Module: Health Policy

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Health Policy
Module Code	NS402 (ITS) / HEA1018 (Banner)
Faculty	Science & Health	School	Z-Nursing
Module Co-ordinator	-
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

The purpose of this module is to introduce students to the subject of health policy, within which we think about health and how as societies we deal with the practical issues concerning the health of populations. This includes strategies and decisions relating to healthcare organisation and delivery. In this module students analyse concepts, approaches and outcomes relevant to health policy and examine strategies for public engagement in the health policy process. Students will be expected to attend tutorials, view presentations, contribute to online workshops and engage in on line group discussion within Moodle. On completion of this module the student will have gained a clear understanding of how policies affecting health are influenced, planned, implemented and evaluated.

Learning Outcomes

1. Explain the factors that determine health and how they can be influenced by policy
2. Debate fundamental health policy concepts and concerns such as equity, efficiency, effectiveness, quality and safety.
3. Analyse the history and range of policies and health reforms that affect health globally and in selected countries.
4. Compare health policy strategies, approaches and systems and internationally
5. To analyse components of health systems such as financing, human resources, governance.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Online activity	100	No Description
Tutorial	7	No Description
Independent Study	143	No Description
Total Workload: 250

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

What is health and what is health policy?

Determinants of health

Comparing healthcare systems;

Healthcare policy-making

Healthcare finance

Economic appraisal and evaluation.

Equity, exclusion and healthcare policy.

Planning and forecasting human resources for health care

Health promotion policy

Patient safety and quality of care

Engaging with health policy

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	0%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Essay	2,000 word essay: Critical analysis of a proposed health reform	60%	Sem 2 End
Participation	Online activities throughout the module	40%

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category -

Indicative Reading List

edited by David A. Leon and Gill Walt: 2009, Poverty, inequality, and health, Oxford Scholarship Online, 9780192631961
Marc J. Roberts... [et al.]: 2009, Getting health reform right, Oxford Scholarship Online, 9780195371505
Jody Heymann... [et al.]: 2006, Healthier societies, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 9780195179200
Robert Beaglehole (Editor), Ruth Bonita (Editor): 2009, Global Public Health: A New Era, Oxford Scholarship Online, 9780199236626
edited by Richard G. Wilkinson and Michael Marmot: 2006, Social determinants of health, Oxford University Press. Oxford Scholarship Online, Oxford, 9780198565895
Burke S: 2009, Irish Apartheid: Healthcare Inequality in Ireland, New Island, Dublin,
Brady A-M (ed): 2010, Leadership & Management in the Irish Health Service, Gill & MacMillan, Dublin,

Other Resources

11489, Website, 0, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, http://www.euro.who.int/observatory, 11490, Book, Rechel B, Dubois C-A, McKee M, 2006, The Health Care Workforce in Europe. Learning from experience, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, http://www.euro.who.int/Document/E89156.pdf, 11491, Book, Rechel B, Dubois C-A, McKee M, 2006, Human Resources for Health in Europe, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, http://www.euro.who.int/Document/E87923.pdf, 11492, Report, Commission on Patient Safety and Quality Assurance., 2008, Building a Culture of Patient Safety - Report of the Commission on Patient Safety and Quality Assurance., http://www.cpsqa.ie/publications/pdf/patientsafety.pdf, 11493, Report, Dept of Health and Children, 2006, A Vision for Change- Report of the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy, http://www.dohc.ie/publications/vision_for_change.html, 11494, Report, Dept. Health and Children, 2001, Quality and fairness- a health system for you., http://www.dohc.ie/publications/quality_and_fairness.html, 11495, Report, Dept of Health and Children, 2001, Primary care- a new direction., http://www.ncnm.ie/files/publications/Primary%20care%20strategy.pdf,