Health Systems and Policy

The Health Systems and Policy group bring together a diverse group of academics with a common goal – to improve the quality, organisation and effectiveness of health systems and services.

Spanning a range of disciplines – including health policy, sociology, psychology, social epidemiology and economics – we are actively engaged in research designed to inform, influence and improve health policy and practice.

Our major areas of research and expertise fall under the following broad headings:

Policy analysis

Mental Health Policy and Evaluation Group

Evaluation

Chronic Disease Evaluation Group
Mental Health Policy and Evaluation Group

Ethics

Addiction Neuroethics Research Group

Consumer responsive health services and systems

Advancing Health Literacy Through Primary Health Care Systems
Chronic Disease

Indigenous health

Indigenous Health Unit

Health Systems and Policy staff are involved in teaching programs at postgraduate and undergraduate levels through the Master of Public Health, Bachelor of Health Sciences, Bachelor of Oral Health and Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Programs. We also provide Research Higher Degree training in areas that reflect the diversity of research interests and expertise of our group. Our teaching strongly reflects our areas of research strength. Courses include:

• PUBH7614 Health Systems 
• PUBH7012 Delivering Health Care in Communities
• PUBH7021 Evaluation in Public Health
• PUBH7617 Pharmacoeconomics

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