HSHS813 – Health and Wellbeing in the Primary Health Care and Community Context

Module code

HSHS813

Module title

Health and Wellbeing in the Primary Health Care and Community Context

Prescription

This multidisciplinary module is designed for health and social services practitioners whose practice aligns with the spectrum of primary health care and community. It is designed to develop and enhance the student's practice using, primary health care, community development and health promoting approaches to work with individuals, families / whanau and populations.

NZQA Level

Level 8

NZQA Credits

Delivery method

Web-Enhanced

Learning hours

Total learning hours: 300

Resources required

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this module students will be able to:

1. Deconstruct social, cultural, environmental and political ideologies that influence specific populations' capacities for maintaining, restoring and improving health and social care

2. Critically analyse primary health care models that guide practice and therapeutic relationships with individuals, families / whanau, communities and populations

3. Utilise theoretical models and evidence relevant to the determinants of health and wellness of practice contexts

4. Strategically discern and implement culturally safe, strength based sustainable approaches to policy and practice development within the primary health care context

5. Explore multidisciplinary collaboration within health and social services to strengthen community action for innovative change
Content: - Primary health care models of practice
Philosophical and theoretical positionings
Primary health care movement
Emerging models for Public Health
Sources of evidence for practice

- Social, cultural, political and environmental influences on health and wellbeing
Social determinants and relationship to inequalities
Concepts of equity and social justice
Cultural safety and the Treaty of Waitangi

- Social policy trends for health and welfare
Policy and funding trends
Structural analysis of service provision
Regulatory frameworks and legislation

- Working with communities
Demography and epidemiology
Community assessment approaches
Contemporary issues
Community resources

- Strength based community development strategies
Concepts of health promotion, participation and education
Relational, reflexive and strength based models for practice
Transformative strategies for practice
Teaching and Learning Strategy: Teaching and learning methods will involve theoretical and online sessions including tutorials, workshops, group activities, discussion, independent learning, and assignments.
Learning and Teaching Resource: An extended reading list will be supplied by the lecturer at commencement of the module. This will be updated annually.

Students will be expected to research into and read widely within their particular practice field. In addition, students will be expected to engage with texts which concern discourse analysis, policy analysis and community/family health and social practice.
Recommended Readings: Recommended reading:

Baum, F. (2008). The new public health. (3rd ed.). South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Oxford University Press.

Broom, D. & Adams, J. (Eds.). (2011). Evidence-based healthcare in context: Critical social science perspectives. Farnham and Burlington: Ashgate.

Durie, M. (1998). Whaiora: Maori health development. London, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

Durie, M. (2003). Nga kahui pou: Launching Maori futures. Wellington, New Zealand : Huia.

Durie, M. (2005). Nga tai matatu: Tides of Maori endurance. Auckland, New Zealand: Oxford University Press.

Germov, J. (2009). Second opinion: An introduction to health sociology. (4th ed.). South Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Oxford University Press.

Guzys, D. & Petrie, E. (Eds.). (2010). An introduction to community and primary health care. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.

Doane, G. H., & Varcoe, C. (2005). Family nursing as relational inquiry: Developing health-promoting practice. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Laverack, G. (2009). Public health: Power, empowerment and professional practice. Basingstoke, London, England: Palgrave Macmillan

Talbot, L., & Verrinder, G. (2010). Promoting health: A primary health care approach. (4th ed.). Chatswood, N.S.W, Australia: Elsevier Australia