511-304 Oral Health Therapy Research

This subject is comprised of 3 modules.

Health Policy: Policy making, stakeholders, processes and evidence, public health policy and oral health and some current dilemmas in health care.

Sociology: Concepts and theories on the arrangement of society and the influences that shape it; how people form values and cultures; class, status, gender and ethnicity; the influences of political, socio demographic and socio-economic factors on health; the sociology of health and illness and its influences on research methodology.

Oral Health Therapy Research: Students complete either the Health Promotion unit or the Outreach Elective Studies unit. Health Promotion comprises project work in the field of oral health therapy with emphasis on the areas of oral health promotion and preventive dentistry. Outreach Elective Studies comprises development and project work in an area of interest to extend student's oral health therapy skills during the year.

(1) Two written assignments of no more than 1000 words each to be submited mid April, (2) One written report of no more than 3000 words (per student) covering the theoretical and practical aspects of the outreach placement or research project undertaken - to be submitted at the end of Semester 2 and (3) An oral presentation (of 15 minutes' duration) outlining the learning and value of the work undertaken. A pass is each of Sections 2 and 3 is required for an overall pass in this subject.

• C Grbich (ed), Health in Australia: Sociological Concepts and Issues. 2nd edn, Prentice Hall, 2004.
• P Hawe, D Degeling and J Hall, Evaluating Health Promotion: A Health Workers' Guide. McLennan and Petty, 1990.
• KR Mitchell, IH Kerridge and JJ Lovat, Bioethics and Clinical Ethics for Health Care Professionals. 2nd edn, Social Science Press, NSW, 1996.
• J Naidoo and J Wills, Health Promotion: Foundations for Practice. 2nd edn, Baillere Tindall, London, 2000.
• WL Neuman, Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. 4th edn, Boston, Allyn and Bacon, 2000.
• S Polgar and S Thomas, Introduction to Research in the Health Sciences. Churchill Livingstone, 2000.
• A Wass, Health Promotion: A Primary Health Care Approach. Harcourt, 2000.