PHCA8501 Social Determinants of Health and Wellbeing

2012

9

1 x 2-hour lecture weekly
1 x 50-minute tutorial weekly

1 Admission into MHID-Master of Health and International Development
1a Admission into GCPHC-Graduate Certificate in Primary Health Care
1b Admission into GCPHCDC-Graduate Certificate in Primary Health Care in Developing Countries
1c Admission into GCHP-Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion
1d Admission into GCPHRE-Graduate Certificate in Public Health Research and Evaluation
1e Admission into GDPEHP-Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health Practice
1f Admission into DPH-Doctor of Public Health
1g Admission into GDPCCM-Graduate Diploma in Chronic Condition Management
1h Admission into MPHCC-Master of Public Health (Chronic Condition Management)
1i Admission into MPHCP-Master of Public Health (Cancer Prevention)
1j Admission into MPHHS-Master of Public Health (Health Services Management)
1k Admission into MPHPC-Master of Public Health (Primary Health Care)
1l Admission into MPHPH-Master of Public Health (Public Health)
1m Admission into MPHPR-Master of Public Health (Public Health Research)
1n Admission into MPHPN-Master of Public Health (Public Health Nutrition)
1o Admission into MPH-Master of Public Health
1p Admission into MMHNCW-Master of Mental Health Nursing (Coursework)
1q Admission into GCPH-Graduate Certificate in Public Health
1r Admission into GDPPH-Graduate Diploma in Public Health
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e or 1f or 1g or 1h or 1i or 1j or 1k or 1l or 1m or 1n or 1o or 1p or 1q or 1r))

PHCA8001 has been successfully completed

Assignments.

This topic is a foundational topic for anyone interested in public health. The topic will look at core values and principles in current public health including equity, empowerment. It will introduce students to primary health care and the history of the development of public health. This topic will look at different approaches to the Social determinants of health and well being including the structural factors and conditions affecting human populations. The topic will also introduce the concept of empowerment and processes of change linked to it especially considering the broad implications for change agent roles in public health.

The aim of this topic is to enable students to have a foundation understanding of the ways in which health is conceptualized in public health, how it came to be conceptualized in these ways and how these concepts are currently applied in public health.

By the end of this topic, students are expected to be able to:

• Explain the historical development of current approaches to public health

• Analyze the relationships between social determinants of health and health status, using relevant theoretical approaches

• Demonstrate knowledge of the implications of a social determinants of health approach for action for change in public health