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HL40517: Advanced health policy

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2019/0
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department for Health
Further information on credits Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Further information on notional study hours Notional Study Hours: 120
Further information on unit levels Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Further information on teaching periods Period:
Semester 1
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW50EX50
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Assessment detail to be confirmed
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites: Before taking this module you must take HL30513
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
To critically explore, apply and evaluate different models of health policymaking and governance and a variety of approaches to health policy design.

Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to demonstrate:
* Systematic understanding of the academic literature on alternative empirical and normative models of health policymaking and health governance.
* Detailed understanding of health policy options and design, grounded in public health theory, such as the social determinants of health and health inequalities.
* Conceptual understanding of externalities which can impact policy outcomes and a knowledge of the tools by which they could be addressed.
* Demonstrate originality when applying their knowledge to health policy problems, to design evidence-based policy interventions to meet those problems, and to critically evaluate the quality, appropriateness and impact of policy alternatives.

Skills:
Knowledge and understanding (taught, facilitated and assessed)
Intellectual skills (facilitated and assessed)
Critical evaluation (taught, facilitated and assessed)
Challenge assumptions (taught, facilitated and assessed)
Analytical skills (facilitated and assessed)
Oral communication (facilitated and assessed)
Written communication (facilitated and assessed)
Problem solving (taught, facilitated and assessed)
Design interventions (taught, facilitated and assessed)
Plan and manage own learning (facilitated)
Work independently (facilitated)

Content:
Empirical policy design parameters, including intervention scale, target population(s), means, policy type, mode of delivery, implementation strategy; Normative models of health governance, such as community health, public-private partnerships, state provision, market governance, international agreements and initiatives; The process of health policymaking and the intersecting and changing roles played by science, politics and economics; Policy actors, communities and networks, examining their influence and activities in health policy making; Case studies from health policy making practice in the UK, the European Union and globally; The evaluation of health policies, including impacts on whole populations, target populations and disadvantaged groups; The impacts of non-health policies on health and the potential of health mainstreaming/health in all policies.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

HL40517 is Optional (DEU) on the following programmes:

Department for Health
  • UHHL-AFM18 : MSci(Hons) Health and Exercise Science (Year 4)

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