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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 studyTheme 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 perspectiveTheme 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 rightTheme 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 careTheme 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
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 lensExamine the evidence supporting population based strategies for promoting and protecting healthIdentify the conceptual, ethical, and political debates that underpin current challenges in the provision and organisation of health care
Subject to the approval of the Head of School
HLTH601
(M Tu W): Mar 19, 20, 21 (M Tu W): May 7, 8, 9
Sarah Lovell
Most readings are available electronically through the Learn site. Some material will be distributed in class.
Library portalhttp://learn.canterbury.ac.nz
Grading ScaleGrade GPA Value MarksA+ 9 90 – 100A 8 85 – 89.99A- 7 80 – 84.99B+ 6 75 – 79.99B 5 70 – 74.99B- 4 65 – 69.99C+ 3 60 – 64.99C 2 55 – 59.99C- 1 50 – 54.99D 0 40 – 49.99E -1 0 – 39.99A Pass is 50 marks or over
Late submission of work, without an approved extension will incur a 5% penalty for that assignment.
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.
Extensions are rarely granted, and only in extreme circumstances.
Assignments may not be resubmitted.
Domestic fee $2,108.00
International Postgraduate fees
* 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 .