Module: Marginalisation and Health

Module Specifications..

Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024

Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Marginalisation and Health
Module Code	NS142
School	38
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Marcia Kirwan Semester 2: Marcia Kirwan Autumn: Marcia Kirwan
Module Teachers	Marcia Kirwan
NFQ level	6	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

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Description

In this module students will develop their understanding of the processes of marginalisation, associated inequalities in health and how communities respond to these processes.

Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the social and political processes of marginalisation.
2. Analyse the links between maginalisation and health inequalities.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of how communities challenge marginalisation.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	No Description
Independent Study	101	No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

The social and political processes of marginalisation.
Inequalities, injustice, exclusion, diversity, capabilities.

Marginalisation and health inequalities.

Challenging marginalisation.
Empowerment, collective action, resistance, activism.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Assignment	Volunteering experience, reflections, groupwork	100%	Sem 2 End

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

edited by Barry L. Levy and Victor W. Sidel: 2006, Social injustice and public health, ebook (via DCU library), Oxford University Press, New York, 0195171853
Amartya Sen: 1992, Inequality reexamined, ebook (via DCU library), 9780198283348
Hilary Graham,: 2009, Understanding Health Inequalities, 2nd ebook (via DCU library), 0335234593
Ruger, Jennifer Prah: 2009, Health and social justice, eBook, Chapter 7: An alternative account- the health capability paradigm, 9780191571305
edited by Johannes Siegrist and Michael Marmot: 2006, Social inequalities in health, ebook (via DCU library), 0198568169
Martha Nussbaum: 2000, Women and human development, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 0521660866
edited by Richard G. Wilkinson and Michael Marmot: 2006, Social determinants of health, ebook (via DCU library), Oxford University Press, Oxford, 0198565895
Martha C. Nussbaum,: 2011, Creating Capabilities, 0674050541
edited by David A. Leon and Gill Walt: 2000, Poverty, inequality, and health, ebook, 0192631969
Malcolm Dean (Editor), Paul Cann (Editor): 2009, Unequal Ageing, ebook (via DCU library), 1847424112
Cecilia L Ridgeway: 2011, Framed by gender: how gender inequality persists in the modern world, 9780199894925

Other Resources

None

Programme or List of Programmes

BHS	Bachelor of Science in Health & Society

Date of Last Revision

07-FEB-12

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