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Postgraduate CUR-MPH607-2021

Principles of Planning and Evaluation in Public Health

Previously CUR-MPH580-2020

Make evidence-based decisions, plan for priorities, and execute and assess health promotion programs for effectiveness. Help people gain control over their health.Build capacity and design policy to prevent disease and improve community wellbeing.

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$3,039 $3,289

Your upfront cost: $0

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Duration

14 weeks

Study method

100% online

Available loans

  • FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

  • 01 Mar 2021
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Start your career with Curtin’s globally recognised courses and extensive industry connections. Through OUA, our online courses offer an interactive and collaborative learning experience that gets you the same degree as if you studied on campus. Curtin is a global university with a vibrant culture of innovation and collaboration and is ranked in the top one per cent of universities worldwide.

QS RANKING 2021

13

Times Higher Education Ranking 2021

13

  • 2021

Subject details

What you'll learn

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

  1. evaluate evidenced based approaches to plan and evaluate public health programs
  2. critically analyse public health planning and evaluation models/framework
  3. identify and address ethical issues for planning, implementing and evaluating public health programs
  4. design ethically complex public health programs using contemporary theory.
Topics covered
    • Setting the Context: An Introduction to Planning & Evaluation
    • Evidence Informed Decision Making
    • Systems Thinking in Public Health
    • Systems thinking for Planning
    • Influence Diagrams
    • Systems thinking for Planning
    • Systems Thinking for Evaluation
    • Evaluation Designs
    • An introduction to Policy Evaluation
    • Knowledge Translation
Entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • CUR-MPH580-Principles, Practice and Evidence in Health Promotion

Special requirements

No special requirements

Description

This subject was previously known as MPH580 Principles, Practice and Evidence in Health Promotion.

Using evidence informed decision making students will critically apply theoretical understandings to plan, implement and evaluate public health programs to determine efficacy and effectiveness. Current frameworks and theory will be used to plan for priorities for public health action, to better understand the complexities of health behaviour, and to inform research design based on ethical values. Integrating evaluation into the planning and implementation of all public health action will be demonstrated. Quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods to measure the impact of population and community based public health programs will be employed. The role of knowledge translation in the development and dissemination of public health practice and policy will be explored. Students will plan for capacity building and sustainability and will develop an understanding of working within complex systems.

Please Note:  If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.

Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.

Assessments

  • Oral Presentation (20%)
  • Online Discussion Posts (40%)
  • Written Planning and Evaluation Report (40%)
Textbooks

Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.

Related degrees

Postgraduate OUA-PSU-GCE-2021

Postgraduate Single Subjects

Postgraduate UNE-PRO-GCE-2021

Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice

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