HPER11-101: Australia's Health Issues and Priorities

Description

Australia's Health Issues and Priorities introduces students to Australia’s national health priority areas, as determined by analysis of key indicators such as burden of disease, risk factor prevalence, determinants of health and opportunities for interventions across the health system, now and into the future. This subject takes a multidisciplinary and integrated approach guided by the socio-ecological approach to assessing and responding to health issues. It will introduce students to thinking about major health issues across the spectrum of the health system (prevention through to treatment), by analysing the biological, psychological, social and environmental determinants of health, and using this analysis to identify interventions and opportunities to improve health. This will include consideration of the impact of these health issues on priority population groups, introduce students to the roles of different health professionals and alert students to consider the challenges these health issues pose for future health practitioners and researchers.

Subject details

Learning outcomes

1. Describe the basic epidemiological profile and burden of disease associated with the health issues covered.
2. Assess health issue causality by analysing the biological, psychological, social and environmental determinants of health.
3. Identify opportunities for health system interventions and services based on determinant analysis.
4. Describe the different roles and functions of different health professions in the Australian context.
5. Describe the future challenges for practitioners and researchers working in health priority areas.

Enrolment requirements

Subject outlines

• September 2020 [Standard - Australia's Health Issues and Priorities]
• May 2020 [Standard]
• September 2019 [Standard]
• May 2019 [Standard]
• September 2018 [Standard]
• May 2018 [Standard]
• September 2017 [Standard]
• May 2017 [Standard]

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