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Health Policy and Decision Making

Postgraduate | CUR-HTHM801 | 2021

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Examine health policy and process in national healthcare settings. Develop capacity through research, teaching and sharing knowledge. Compare key health topics.Explore the social causes, values and trends shaping Australia’s national health policy.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
14 weeks

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Health Policy and Decision Making

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. explain how government policies are initiated, developed, get implemented and evolve over time using appropriate policy theories

    2. discuss factors that influence government policies and decisions to improve population’s health, using policy analysis approaches and tools

    3. analyse government policy responses to a selected priority health issues and develop alternative policy strategies, taking equity into consideration
    4. critique policy implementation and coordination theories and practices
    5. develop strategies for managing and influencing policy change that take account of actor power, politics and evidence-based practice.

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

  • OUA-PSU-GCE-2021 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
  • UNE-PRO-GCE-2021 - Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice
  • CUR-HLE-GCE-2021 - Graduate Certificate in Health Economics

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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Related degrees

Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses

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PostgraduateOUA-PSU-GCE

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