HLTH401-18S1 (D) Semester One 2018 (Distance)

Health and Health Systems

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 2 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 18 May 2018

Description

This course examines international health and health systems, including the determinants of health, health status and health inequalities and the way health systems are organised to meet these challenges. This provides a context for detailed examination of issues facing health and health services in New Zealand and elsewhere.

Course content will include:
Theme 1: Introduction to health and health care
• Public health, medicine, and the role of the health system
• Perspectives on analysing and measuring access to health care
• Prevention, ethics and the patient journey: A cancer screening case study

Theme 2: Ecological approaches to health
• Key evidence underpinning the social determinants of health
• Health inequalities and the role of the state
• Adolescent health: a population perspective
• Analysing health through a life course perspective

Theme 3: Global Health
• An analysis of the implications of globalization for health and health policy
• The global burden of disease, including chronic disease
• Framing health as a human right

Theme 4: Health systems and Financing
• Alternative ways of structuring health systems and the implications of these
• Health reform and its drivers
• Comparative health systems
• Health system financing
• Prioritisation and rationing
• Achieving integrated care

Theme 5: Health policy, consumer engagement and patient rights
• Equity and equality in health care
• Health policy making
• Applying a critical lens to policy problems
• Consumer engagement: Case Studies on Pharmac
• Patient rights

Learning Outcomes

  • By the end of the HLTH401 course students will be expected to demonstrate an ability to:

  • Analyse New Zealand's health system performance through an international lens
  • Examine the evidence supporting population based strategies for promoting and protecting health
  • Identify the conceptual, ethical, and political debates that underpin current challenges in the provision and organisation of health care

Prerequisites

Subject to the approval of the Head of School

Restrictions

HLTH601

Equivalent Courses

HLTH601

Timetable Note

(M Tu W): Mar 19, 20, 21
(M Tu W): May 7, 8, 9

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Sarah Lovell

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Annotated Bibliography 12 Mar 2018 20% Due no later than 5pm
Policy Briefing 23 Apr 2018 40% Due no later than 5pm
Health System Essay 28 May 2018 40% Due no later than 5pm

Textbooks / Resources

Most readings are available electronically through the Learn site. Some material will be distributed in class.

Additional Course Outline Information

Assessment and grading system

Grading Scale
Grade    GPA Value        Marks

A+              9            90 – 100
A                8            85 – 89.99
A-               7            80 – 84.99
B+              6            75 – 79.99
B                5            70 – 74.99
B-               4            65 – 69.99
C+              3            60 – 64.99
C                2            55 – 59.99
C-               1            50 – 54.99
D                0            40 – 49.99
E               -1             0 – 39.99

A Pass is 50 marks or over

Late submission of work

Late submission of work, without an approved extension will incur a 5% penalty for that assignment.

Other specific requirements

Students are expected to actively engage with the materials available on the LEARN site.

Students are expected to complete readings in advance and engage in the participatory activities of the course, both web and class-based.

Requests for extensions

Extensions are rarely granted, and only in extreme circumstances.

Resubmissions

Assignments may not be resubmitted.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $2,108.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Health Sciences .

All HLTH401 Occurrences

  • HLTH401-18S1 (D) Semester One 2018 (Distance)