This unit will expose students to the breadth of public health practice and organisations. It will explore the central role of policy and the policy cycle in government in achieving Public Health goals. It will also examine the role of Public Health Advocacy in creating change in policy and practice.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Apply critical thinking skills to assess key issues in contemporary public health practice and policy;
2.Review and analyse relationship between practice and policy for Public Health within varying contexts, e.g. community, national and international public health practice;
3. Critically analyse and evaluate public health policy including the role of community and civil society in influencing policy; and
4. Present a coherent and effective argument advocating for change in public health practice or policy.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - use Indigenous histories and traditional ecological knowledge to develop and augment understanding of their discipline
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

10063 Principles and Practice of Interdisciplinary Public Health PG

Assumed knowledge

None.