SH5008 - Advancing the health of the population: Understanding Public Health (2023/24)
| Module specification | Module approved to run in 2023/24 | ||||||||||
| Module title | Advancing the health of the population: Understanding Public Health | ||||||||||
| Module level | Intermediate (05) | ||||||||||
| Credit rating for module | 30 | ||||||||||
| School | School of Social Sciences and Professions | ||||||||||
| Total study hours | 300 | ||||||||||
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| Running in 2023/24(Please note that module timeslots are subject to change) |
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Module summary
This module aims to:
Develop understanding of the Public Health discipline
Develop understanding and knowledge of population health data and the skills to interpret this data
Provide a social science based contextual and critical understanding of the impact of the social determinants of health on population health outcomes
Develop an understanding and knowledge of population health issues and how to take an evidence-based approach to tackle these issues
Syllabus
The module programme is structured to tackle each of the learning outcomes in turn.
1. The foundations of Public Health including an introduction to Health Protection, Healthcare Public Health and Health Promotion LO1
2. The wider determinants of health LO2
3. How to access and use population health datasets LO3
4. Developing skills for evidence-based practice LO4
5. Thinking critically about the contemporary issues in public health LO 1-5
The first four areas of the module programme will provide students with the foundations upon which to understand, discuss and think critically about contemporary issues in public health (area 5) which will form the second half of module delivery.
Balance of independent study and scheduled teaching activity
A range of teaching methods will be used throughout this module: lectures, presentations, seminars, workshops and discussions, both face to face and online. These sessions will provide background coverage on topics under discussion and interactive learning. Students will be required to read set texts and articles and to discuss these in classes and seminars. Additional resources will be available online via WebLearn. Module staff will be available to provide face-to-face, telephone, and email support to students during and outside timetabled sessions.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students will be able to:
1. Explain and discuss the three pillars of Public Health being Health Protection, Healthcare Public Health, and Health Promotion
2. Understand and discuss the determinants of health
3. Interpret and explain population health data
4. Take an evidence-based approach to public health decisions
5. Think critically about contemporary issues in public health
Assessment strategy
The assessment is designed to test the student's ability to evaluate a range of issues influencing theory, policy and practice developments in Public Health. To assess achievement against the module aims and learning outcomes, there will be one assessment component. The assessment is a 2,500 word essay related to a contemporary issue in public health. Students will be expected to present the public health issue identified in the set question before taking an evidence-based approach to critically appraising the issue. A formative assessment of an essay outline will feed in to the summative assessment allowing students to get feedback on the structure and outline of the essay at least four weeks before submission of the summative assessment.
Bibliography
https://rl.talis.com/3/londonmet/lists/63D66279-5998-F816-273B-B1C8CD151B11.html?lang=en-gb