Handbook home
Health Indicators and Health Surveys (POPH90117)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
OR
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: MSPGH Website
- Email: Enquiry Form
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Online |
---|---|
Fees | Look up fees |
Topics include: routinely collected health-related data; quantitative methods in demography, including standardisation and life tables; health differentials; design and analysis of population health surveys, including the role of stratification, clustering and weighting.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this unit, students should be able to derive and compare population measures of mortality, illness, fertility and survival, be aware of the main sources of routinely collected health data and their advantages and disadvantages' and be able to collect primary data by a well-designed survey and analyse and interpret it appropriately.
Generic skills
Independent problem solving, clarity of written expression, sound communication of technical concepts.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- One written assignment (approx 6 hours of work) due week 4 of Semester (20%)
- One written assignment (approx 10 hours of work) due week 7 of semester (30%)
- One written assignment (approx 8 hours of work) due week 10 of semester (25%)
- One written assignment (approx 8 hours of work) due end of semester (25%)
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Principal coordinator John Carlin Mode of delivery Online Contact hours None Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2018 to 27 May 2018 Last self-enrol date 9 March 2018 Census date 31 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 May 2018 Assessment period ends 22 June 2018 Semester 1 contact information
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
OR
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: MSPGH Website
- Email: Enquiry Form
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Levy PS, Lemeshow S. Sampling of Populations: Methods and Applications, 4th edition, Wiley Interscience 2008.
Resources Provided to Students: Printed course notes and assignment material will be provided to students by mail (including electronic media).
Special Computer Requirements: SAS or Stata Statistical software, and Microsoft Excel
Recommended texts and other resources
None
- Subject notes
This subject is not available in the Master of Public Health.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics Course Master of Biostatistics - Links to additional information
Last updated: 3 November 2022