Master of Adolescent Health and Wellbeing

This subject introduces and critiques the concepts ‘adolescence’ and ‘health’, and examines various frameworks for understanding the phenomenon of adolescent development. The diversity of adolescent experience is explored, and the impact of various socio-environmental contexts of adolescence on young people’s health and well-being is identified.

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This subject asks students to examine the assumptions, values, experiences, skills, forms of knowledge and broader influences on your work with young people. The subject is structured into four connected modules that build on each other across the semester:

• Reflective practice
• Working with resilience
• Working with other professionals
• Being resilient

Using experiences as a starting point, and building on this with topics notes and selected reading students will explore frameworks and interventions for working with young people to improve health outcomes. These include risk and resiliency, professional role boundaries, ethical practice and collaboration.

Students will draw on theoretical perspectives and ideas from contemporary literature as well as insights generated through critical reflection and sharing thoughts and experiences with their subject colleagues. Through this critical enquiry it is expected that they will further develop their understandings of their own practice and change and develop aspects of that practice.

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This subject investigates how social determinants and social worlds affect the health and wellbeing of young people and examines social life from historical, global and cultural perspectives. Students will draw on a diversity of theoretical perspectives to analyse how society operates and how social changes influence the health, wellbeing and behaviours of young people. Throughout this subject, particular emphasis is placed on examining and explaining social and health inequalities. Issues of gender and popular culture and concepts related to social networks, social capital, social cohesion and social control are explored. The relationship between micro and macro views of society (micro-macro linkage), and the relationship between social structures, institutions and human agency are investigated with reference to contemporary adolescent health issues. Approaches to interventions focusing on changing social contexts will be critically examined.

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This subject explores key practices, principles and frameworks for health promotion and community capacity building aimed at enhancing the health and wellbeing of young people. Participants will be encouraged to develop a more systematic approach to health promotion practice, particularly in identifying adolescent health needs and in planning, implementing and evaluating health promotion approaches relevant to particular communities/settings. Participants will be encouraged to draw on their experience and knowledge in the development of a health promotion project proposal. The subject considers the social and environmental context in which health promotion takes place.

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This is a compulsory subject in the Master of Public Health. Qualitative research plays an important role in public health as it can explain how people experience a particular health issue or why they perform a health-related behavior, taking into account specific social, political and economic contexts. Public health practitioners need to be able to undertake and interpret a range of published research (including qualitative research) in order to gather evidence for practice, identify gaps in evidence and evaluate current practice.

This subject will introduce students to qualitative research in public health - both the principles underlying design and the strengths and weaknesses of different qualitative methodologies. It will cover a range of methods, such as individual interviews, group interviews, visual and participatory methods. Each element of research design will be covered, from recognising research paradigms and sampling strategies through to the different types of analysis. Students will learn how to design, plan and evaluate qualitative research as sources of evidence in public health.

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The purpose of this subject is to develop the critical disciplines of research methodology and to arm students with the necessary knowledge and skills to analyse and interpret research that informs our understanding of young people’s health and well-being. The aim is also to provide students with the skills needed to design, implement and communicate the findings of research that will contribute to more effective program delivery to young people, within and across different sectors.

This subject will provide participants with the critical skills needed to design their research project, including the research questions, a rationale - why is it worth studying this question/area, the aims and objectives of the research; identification of theoretical/conceptual frameworks to be used as well as relevant bodies of literature; methodology - how will the problem be investigated and why is this the best design.

On completion of the minor thesis, students will have:

• Read and written about their specific area of research interest;
• Defined a research problem or issue;
• Developed understandings of research approach(es) and techniques that are relevant to the proposed project;
• Written a detailed research proposal;
• Conducted a thorough literature review;
• Selected an appropriate research design;
• Justified appropriate methods for data analysis;
• Demonstrated skill in using appropriate methods;
• Demonstrated skill in interpreting the data in such a way that has relevance for youth health policy or practice;
• Demonstrated skill in writing up the results.

Methods of study may include policy analysis, theoretically-based studies as well as methods based on the collection and analysis of interview or survey data, or as determined by both the student and the supervisor. In this unit students will have a supervisor appointed, work with the supervisor to develop a research proposal, enhance their ability to plan and conduct research in a specific methodological framework, explore current literature relating to their proposed research topic, and prepare an application for human research ethics approval.

There is no prepared content in this unit. It is a research unit in which students, in consultation with an appointed supervisor, carry out research tasks to develop new knowledge (content) themselves. From time to time, supervisors will provide students with appropriate readings to support their research. Supervisors are appointed by the co-ordinator in consultation with the student.

Students will be assigned a supervisor in the year they begin their thesis.

NOTE: As part of thesis development, the majority of students will also be required to complete a University of Melbourne Ethics Standard Project Application Form and gain ethics approval

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This subject enables students to explore contemporary substance use (alcohol and other drug use) among young people. This will include building an understanding of current frameworks/policies for responding to the complex issue of substance use among young people. Current trends in substance use among young people, drawing on contemporary literature from Australian and international contexts will be explored across the spectrum of prevention through to substance abuse treatment. The role of social culture and the media will be examined. Students will draw on a diversity of current research to tease out some of the key risk and protective factors for adolescent substance use. Students will also explore current frameworks to assist young people engaging in substance use to avoid harm and initiate and maintain change (e.g., harm minimisation, stages of change and relapse prevention models, strengths-based approaches, trauma informed practice).

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This subject introduces multi-disciplinary conceptual frameworks for understanding mental health and illness in young people and highlights the importance of social and environmental contexts for mental health. Using a social-ecological model, this subject explores contemporary facets and experiences of youth mental health across communities and systems. With a focus on emergent research, and including interviews with young people, students will be expected to engage reflexively and critically with various foundational biological, psychological and sociological concepts, and to develop an understanding of the factors that impact young people's lives and mental health. The subject encourages students to develop an evidence-based understanding of the diversity of needs and adaptive opportunities possible in their youth-focused professional contexts, with a particular focus on health, youth justice, welfare and education systems.

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In this subject, participants will draw on ideas from research, along with theoretical frameworks and strategies explored during the course to develop and review a critical inquiry project relevant to their professional practice workplace / setting that influences outcomes for young people. Participants will be supervised through each stage of the project and will be required to present their findings, perspectives and reflections to different audiences using appropriate media.

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Increasingly successful treatments and improved survival rates for adolescents and young adults with cancer have led to the need for better management of the many complex issues arising out the experience of cancer for this group. A better appreciation and understanding of the psycho-social dimension of a young person’s life and cancer experience has emerged, and with this the need for new skills and approaches to care.

This subject identifies and addresses these issues, including: the impact of cancer on adolescent development, including sexual and identity development; dealing with ethical issues around consent and confidentiality; reactions to survivorship; the management of palliative care and spiritual needs; understanding the family context of treatment; liaising with schools and universities; and negotiating the interface between paediatric and adult cancer services.

This subject takes a holistic approach to these issues, drawing from different multidisciplinary perspectives and insights.

It will be of interest to a range of professionals engaged in the care and support of adolescents and young adults with cancer.

View detailed information in the Handbook

This subject explores two main themes:
1. The social construction of sexuality - how our understandings of sexuality are developed in socio-cultural contexts; and
2. Sexual health - how it is defined and measured, what factors contribute to it, and practical issues to consider when interacting with adolescents and trying to have an impact on their sexual health and wellbeing.

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This subject explores health and social issues for young people experiencing vulnerability. Specific groups of young people to be studied will be chosen from the areas: disability, indigeneity, homelessness, justice-system involvement, ethnic diversity, and sexual and gender diversity. The subject begins with a critical exploration of the concept of vulnerability as it applies to young people, and the use and purpose of such a categorisation by relevant services and through policy. The impact of risk and protective factors on adolescents’ membership in a group experiencing vulnerability will be examined including those factors operating at individual, family, peer group, school and community levels. How vulnerability impacts the health and well-being of young people in these groups will be considered. Students will develop an understanding of the impact of multiple marginalities among young people experiencing vulnerability. This subject will discuss contemporary intervention approaches: most notably “strengths-based” practice, as well as collaborative holistic approaches to service delivery. Students will be encouraged to explore innovative services relevant and accessible to the young people with whom they are currently working or would like to work with.

View detailed information in the Handbook

This subject equips participants to build their knowledge, skills and capacities for change-making influence and advocacy in their workplace or organisational setting. Through different disciplinary, theoretical and conceptual frames, students will Increase their understanding of cycles of evidence creation and implementation, policy and policy change, stakeholder engagement and complex adaptive systems thinking, and building in cycles of inquiry and evaluation.

Drawing on both lived experience and industry-based examples, students will examine principles for multi-disciplinary working, explore models for working with stakeholders and identify ways to progress effective actions with limited resources. Reflecting on the realities of their own position, students will increase their awareness of different operational levels of power (including challenges and strategies for women in power), and dynamics of conflict and conflict management.

Drawing on students’ own understanding of workplace situations, the focus will be on practising and enhancing skills in building influence, including effectively communicating with power, speaking to culture, discerning the type of evidence that best suits different audiences; orally presenting evidence, harnessing different levels of evidence (eg peer reviewed literature, theoretical models, research surveys, narrative stories, consumer voice), preparing graphics and crafting an elevator pitch.

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This subject provides an extension of studies in Health Program Evaluation introduced in Health Program Evaluation 1, aiming to deepen the students understanding of the conceptual bases of evaluation and extend practical skills. Its focus is particularly on issues relating to the selection and development of an appropriate evaluation approach and methods for a particular health program, policy or service. The subject provides an initial grounding in the theoretical origins of program evaluation, contemporary approaches to evaluation as well as implementation science and knowledge translation. The subject then considers the development of an evaluation approach and design from an applied perspective. Case-studies of evaluations will be presented to provide an opportunity to consider theoretical, methodological and practical issues associated with the conduct of complex health program evaluations. Students will have an opportunity to develop evaluation proposals in response to real world funding and policy settings.

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There is increasing global recognition that research and interventions seeking to change the social determinants of health are most impactful when communities are actively engaged in the process. Therefore, many health researchers are looking towards participatory approaches to the co-production of knowledge and health practitioners are increasingly aiming to co-design health interventions with communities, patients or service end-users. This subject will give students an understanding of, and experience in, the principles, processes and some of the methods used in participatory health research. It will illustrate the ways these principles, processes and methods can be applied to the co-design of health interventions, to support patient-public involvement in health, and to user led health research. This subject will be of interest to students wanting to build the necessary skills to support communities to deepen their understanding of their own circumstances, to engage communities in taking action to help resolve conditions undermining health, and to ensure that community engagement maximises positive health impacts. As part of this subject, students will be expected to participate in (a) practical exercises designed to enhance skills and techniques; and (b) workshopping, analysis and reflection of data collected during an in-class research project.

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This subject is compulsory for students enrolled in the Master of Public Health, Master of Epidemiology and the Master of Science (Epidemiology). Students should enrol in this subject early in their program of study.

The subject introduces the fundamental concepts of statistics and the essential methods required to equip students to perform basic statistical analyses and interpret research findings in the public health setting.

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This subject is a core subject within the Master of Public Health, the Master of Epidemiology, the Master of Science (Epidemiology) and the Master of Biostatistics. Students should enrol in this subject early in their program of study.

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease frequency in human populations and the application of this study to control health problems. It is a fundamental science of public health.

Three main tasks of epidemiology include description, causal inference and prediction. This subject focuses on the first two and emphasises the application of epidemiological evidence to informing public health practice and policy.

Description: the epidemiological measures of disease frequency and summary measures of population health are introduced and used to describe patterns and trends in disease occurrence within and between populations. The role of routinely collected data, particularly for surveillance of infectious diseases, is discussed.

Causal inference: is key to applying epidemiological evidence to controlling health problems if interventions are to be effective. In this subject, causal inference is considered within the modern counterfactual framework. Causal diagrams, which are an integral part of this approach to causal inference are introduced. The common experimental and observational study designs, and systematic reviews, and their relative strengths and weaknesses are discussed. The implications of common types of bias (selection bias, information bias, and confounding) are discussed, as are methods to minimise them. Methods to control for confounding, including standardisation, are discussed.

Differences in characteristics of the major sources of morbidity (infectious disease, non-communicable disease, and injury) are discussed in the context of prevention and early detection of disease. Transmission dynamics of infectious diseases are introduced in this context. The applicability of epidemiological evidence (external validity) to interventions in target populations is introduced. Measures of the validity and performance of tests for early detection are introduced.

View detailed information in the Handbook

This subject examines the diverse purposes health program evaluations can serve and the wide range of environments in which health program evaluations are conducted. Using Australian and overseas evaluation examples, students gain an overview of conceptual and methodological issues in the key evaluation approaches. The three major stages in the conduct of an evaluation are covered: planning and negotiating the terms and design of the evaluation; data collection and analysis; and the provision of findings. Each stage is considered through example and critique of those examples, with opportunities to apply these skills in the development of an evaluation plan for a real, work-based program.

View detailed information in the Handbook

This subject introduces and critiques the concepts ‘adolescence’ and ‘health’, and examines various frameworks for understanding the phenomenon of adolescent development. The diversity of adolescent experience is explored, and the impact of various socio-environmental contexts of adolescence on young people’s health and well-being is identified.

View detailed information in the Handbook

This subject asks students to examine the assumptions, values, experiences, skills, forms of knowledge and broader influences on your work with young people. The subject is structured into four connected modules that build on each other across the semester:

• Reflective practice
• Working with resilience
• Working with other professionals
• Being resilient

Using experiences as a starting point, and building on this with topics notes and selected reading students will explore frameworks and interventions for working with young people to improve health outcomes. These include risk and resiliency, professional role boundaries, ethical practice and collaboration.

Students will draw on theoretical perspectives and ideas from contemporary literature as well as insights generated through critical reflection and sharing thoughts and experiences with their subject colleagues. Through this critical enquiry it is expected that they will further develop their understandings of their own practice and change and develop aspects of that practice.

View detailed information in the Handbook

This subject investigates how social determinants and social worlds affect the health and wellbeing of young people and examines social life from historical, global and cultural perspectives. Students will draw on a diversity of theoretical perspectives to analyse how society operates and how social changes influence the health, wellbeing and behaviours of young people. Throughout this subject, particular emphasis is placed on examining and explaining social and health inequalities. Issues of gender and popular culture and concepts related to social networks, social capital, social cohesion and social control are explored. The relationship between micro and macro views of society (micro-macro linkage), and the relationship between social structures, institutions and human agency are investigated with reference to contemporary adolescent health issues. Approaches to interventions focusing on changing social contexts will be critically examined.

View detailed information in the Handbook

This subject explores key practices, principles and frameworks for health promotion and community capacity building aimed at enhancing the health and wellbeing of young people. Participants will be encouraged to develop a more systematic approach to health promotion practice, particularly in identifying adolescent health needs and in planning, implementing and evaluating health promotion approaches relevant to particular communities/settings. Participants will be encouraged to draw on their experience and knowledge in the development of a health promotion project proposal. The subject considers the social and environmental context in which health promotion takes place.

View detailed information in the Handbook

Leadership in Adolescent Health is a capstone option in the Master of Adolescent Health and Wellbeing (Leadership Specialisation). This subject enables participants to draw on the expertise developed throughout the course and apply it ‘real-time’ to a workplace or organisational change project. The project is focussed on the student’s work context, in order to embed, and reflect upon, the practical experience of leadership. It will be developed and overseen by both a professional and academic mentor. The student will work in consultation with their professional and academic mentors to (1) consult stakeholders and develop a project brief, and (2) undertake focussed activity and analysis, and (3) prepare a professional report for the supporting organisation. The student will present their report at the Capstone Presentation Day.

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This subject equips participants to build their knowledge, skills and capacities for change-making influence and advocacy in their workplace or organisational setting. Through different disciplinary, theoretical and conceptual frames, students will Increase their understanding of cycles of evidence creation and implementation, policy and policy change, stakeholder engagement and complex adaptive systems thinking, and building in cycles of inquiry and evaluation.

Drawing on both lived experience and industry-based examples, students will examine principles for multi-disciplinary working, explore models for working with stakeholders and identify ways to progress effective actions with limited resources. Reflecting on the realities of their own position, students will increase their awareness of different operational levels of power (including challenges and strategies for women in power), and dynamics of conflict and conflict management.

Drawing on students’ own understanding of workplace situations, the focus will be on practising and enhancing skills in building influence, including effectively communicating with power, speaking to culture, discerning the type of evidence that best suits different audiences; orally presenting evidence, harnessing different levels of evidence (eg peer reviewed literature, theoretical models, research surveys, narrative stories, consumer voice), preparing graphics and crafting an elevator pitch.

View detailed information in the Handbook

In this subject, participants will draw on ideas from research, along with theoretical frameworks and strategies explored during the course to develop and review a critical inquiry project relevant to their professional practice workplace / setting that influences outcomes for young people. Participants will be supervised through each stage of the project and will be required to present their findings, perspectives and reflections to different audiences using appropriate media.

View detailed information in the Handbook

This subject explores two main themes:
1. The social construction of sexuality - how our understandings of sexuality are developed in socio-cultural contexts; and
2. Sexual health - how it is defined and measured, what factors contribute to it, and practical issues to consider when interacting with adolescents and trying to have an impact on their sexual health and wellbeing.

View detailed information in the Handbook

Increasingly successful treatments and improved survival rates for adolescents and young adults with cancer have led to the need for better management of the many complex issues arising out the experience of cancer for this group. A better appreciation and understanding of the psycho-social dimension of a young person’s life and cancer experience has emerged, and with this the need for new skills and approaches to care.

This subject identifies and addresses these issues, including: the impact of cancer on adolescent development, including sexual and identity development; dealing with ethical issues around consent and confidentiality; reactions to survivorship; the management of palliative care and spiritual needs; understanding the family context of treatment; liaising with schools and universities; and negotiating the interface between paediatric and adult cancer services.

This subject takes a holistic approach to these issues, drawing from different multidisciplinary perspectives and insights.

It will be of interest to a range of professionals engaged in the care and support of adolescents and young adults with cancer.

View detailed information in the Handbook

This subject introduces multi-disciplinary conceptual frameworks for understanding mental health and illness in young people and highlights the importance of social and environmental contexts for mental health. Using a social-ecological model, this subject explores contemporary facets and experiences of youth mental health across communities and systems. With a focus on emergent research, and including interviews with young people, students will be expected to engage reflexively and critically with various foundational biological, psychological and sociological concepts, and to develop an understanding of the factors that impact young people's lives and mental health. The subject encourages students to develop an evidence-based understanding of the diversity of needs and adaptive opportunities possible in their youth-focused professional contexts, with a particular focus on health, youth justice, welfare and education systems.

View detailed information in the Handbook

This subject enables students to explore contemporary substance use (alcohol and other drug use) among young people. This will include building an understanding of current frameworks/policies for responding to the complex issue of substance use among young people. Current trends in substance use among young people, drawing on contemporary literature from Australian and international contexts will be explored across the spectrum of prevention through to substance abuse treatment. The role of social culture and the media will be examined. Students will draw on a diversity of current research to tease out some of the key risk and protective factors for adolescent substance use. Students will also explore current frameworks to assist young people engaging in substance use to avoid harm and initiate and maintain change (e.g., harm minimisation, stages of change and relapse prevention models, strengths-based approaches, trauma informed practice).

View detailed information in the Handbook

This subject explores health and social issues for young people experiencing vulnerability. Specific groups of young people to be studied will be chosen from the areas: disability, indigeneity, homelessness, justice-system involvement, ethnic diversity, and sexual and gender diversity. The subject begins with a critical exploration of the concept of vulnerability as it applies to young people, and the use and purpose of such a categorisation by relevant services and through policy. The impact of risk and protective factors on adolescents’ membership in a group experiencing vulnerability will be examined including those factors operating at individual, family, peer group, school and community levels. How vulnerability impacts the health and well-being of young people in these groups will be considered. Students will develop an understanding of the impact of multiple marginalities among young people experiencing vulnerability. This subject will discuss contemporary intervention approaches: most notably “strengths-based” practice, as well as collaborative holistic approaches to service delivery. Students will be encouraged to explore innovative services relevant and accessible to the young people with whom they are currently working or would like to work with.

View detailed information in the Handbook

This subject provides an extension of studies in Health Program Evaluation introduced in Health Program Evaluation 1, aiming to deepen the students understanding of the conceptual bases of evaluation and extend practical skills. Its focus is particularly on issues relating to the selection and development of an appropriate evaluation approach and methods for a particular health program, policy or service. The subject provides an initial grounding in the theoretical origins of program evaluation, contemporary approaches to evaluation as well as implementation science and knowledge translation. The subject then considers the development of an evaluation approach and design from an applied perspective. Case-studies of evaluations will be presented to provide an opportunity to consider theoretical, methodological and practical issues associated with the conduct of complex health program evaluations. Students will have an opportunity to develop evaluation proposals in response to real world funding and policy settings.

View detailed information in the Handbook

There is increasing global recognition that research and interventions seeking to change the social determinants of health are most impactful when communities are actively engaged in the process. Therefore, many health researchers are looking towards participatory approaches to the co-production of knowledge and health practitioners are increasingly aiming to co-design health interventions with communities, patients or service end-users. This subject will give students an understanding of, and experience in, the principles, processes and some of the methods used in participatory health research. It will illustrate the ways these principles, processes and methods can be applied to the co-design of health interventions, to support patient-public involvement in health, and to user led health research. This subject will be of interest to students wanting to build the necessary skills to support communities to deepen their understanding of their own circumstances, to engage communities in taking action to help resolve conditions undermining health, and to ensure that community engagement maximises positive health impacts. As part of this subject, students will be expected to participate in (a) practical exercises designed to enhance skills and techniques; and (b) workshopping, analysis and reflection of data collected during an in-class research project.

View detailed information in the Handbook

This subject is compulsory for students enrolled in the Master of Public Health, Master of Epidemiology and the Master of Science (Epidemiology). Students should enrol in this subject early in their program of study.

The subject introduces the fundamental concepts of statistics and the essential methods required to equip students to perform basic statistical analyses and interpret research findings in the public health setting.

View detailed information in the Handbook

This subject is a core subject within the Master of Public Health, the Master of Epidemiology, the Master of Science (Epidemiology) and the Master of Biostatistics. Students should enrol in this subject early in their program of study.

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease frequency in human populations and the application of this study to control health problems. It is a fundamental science of public health.

Three main tasks of epidemiology include description, causal inference and prediction. This subject focuses on the first two and emphasises the application of epidemiological evidence to informing public health practice and policy.

Description: the epidemiological measures of disease frequency and summary measures of population health are introduced and used to describe patterns and trends in disease occurrence within and between populations. The role of routinely collected data, particularly for surveillance of infectious diseases, is discussed.

Causal inference: is key to applying epidemiological evidence to controlling health problems if interventions are to be effective. In this subject, causal inference is considered within the modern counterfactual framework. Causal diagrams, which are an integral part of this approach to causal inference are introduced. The common experimental and observational study designs, and systematic reviews, and their relative strengths and weaknesses are discussed. The implications of common types of bias (selection bias, information bias, and confounding) are discussed, as are methods to minimise them. Methods to control for confounding, including standardisation, are discussed.

Differences in characteristics of the major sources of morbidity (infectious disease, non-communicable disease, and injury) are discussed in the context of prevention and early detection of disease. Transmission dynamics of infectious diseases are introduced in this context. The applicability of epidemiological evidence (external validity) to interventions in target populations is introduced. Measures of the validity and performance of tests for early detection are introduced.

View detailed information in the Handbook

This subject examines the diverse purposes health program evaluations can serve and the wide range of environments in which health program evaluations are conducted. Using Australian and overseas evaluation examples, students gain an overview of conceptual and methodological issues in the key evaluation approaches. The three major stages in the conduct of an evaluation are covered: planning and negotiating the terms and design of the evaluation; data collection and analysis; and the provision of findings. Each stage is considered through example and critique of those examples, with opportunities to apply these skills in the development of an evaluation plan for a real, work-based program.

View detailed information in the Handbook

This is a compulsory subject in the Master of Public Health. Qualitative research plays an important role in public health as it can explain how people experience a particular health issue or why they perform a health-related behavior, taking into account specific social, political and economic contexts. Public health practitioners need to be able to undertake and interpret a range of published research (including qualitative research) in order to gather evidence for practice, identify gaps in evidence and evaluate current practice.

This subject will introduce students to qualitative research in public health - both the principles underlying design and the strengths and weaknesses of different qualitative methodologies. It will cover a range of methods, such as individual interviews, group interviews, visual and participatory methods. Each element of research design will be covered, from recognising research paradigms and sampling strategies through to the different types of analysis. Students will learn how to design, plan and evaluate qualitative research as sources of evidence in public health.

View detailed information in the Handbook

In Adaptive Leadership, students learn and apply core knowledge, skills and tools to recognize and navigate leadership opportunities and challenges in the context of digital transformation and dynamic competitive environments. The subject focuses in particular on how to build individual and collective capacity for change and agility.

To this end the subject focuses on leadership competencies in four domains:

• Personal effectiveness (including how to manage attention, and self-care)
• Ethical Judgement (including recognizing and managing biases and personal values in decision making)
• Creativity and Innovation (including the design thinking process, and testing ideas through experiments)
• Organisational Development (including managing organizational learning, and engaging stakeholders and communities)

Building on current academic research and leadership practice, students devise actionable strategies to address complex day-to-day leadership challenges in a context of organizational complexity, disruptive technologies, and diverse stakeholder needs and demands. Students develop skills for critical analysis and reflection, for individual and collective decision making , and for supporting well-being in uncertain and challenging conditions. This subject includes lectures with leading experts, case studies, contemporary readings and resources, webinars, and facilitated online group discussions.

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In Managing Teams, students will learn and apply core knowledge, skills and tools for leading teams in a context of digital transformation and dynamic competitive environments. The subject focuses in particular on how to cultivate individual and collective capacity for collaboration.

To this end the subject focuses on leadership competencies in four domains:

• Communication (including presenting clearly, with impact and the importance of authenticity)
• Teams (including dynamics, group decision making and sharing of leadership)
• Performance Management (including setting goals and providing feedback)
• Conflict and negotiation (including diagnosing types and causes of conflict, and negotiation and conflict resolution practices)

Building on current academic research and leadership practice, students will devise actionable strategies to address complex day-to-day team leadership challenges in a context of organizational complexity, disruptive technologies, and diverse stakeholder needs and demands. Students will develop skills for critical analysis and reflection, for individual and collective decision making, and for supporting team member well-being in uncertain and challenging conditions. This subject includes lectures with leading experts, case studies, contemporary readings and resources, webinars, and facilitated online group discussions.

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