PUBH7012
Delivering Health Care in Communities
Course Coordinator: A/Prof Fran Boyle
Delivery Mode: External
Introduction
This course is about the context, organisation, delivery and evaluation of health care in the community. It provides participants who are destined to use, manage, or operate in the community sector an opportunity for some systematic consideration of aims, structure, dynamics, coordination and performance in the sector.
Aims
The principal objectives of this course are: 1. To provide an overview of the nature, scope, philosophy and context of the community health sector. 2. Presentation of the rationale for a multi-dimensional, interdisciplinary and intersectoral approach to the delivery of health in communities. 3. Examination of opportunities and strategies for collaboration across services and sectors, particularly in relation to the provision of care for those from vulnerable groups and/or with complex and ongoing needs. 4. Critical examination of a range of strategies for protecting, maintaining, improving and restoring health in the community (e.g., self-care, coordinated multidisciplinary care, health promotion, intersectoral partnerships and community capacity building). 5. To equip students with the basic knowledge and skills needed to establish and maintain models of care that respond to the needs of individual clients and their communities.
Content
Specific topics include:
- Setting the Scene
- Thinking About Community
- Consumer Voices
- Context and Scope of Community Health
- Teamwork in Community Health
- Intersectoral Practice and Partnerships
- Building Community Capacity for Health
- Health Promotion and Health Education
- Putting it all together: Chronic illness
Assessment
Assignments consist of an essay and a community health report
Recommended texts
Students are provided with a printed Book of Readings and are encouraged to read widely from the Library resources.
Resources
Online Blackboard site: This contains the week-by-week learning materials for each module and provides an interactive environment for the students and teachers. Reliable and regular access to the internet for use of the UQ Blackboard learning site is required.
Further details are provided in the Course Profile.
http://www.uq.edu.au/study/course.html?course_code=PUBH7012
Course Coordinator Contact Details
A/Prof Fran Boyle
School of Population Health
University of Queensland
Herston Road
Herston
QLD 4006
AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61 7 334 64681
Fax: +61 7 334 64717
Email: f.boyle@sph.uq.edu.au
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