511-104 Society and Health 1B

This subject is comprised of 3 modules:

Research Methods: Scientific enquiry, quantitative and qualitative research methods and design; data collection and sampling methods; an introduction to data analysis and display; searching and using the literature; critical evaluation of published research and an introduction to evidence based practice.

Community Oral Health: The influences of socio-demographic, cultural and economic factors on oral health; dental health delivery systems and planning processes incorporating an introduction to epidemiology, utilisation and accessibility, quality of oral health services; and an examination of the roles of oral health therapists in improving the oral health of the community.

Applied Behavioural Science:The theoretical foundations to psychosocial problems; orofacial attractiveness; self identity and social functioning; behaviour management techniques; anxiety; fear and phobia; patient and parent management; and theories of learning.

(1) One written assignment of no more than 1500 words to be submitted on completion of lecture program. (2) One written assignment of no more than 1000 words to be submitted mid-semester. (3) One 2-hour written examination at the end of second semester. A pass in each of Sections 1, 2 and 3 is required for an overall pass in this subject.

• KS Berger, The developing person through childhood and adolescence. Worth, 2003.
• C Grbich (ed), Health in Australia: Sociological Concepts and Issues. 2nd edn, Prentice Hall, 2004.
• G Humphris and MS Ling, Behavioural Sciences for Dentistry. Churchill Livingstone, 2000.
• G Kent and R Croucher, Achieving Oral Health: The Social Context of Dental Care. Wright, 1998.
• S Polgar and S Thomas, Introduction to Research in the Health Sciences. Churchill Livingstone, 2000.