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This course challenges you to engage robustly with questions about what is good and right (and why) in public health policy and practice. You will develop your ability to critique and participate effectively in debates about what matters – and what is morally justified - in efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of communities and populations. You will develop the knowledge and confidence to identify value-based assumptions as you examine a range of real-world health problems and practice justifying and objecting to different strategies for addressing them
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Online | Sustained Study | No |
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The course will explore the key concepts and forms of critical reasoning used to discuss the ethical and political appropriateness of efforts to address the health and wellbeing of communities and populations. It will engage students in reflection and debate about a range of contested issues that arise in public health policy and practice (including the provision of state funding for health services). The selection of issues will depend partly on topicality and on student interest but might include, for example: notions of responsibility in 'lifestyle', corporate and state behaviours; compulsion in the management of communicable diseases; fairness in responses to social/global inequalities in health.
The course will be delivered in 6 one-day intensives spread across 10 weeks. Each day will include a combination of lectures and group discussions/activities. The sessions will be designed to ensure that the introduction of new conceptual/theoretical topics is interwoven with the exploration of practical topics that enable you to see their relevance, deepen your understanding of them, and develop your skills in applying them.
Students will be expected to undertake a combination of guided (specifically recommended) and student-identified (personal-interest specific) reading between the intensives.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
1 one short answer exam focused on ensuring a firm grasp of key concepts and theories (10%); 1 presentation to peers, including handling of discussion questions (40%); 1 final essay of up to 2000 words (50%).
There are no assessments for this course.
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
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