Undergraduate USA-HLTH1054-2023

Health and Society

What determines whether a person is healthy? Study the common measurements of health used today. Consider what affects these measurements, including risks, culture, the environment and disadvantage. Focus on the health of Indigenous peoples.

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Duration

10 weeks

Study method

100% Online

Available loans

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Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Start dates

03 Apr 2023
18 Sep 2023

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Subject details

What you'll learn

By the end of this 10-week course, you’ll be able to:

Discuss burden of disease in the national and international context.
Compare and contrast health status (risk, prevalence and outcomes) across local, national and international populations as a result of, social, cultural and environmental factors.
Identify and describe the basis for differences in health status with particular emphasis on Aboriginal people and disadvantaged populations.
Identify and describe current and future challenges to health and health care systems.
Demonstrate foundational academic skills with a particular emphasis on creating, manipulating and interpreting data and graphs.

Topics covered

- Measuring and monitoring population health
- Evidence, risk and causality in health research
- Determinants of health: biomedical and behavioural determinants
- Determinants of health: socioeconomic determinants
- Determinants of health: environmental factors
- Determinants of health: Aboriginal peoples’ health
- Determinants of health: Aboriginal peoples’ health
- Challenges to health and the health care system in Australia
- Health promotion principles and interventions

Entry requirements

No eligibility requirements

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Description

Study the social, cultural and environmental determinants of health, with a specific focus on the health of Aboriginal people and disadvantaged populations.

Cover common measures of health such as morbidity, birth/death rates and burden of disease. Identify risk factors, current and future challenges to health and health care system, and explore principles and interventions in health promotion.

As part of your studies, you’ll have the chance to advance your Microsoft Excel skills where you’ll use real health data to practice descriptive data analysis, create graphs and interpret your results.

UniSA Online’s 10-week short courses give you the flexibility to upskill in a certain area, stay current with developments in your field, diversify your knowledge, or even explore a new direction in your career – without having to commit to the time and cost of a full university degree.

Delivered 100% online, you’ll be able to study where and when it suits you. Access online academic and student support seven days a week, fit study around work and life commitments, view learning resources 24/7, and log in to the interactive online environment anywhere, any time and on any device.

This is a first-year course from UniSA Online’s Bachelor of Community Health degree.

Should your course have an exam it will be scheduled for Australian Central Standard Time or Australian Central Daylight Time, depending on the time of the year.

Assessments

Portfolio (50%)
Assignment (50%)

Textbooks

For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).