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HPOL5003: Analysing Health Policy
Health policy analysis involves examining the components of health policy and the health policy process. It is the study of both the causes of policy decisions and the consequences of these decisions. Health policy analysis requires us to consider the complexity of policy making, and the political, economic, social, cultural and historical context within which this occurs. This unit aims to develop skills for undertaking health policy research and analysis and is underpinned by systems thinking principles to equip students with the skills to embrace complexity in researching and evaluating health policy. We take a multidisciplinary approach to familiarise students with fundamental frameworks and methodologies that can be applied to health policy research and analysis. By the end of the unit students will be able to: Define policy and formulate research questions that can be used to analyse policy and policy processes; Understand and apply systems thinking approaches to policy analysis; Understand and explain the different methodological approaches and research paradigms that can be applied in policy analysis; Apply a critical analysis to a case study of policy success or failure; Identify appropriate study designs, research methodologies, data collection methods and analysis frameworks for specific policy research questions; Design a systems thinking-informed analysis of a current policy.
| Code | HPOL5003 |
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| Academic unit | Public Health |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. define policy and formulate research questions that can be used to analyse policy and policy processes
- LO2. apply a critical analysis to questions of policy success or failure
- LO3. understand and explain the different methodological approaches that can be applied in policy research
- LO4. identify appropriate research methodologies, data collection methods, and analysis for specific policy research questions
- LO5. design a systems thinking informed health policy research project.
Unit outlines
Unit outlines will be available 2 weeks before the first day of teaching for the relevant session.
- Semester 2, 2024 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2, 2024 [Online] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2 Early, 2020 [Block mode] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2 Early, 2020 [Online] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2, 2021 [Block mode] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2, 2021 [Block mode] - Remote
- Semester 2, 2021 [Online] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2, 2022 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2, 2022 [Normal evening] - Remote
- Semester 2, 2022 [Online] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
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