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PUBH5227: Public Health Program Evaluation
2026 unit information
Program evaluation is vital to understand if and how public health actions are working and can be improved. This practical and professionally relevant unit equips students with the skills to undertake and interpret evaluations of public health programs implemented across diverse settings. Students will learn about the different types of evaluation, how to define evaluation questions, and select appropriate evaluation designs and data collection tools. The unit also covers methods for scaling up public health programs to the population level and designing practical evaluation solutions to complex programs that address real-world problems. Learning is interactive and collaborative, combining workshops, tutorials, and authentic assessment tasks. Emphasis is placed on developing core evaluation competencies, including critical thinking, collaboration, and communication, through engagement with practical case examples. By the end of this unit, students will be able to confidently plan, conduct, and interpret findings from public health program evaluations – an essential skill for public health professionals and those seeking to pursue evaluation research grounded in scientific rigour and pragmatic methodologies.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Public Health |
| Credit points | 6 |
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PUBH5033 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. analyse and correctly apply levels of evaluation to public health programs
- LO2. generate logic models in order to understand how they can inform evaluations of public health programs
- LO3. evaluate the appropriateness of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods study design in program evaluation
- LO4. create and evaluate different types of quantitative measures in order to use them appropriately in program evaluation
- LO5. demonstrate an understanding of the purpose and limitations of natural experiments for evaluation
- LO6. apply concepts of program complexity and the purpose and process of scaling up.
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Semester 2 2025
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2025
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Online | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2026
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2026
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Online | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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