James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2008

TM4401 - Health, Policy and Planning

Credit points: 03
Year: 2008
Student Contribution Band: Band 2
Administered by: Discipline of Public Health & Tropical Medicine

Available to all students enrolled in the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy and other health science courses.

Health professionals need an understanding of the interrelationships between public policy and planning for health service delivery. This subject will build the linkages between those two processes and discuss imortant factors that influence them. Methods used in policy development as well as in the planning and evaluation of health programs will be examined and practised. Power relationships will also be considered.

Learning Outcomes

Graduate Qualities

Prerequisites:HS1401

Availabilities

Townsville, Block, Study Period 8
Census Date 05-Sep-2008
Face to face teaching 11-Aug-2008 to 22-Aug-2008
Coord/Lect: Mr Adrian Miller.
Assessment:quizzes or tests (40%); presentations (10%); assignments (25%); post-block assignment (25%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.