MPH5255 Health and human rights
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
MPH5255 Health and human rights is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Alfred Hospital. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Alfred Hospital
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before MPH5255
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After MPH5255
No unit lists MPH5255 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
This unit examines the interrelationship between public health and human rights. It begins be providing a overview of the development, content and application of human rights. Human rights aspects of contemporary local and international health concerns are then considered.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Alfred Hospital | Block on |
| First semester (Fully flex) | Alfred Hospital | Flexible |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Familiarity with the theoretical foundations of human rights.
- 2
Discuss the development international human rights instruments, their status, mechanisms for their enforcement and their corresponding practical limitations.
- 3
Explain the interrelationship between human rights and health through exploration of current human rights dilemmas.
- 4
Investigate the different mechanisms by which human rights can shape public health programming and practice generally and their respective limitations.
- 5
Identify the human rights issues of particular situations including complex humanitarian emergencies, armed conflict and particular group issues.
- 6
Critically apply different human rights approaches to health and understand their strengths and weaknesses.
- 7
Apply human rights knowledge to a diversity of public health issues including family violence, asylum seekers and indigenous health.
Workload and teaching
6 hours of teacher-directed readings per week, and 6 hours of self-directed study per week. Students must attend 4 on-campus Block Days.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Bebe Loff
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Bebe Loff
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MPH5255?
MPH5255 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is MPH5255 offered?
In 2020, MPH5255 runs in Semester 1 at Alfred Hospital.