Health Policy and Advocacy

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  By the end of this 12-week subject, you'll be able to:

  1. Critically analyse different theories and approaches to policy agenda setting to understand health policy formulation and advocacy for a specific population health issue.
  2. Critically analyse issues in contemporary Australian health care policy, including the evaluation of global influences on Australian health policy.
  3. Critically analyse and reflect on political and ethical issues in the formulation of evidence-based policy and its translation into real-world policy application.
  4. Evaluate the role of government and other stakeholders in the processes for ensuring the accountability for health policy and advocating for change.
  5. Critically analyse advocacy approaches and tools required to create an advocacy strategy to address a public health policy issue. 

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Torrens University Australia

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

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

Elective

• TUA-CBA-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate of Business Administration

Prior study

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

• TUA-PUBH6000-Social, Behavioural and Cultural Factors in Public Health

• TUA-PUBH6003-Health Systems and 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.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.