an extension. Examples of documents that are acceptable include: a  medical certificate that specifies dates of incapacity, a police report (in the case of lost computers, car & household theft etc.), a  letter from a Student Counsellor, Education and Welfare Officer (EWO) or Disability Liaison Officer that provides an assessment of  compassionate circumstances, or a letter from an independent external counsellor or appropriate professional able to verify the  student’s situation.  The length of any extension granted will take into account the period and severity of any incapacity or impact  on the student.  Extensions of more than 10 days will not be granted except in exceptional circumstances.

Late submission
Marks will be deducted when assignments for which no extension has been granted are handed in late.

All assignments, including those handed in late, will be assessed on their merits.  In the case of late assignments where no  extension has been granted, 5 percentage points of the total marks possible per day will be deducted.  If an assignment that is 2  days late is awarded 65% on its merits, the mark will then be reduced by 10% (5% per day for 2 days) to 55%.  If that same  assignment is 4 days late, the mark will be reduced by 20% (5% per day for 4 days) to 45%, and so on.

The School of Public Health reserves the right to refuse to accept an assignment that is more than 7 days late.

Assignments submitted after the due date may not be graded in time to be returned on the listed return dates.

Students submitting examinable written work who request (and receive) an extension that takes them beyond the examination  period are advised that there is no guarantee that their grades will be processed in time to meet usual 最新糖心Vlog deadlines.

Resubmission
If a student is dissatisfied with an assessment grade they should follow the Student Grievance Resolution Process  </student/grievance/process/>.  Students who are not satisfied with a particular assessment result should raise their concerns with Course Co-ordinator(s) in the first instance.  This must be done within 10 business days of the  date of notification of the result.  Resubmission of any assignment is subject to the agreement of the Course Co-ordinator(s) and will only be permitted for the most compelling of reasons.