Module: Marginalisation & Health

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Marginalisation & Health
Module Code	HEA1029 (ITS: NS142)
Faculty	Nursing, PsyT & Comm Health	School	Science & Health
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5

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

Section Breakdown
CRN	20807	Part of Term	Semester 2
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	40PASS	Pass Both Elements	Y
Resit Category	RC1	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Marcia Kirwan	Module Teacher

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

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

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.

Indicative Reading List

Books:

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

Articles:
None

Other Resources

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