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PU5525: HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT (2016-2017)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

None.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Foresterhill Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Mike Crilly

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course covers the core concepts of public health (including population at risk, prevention, effective intervention, monitoring population health, burden of isease and health inequalities) across the three major public health domains of health protection, health promotion and healthcare evaluation.  the course is predominantly baed around a numerical 'health needs assessment' approach (burden of ill-health, effective intervention) with the provision of support/services in the context of political-economic-social circumstances to improving the health of a population.  The course provides an opportunity for postgraduate students to select a 'health needs assessment' topic on which to undertake a brief/rapid health needs assessment.


For MPH students this second semester course builds on the previous first semester 'core' courses of epidemiology and applied statistics.  The MPH student can also use their 'health needs assessment' work to underpin their research-based coursework.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Summative assessment consists of:

1) online MCQ examination based on course content at end of week 10 (20%)

2) a 'rapid health needs assessment' written report of 2,000 words (70%)

3) a 'rapid health needs assessment' oral presentation (10%)

Resit: oral examination.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.

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