Health Equity and Human Rights
Lecturer(s)
Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli
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Course description
This unit aims to develop understandings about health equity and human rights as a coherent frame of action to tackle inequities and to improve health and wellbeing, and to develop a working knowledge of practical approaches for public health and health system actions to address health inequities and rights violations, and to promote social justice. -
Main themes
Topics to be addressed in this unit include: health equity debates; conventions and legal frameworks for human rights; strategies of public health, primary health care and health promotion to promote equity and rights, and specific issues such as diversity and difference, mental health and human rights, children's rights and health equity, asylum and refugee health, and HIV/AIDS. -
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, successful students can:
ULO1: Discuss the foundations of health equity and human rights
ULO2: Describe the relationships between health and human rights
ULO3: Compare the different types of human rights systems at global, regional, national and local levels
ULO4: Develop strategies for tackling health inequities using health promotion and public health approaches
ULO5: Evaluate the human rights implications of public health policies and programs. -
Teaching and learning methodology
Campus: 4-6 hours of classes and seminars fortnightly.
Cloud (online): Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin, there is no requirement for any campus presence -
Assessment methods and criteria
Assessment task 1: Country report (2000 words) 30%
Assessment task 2: Presentation on country report 10%
Assessment task 3: Project report (3000 words) 50%
Assessment task 4: Unit engagement (peer assessment and reflective posts) 10% -
Required reading
Taket, A (2012) Health Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights. Abingdon: Routledge
Last updated: 9 October 2017