Health Policy
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Health Policy |
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Core units |
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| Core units for graduate certificate students are HPOL5000, HPOL5001 and HPOL5003 | |||
| Core units for graduate diploma students are HPOL5000, HPOL5001, HPOL5003 and HPOL5007 | |||
| HPOL5000 Health Policy and Health Economics |
6 | N PUBH5032 |
Semester 1 |
| HPOL5001 Health Systems and Financing |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| HPOL5003 Analysing Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5008 Evidence into Policy and Practice |
6 | C HPOL5000 and HPOL5001 |
Semester 1 |
| HPOL5009 Health Policy Project |
6 | C HPOL5003 and HPOL5008 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Elective units |
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| BETH5104 Bioethics, Law and Society |
6 |
Prerequisites: A three-year undergraduate degree in science, medicine, nursing, allied health sciences, philosophy/ethics, sociology/anthropology, law, history, or other relevant field, or by special permission. |
Semester 1 |
| BETH5203 Ethics and Public Health |
6 | N BETH5206 |
Semester 2 |
| CISS6004 Health and Security |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5006 Business of Health |
6 | C HPOL5001 or SMBA6001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students who do not meet the recommended co-requisites may be granted entry if they have at least one year's work experience in a related field. |
Intensive July |
| GLOH5112 Global Communicable Disease Control |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GLOH5115 Women's and Children's Health |
6 | N MIPH5115 |
Semester 1 |
| GLOH5124 Humanitarian Crises and Refugee Health |
6 | N MIPH5124 |
Intensive October |
| GLOH5136 Nutrition in Global Settings |
6 | A Introductory knowledge of epidemiology |
Semester 2 |
| GLOH5201 Global Qualitative Health Research |
6 | N PUBH5500 or QUAL5005 or QUAL5006 or PUBH5005 |
Semester 2 |
| GLOH5219 Global Health Project Management |
6 | P GLOH5101 and GLOH5102 OR (PUBH5010 and PUBH5018) |
Semester 2 |
| MEDF5005 Health Research Methods and Ethics |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PCOL5101 Drugs and Devices: R and D to Registration |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PUBH5005 Qualitative Research in Health |
6 | N PUBH5500 or QUAL5005 or QUAL5006 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5006 Advanced Qualitative Analysis & Writing |
6 | A You should have a basic understanding of qualitative research P PUBH5005 OR PUBH5500 OR QUAL5005 OR QUAL5006 N QUAL5003 |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5019 Cancer Prevention and Control |
6 | P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5020 Chronic Disease Prevention and Control |
6 | A PUBH5033, PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 or equivalent Note: Department permission required for enrolment PUBH5020 is an advanced MPH elective, and some epidemiological concepts, such as population attributable risk are expected knowledge for understanding the Burden of Disease concept, that is important in NCD (chronic disease) prevention, and is part of Module 2 of this unit. In addition, this MPH elective predominantly takes a population and global perspective on NCD prevention, rather than a clinical or health services perspective |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5227 Public Health Program Evaluation |
6 | P PUBH5033 AND PUBH5010 Attendance and participation in ALL weekend workshops is mandatory as well as online participation [this unit is not available in online only mode] |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5033 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PUBH5036 Public Health: Critical Challenges |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5121 Environmental Health |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5126 Genetics and Public Health |
6 | A Basic epidemiology. No previous knowledge of genetics is required. P Epidemiology Methods and Uses (PUBH5010) |
Intensive October |
| PUBH5120 Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Health |
6 | N PUBH5118 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5145 Alcohol, drug use and health |
6 | N PUBH5114 or PUBH5115 |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5225 Population Mental Health |
6 | P PUBH5033 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5312 Health Economic Evaluation |
6 | P HPOL5000 and (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018 N PUBH5302 |
Intensive September |
| PUBH5317 Decision modelling for economic evaluation |
6 | P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018 C PUBH5312 N PUBH5205 PUBH5307 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5418 Tobacco Control in the 21st Century |
6 | Intensive August |
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| PUBH5430 Public Health Advocacy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5421 Infection Prevention in Healthcare |
6 | A basic knowledge of medical microbiology, antimicrobial agents and communicable disease epidemiology and clinical features |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5422 Health and Risk Communication This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5551 Climate Change and Public Health |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5555 Lifestyle and Chronic Disease Prevention |
6 | P PUBH5033 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5600 Biosecurity Seminar Series |
6 | P CISS6004 or GOVT6316 or MECO6909 or WORK6130 or unit of study coordinator permission. |
Semester 2 |
| Students may be allowed to enrol in elective units of study that are not on this list with the prior approval of both the course coordinator and the unit of study coordinator. | |||