Introduction to Health Studies

This course introduces students to the determinants of health in the context of Aotearoa New Zealand. Students will examine health and how it is viewed and experienced by different groups of people, including key influences and challenges to achieving [good] health. Measures to address health inequities, including the role of the health system, will be explored and examined.

15 points

Evidence in Health

This course will provide students with an understanding of ways in which evidence is used in health decision making, in health promotion, clinical care and health policy, and the social science tools which underpin much health research.

30 points

HLTH110 or HLTH203; and 15 points from either HLTH202, HLTH213, HLTH214, HLED222 or MAOR270.