Course overview
This course will introduce students to health systems and services in the Australian context and highlight the complex and multiple functions and processes involved to promote and improve population heath. Health systems; introduction to policy; stakeholders in health; social, political and other influences on health systems; historical and contemporary health system responses; preventive health in the health system; conceptual definitions of health and wellbeing; Aboriginal and The aim of this course is Torres Strait Islander health initiatives; mechanisms that shape the Australian health system, including financing, levels of government, policy and regulatory frameworks; health policy and administration pathways and careers.
Course learning outcomes
- Describe the health system structures in Australia, including key entities, stakeholders, funding sources, and policy and regulatory frameworks.
- Explain the role of public policy in promoting and protecting health and preventing illness.
- Discuss the relevance of different conceptual definitions of health and wellbeing on health policy and the health service system.
- Describe contemporary initiatives to promote and improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
- Demonstrate personal and professional development through course engagement and participation in group work.
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