307182 (v.1) Health and Society 180

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Area:	School of Public Health
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.5
Lecture:	1 x 2.5 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Fortnightly
Syllabus:	Population health. Definitions of health, disease and disability from a global and Australian perspective. Natural history of disease, global burden of disease, social determinants of health and illness. Risk factors and causation. Health inequalities within and between countries, Indigenous health, high risk groups, primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, ethics and health.
Unit Outcomes:	On successful completion of this unit students will have - Described the fundamental concepts of health and illness. Explained the impact of social factors on health. Linked concepts of causation to differential burdens of disease at the Global and locallevel. Described the relationship between social factors and methods for the control and management of diseases and disabilities. Critiqued the relationship between health ethics and health inequalities.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Murray J.L. and Lopez A.D., (Eds.), (1996), The Global Burden of Disease - A Comprehensive Assessment of Mortality and Disability From Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors in 1990 and Projected to 2020, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Univeristy Press. Kawachi I. and Beckman L.F., (Eds.), (2000), Social Epidemiology, NY, Oxford Univeristy Press. Kawachi I., Kennedy B.P. and Wilkinson R.G., (1999-2000), The Society and Population Health Reader, NY, New Press. Our State of Health (2002), [to be published by the end of the year] West Australian Health Department. Detels R., Holland W., McEwen J. and Omen G.S., (Eds.), (1997), Oxford Textbook of Public Health, 3rd ed., NY, Oxford University Press. Websites from - World Health Organisation, CDC, World Bank, and Harvard School of Public Health.
Unit Texts:	Study Guide to Health and Society 180. Set of selected readings reflecting current trends.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Papers 40%. Final Examination 60%. This is by grade/mark assessment.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y Y Y 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y