Health and Society

Course aim

To promote an understanding of the social, cultural and environmental determinants of health, with a specific focus on the health of indigenous Australians.

Course content

Using the Australian National Health Priorities as a framework, this course will present and explore concepts of health; common measures of health (morbidity, mortality, birth/death rates, Quality Adjusted Life years (QALYs) etc); risk factors, social , cultural and environmental determinants of health, proximal and distal factors affecting health; health status across state, national, international populations with special reference to marginalised or disadvantaged groups such as indigenous peoples; principles of health improvement (surveillance, basic/clinical sciences, intervention/ translational science, prevention/ health promotion). .

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Examination, Written Assignment 1, Written assignment 2

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.