Health Indicators and Health Surveys (POPH90117)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
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: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/
Overview
| Availability | Semester 1 - Online |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject introduces students to a variety of sources of routinely collected health-related data and how these data are used to derive population measures of fertility, mortality and morbidity, and to measure health service utilisation, disease registration and reporting. You will also learn how to develop, design and deliver a valid and reliable health questionnaire, and how to design and implement a survey using an efficient sampling strategy, and to analyse and interpret the resulting data.
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
- 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: 4 March 2025
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: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
One written assignment
| Week 4 | 25% |
One written assignment
| Week 7 | 25% |
One written assignment
| Week 10 | 25% |
One written assignment
| End of semester | 25% |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Principal coordinator John Carlin Mode of delivery Online Contact hours None Total time commitment 172 hours Teaching period 3 March 2025 to 1 June 2025 Last self-enrol date 14 March 2025 Census date 31 March 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 9 May 2025 Assessment period ends 27 June 2025 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: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
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: R or Stata Statistical software, and Microsoft Excel
Recommended texts and other resources
None
- Subject notes
This subject is delivered online via our partners in the Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia (www.bca.edu.au). It is not generally available in the Master of Public Health nor in any program outside the MSPGH.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Biostatistics Course Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics - Links to additional information
Last updated: 4 March 2025