Evidence and Evaluation in Health Contexts
Duration
- 1 Semester
Contact hours
- 3 Hours per Week
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
Prerequisites
Corequisites
NilAims and objectives
This unit will promote an understanding of the nature, purposes and various approaches and contexts for evaluation within public and environmental health, community health and health promotion settings.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Articulate the purposes and scope of evaluation practice in a range of health settings
2. Select appropriate evaluation designs and methods to answer evaluation questions and purposes
3. Discuss the strengths and limitations of a range of evaluation approaches, data collection methods and tools for evaluation in relation to various traditional and contemporary public health evaluation contexts
4. Critically evaluate a range of evaluations using common performance indicators and relevant public and environmental health and health promotion theories and principles
Courses with unit
This unit was previously titled Environmental Health Services Evaluation
BA-HSC1 – Bachelor of Health Science
BA-HSCPEH1 Bachelor of Health Science (Public and Environmental Health)
BA-HSCPEH1 Bachelor of Health Science (Public and Environmental Health)
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This unit will involve up to 150 hours of work including:
| Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
| Face to Face Contact Lecture Tutorial |
2 I |
12 12 |
24 12 |
| Online Contact | N/A |
|
|
| Specified Learning Activities Group work, weekly readings |
5 Approx. |
12 |
60 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study, assignment preparation, revision | Recommended |
| 54 |
| TOTAL |
|
| 150 hours/12.5cp |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Test | Individual | 25% | 1, 2, 3 |
| Assignment 1 | Individual | 40% | 3, 4 |
| Assignment 2 | Group | 35% | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills:
• Teamwork Skills
• Analysis Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Communication Skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
• Teamwork Skills
• Analysis Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Communication Skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
Content
• Definitions of evaluation and monitoring.
• Importance of evaluation to pubic and environmental health, community health and health promotion practice.
• Various approaches to evaluation, planning and implementation of evaluations.
• Applying evaluation approaches and methods for a range of contexts from the service level to systems-level
• Data collection tools and methods used to evaluate.
• Introduction to the concepts of economic evaluation as applied to health services; uses and limitations.
• Various approaches to evaluation, planning and implementation of evaluations.
• Applying evaluation approaches and methods for a range of contexts from the service level to systems-level
• Data collection tools and methods used to evaluate.
• Introduction to the concepts of economic evaluation as applied to health services; uses and limitations.
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials will be made available in the Unit Outline.