www.publichealth.vic.edu.au

VICTORIAN CONSORTIUM FOR PUBLIC HEALTH

Master of Public Health Student Handbook

2010

Welcome to the Master of Public Health

2010

Monash University

Deakin University

La Trobe University

The University of Melbourne

The Consortium and the MPH program The Victorian Consortium for Public Health (VCPH) consists of Monash University, Deakin University, La Trobe University and The University of Melbourne. The Consortium conducts the MPH under a Public Health Education and Research Program (PHERP) grant from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. The course leading to the Master of Public Health has two parts. The Part 1 units are run jointly by the Consortium members. The Part 2 units are offered by the four individual universities. This handbook is concerned solely with Part 1. Each university nominates a Program Manager who is responsible for the academic and financial affairs of that university within the Consortium. Responsibility for administration of Part I of the MPH rotates every two years between the four member universities. For 2010, the University of Melbourne is the coordinating University. The Chair of the Consortium for 2010 is Professor Dallas English.

The Consortium website is: www.publichealth.vic.edu.au

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Contents

Venue 3

Lecture theatre locations – The University of Melbourne 3

Public transport 3

Car parking 3

Unit codes 4

Consortium semester dates 4

Timetable 5

Who to contact if you have a query 6

Library resources 7

Access to lecture notes 8

Purchasing textbooks 8

MPH course books 9

Student prizes 12

Email discussion 12

Consortium unit descriptions 13

Epidemiology and Demography 13

Introductory Biostatistics 15

Principles & Practice of Public Health 17

Public Health Policy 19

Environmental Influences on Health 21

Health Economics and Program Evaluation 23

Health Promotion 26

Social and Cultural Perspectives in Public Health 28

Master of Public Health competencies 30

Policies and procedures 33

Applying for exemption/credit 33

Applying to transfer 33

Applying for special consideration 33

Applying for cross-institutional study 33

Variation of enrolment or change of personal details 33

Handing in assignments 34

Late submission 34

Map of Parkville Campus - The University of Melbourne 35

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Venue

All Part 1 Consortium Units are held at the University of Melbourne’s Parkville campus. Lectures and tutorials are held at various theatres and rooms across the campus. Please refer to the back of this handbook for a full campus map. Lecture theatre locations – The University of Melbourne A list of Lecture Theatres and their locations can be found at http://www.studentadmin.unimelb.edu.au/leclist.html More information about finding your way around the University of Melbourne campus may be found at http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/timetabling/students/maps.html Public Transport

• Take a train to the city and alight at either Melbourne Central or Flinders Street Station then catch a tram up Swanston Street to The University of Melbourne.

Car Parking

Name Location

University Square Car Park Berkeley Street (near corner of Grattan Street). There is an entrance from Bouverie Street as well.

Regal Parking Corner of Grattan and Berkeley Streets.

Royal Melbourne Hospital Royal Parade (opposite Gate 12 of The University of Melbourne).

Royal Women's Hospital Corner of Grattan and Cardigan Streets.

Wilson Parking Elgin Street (near south west corner of Lygon Street).

Wilson Parking Corner Grattan Street and Royal Parade.

N.B. Consortium Start Dates The Consortium operates on a 13 week semester. Please note;

• Semester dates may differ slightly from the Semester dates of your home University.

• You should note that both mid-semester breaks are for one week only. **All students enrolled in an MPH program should check their Part 1 subject / semester timetable as well as their home university subject / semester timetable.

City

Ryal Women’s Hospital

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Unit Codes: the code for each unit varies from university to university

Deakin La Trobe Monash Melbourne

Epidemiology & Demography (Please note: University of Melbourne subject title is Epidemiology)

HSH714 PHE5EPI MPH1030 505102

Introductory Biostatistics (Please note: University of Melbourne subject title is Statistics)

HSH716 PHE5IST MPH1031 505101

Health Promotion

HSH703 PHE5HPR MPH1016 505110

Environmental Influences on Health

HSH713 PHE5ENV MPH1003 505112

Public Health Policy

HSH711 PHE5POL MPH2031 505113

Health Economics & Program Evaluation

HSH708 PHE5HEV MPH2035 505100

Principles & Practice of Public Health

HSH701 PHE5PPP MPH2025 505111

Social & Cultural Perspectives in Public Health

HSH710 PHE5SCP MPH2034 505109

Consortium Semester Dates 2010

Semester 1 Welcome lunch for all Part I students (further details to be provided by email)

Wednesday 3 March, 12 noon

First lecture Wednesday 3 March,1:15pm

Easter break Friday 2 April – Sunday 11 April

Last day of lectures Thursday 3 June

End of semester examinations (where applicable)

Epidemiology exam will be on 16 June 2010 Statistics exam will be on 9 June 2010

Semester 2 First lecture Wednesday 28 July

Mid-semester break Monday 20 September – Sunday 3 Oct

Last day of lectures Thursday 28 October

End of semester examinations (where applicable)

Environmental Influences on Health exam Thursday 28 October

**All students enrolled in an MPH program should check their PART 2 subject start dates on their home university timetables.

START DATES VARY AT THE DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES FOR BOTH SEMESTERS But, for the Consortium subjects note above dates.

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Timetable 2010 The venues on this timetable are given with map grid references. There is a map of the Parkville campus of The University of Melbourne at the end of this handbook. Its grid has lettered rows and numbered columns.

SEMESTER 1 Wednesday afternoons 12.00-1.00 pm (Pre-tute, alternate weeks) 1.15 – 2.15 pm (Lecture) 4.15 – 5.45 (tute)

Epidemiology and Demography Medical Building, Medical-Wright Lecture Theatre, Room C403 [Building 181, Map location L12]

12.00-1.00 pm (Pre-tute, alternate weeks) 2.15 – 3.15 (Lecture) 3.15 – 4.15 (tute)

Statistics Medical Building, Medical-Wright Lecture Theatre, Room C403 [Building 181, Map location L12]

Thursday afternoons 2.15 – 3.15 pm Public Health Policy 221 Bouverie St – Lecture

Theatre 1, [Building 379, Map location O18]

5.15 – 6.15 pm Principles and Practice of Public Health

Th:Microbiology-Harold Woodruff Theatre [Building 184, Map location J11]

SEMESTER 2

Wednesday afternoons 2.15 – 3.15 pm Social and Cultural Perspectives

in Public Health 221 Bouverie St – Lecture Theatre 1, [Building 379, Map location O18]

5.15 – 6.15 pm Health Promotion 221 Bouverie St – Lecture Theatre 1, [Building 379, Map location O18]

Thursday afternoons 2.15 – 3.15 pm Environmental Influences on

Health 221 Bouverie St – Lecture Theatre 1, [Building 379, Map location O18]

5.15 – 6.15 pm Health Economics & Program Evaluation

234 Queensberry St – Public Policy Theatre, [Building 263, Map location U17]

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Whom to contact if you have a query For general administrative queries regarding enrolment please contact the Postgraduate Administrator at your university of enrolment. Monash University Postgraduate Office Dept. of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine School of Public Health & Prevenitve Medicine Alfred Hospital Melbourne Victoria 3004 Phone: (03) 9903 0563 Email: pgradenq@med.monash.edu.au

Deakin University Jen Perry / Tin Partington School of Health & Social Development Deakin University 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood Victoria 3125 Phone: 03 9244 6905 / 03 9244 6028 Email: health@deakin.edu.au

La Trobe University Postgraduate Office School of Public Health La Trobe University Bundoora Victoria 3086 Phone: (03) 9479 1348 Email: phe.postgrad@latrobe.edu.au

The University of Melbourne Academic Programs Office School of Population Health Level 4, 207 Bouverie St The University of Melbourne Victoria 3053 Phone: (03) 8344 9339 Email: sph-gradinfo@unimelb.edu.au

N.B. For queries regarding the timetable and other general Consortium issues, please contact the Consortium Administrator. Consortium Administrator Bo Lin

Phone: (03) 8344 9231 Email: linb@unimelb.edu.au

MPH Course Coordinators (academic) We encourage you to meet with your course coordinator periodically to discuss your course and career direction. Monash University Prof Flavia Cicuttini School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine Phone: (03) 9903 0555 Email: Flavia,Cicuttini@med.monash.edu.au

Deakin University Ms Berni Murphy School of Health & Social Development Phone: 03 92517295 Email: berni.murphy@deakin.edu.au

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La Trobe University Dr Priscilla Robinson School of Public Health Phone: Bundoora Campus (03) 9479 5595 City Campus (03) 9285 5269 Email: priscilla.robinson@latrobe.edu.au

The University of Melbourne Dr. Melissa Russell School of Population Health Phone: (03) 8344 0736 Email: melissar@unimelb.edu.au

Queries about any of the units you are studying should be directed to your lecturer or unit coordinator. (Please see unit descriptions section for contact details). In addition, you are encouraged to discuss issues and concerns with the Consortium student representatives. These students attend meetings of the Consortium Managers and the Unit Coordinators. Student representatives will be selected early in the year (look out for emails from your home university asking if you are interested in taking on this role) and their names and contact details will be placed on the VCPH website. Library Resources For details about how to use the library system at your own university visit your university’s library home page or Information Desk. CAVAL cards Students can use their home university libraries, and can also borrow from other libraries using CAVAL cards. Students should obtain a CAVAL card from the library at their university of enrolment. What is the CAVAL system? The CAVAL (Cooperative Action by Victorian Academic Libraries) borrowing program is a scheme where staff and students of participating libraries are able to borrow material from other participating Victorian libraries. More information, including a list of all participating libraries, is available at http://www.caval.edu.au. Monash University Monash University has library resources available at the Clayton campus in the Hargrave-Andrew Library. For information about the library go to http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/hal/ or phone 9905 5054. Monash students can access library services for off campus students. For more information about off campus library services go to http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/offcampus/ or phone 9905 5054 (from Melbourne) or 1800 331194 (toll free outside Melbourne). Monash students can use library resources at the Ian Potter Library, Alfred hospital, which is an affiliated teaching hospital library. Information: www.med.monash.edu.au/amrep. Deakin University Deakin University has library resources available at the Burwood campus in Building V. For information regarding the library you can access the website at www.deakin.edu.au/library or phone 9244 6200.

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The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne has library resources available at the Brownless Medical Library, located at the Parkville campus. Part I Consortium subject textbooks have been placed on reserve, and are available for 2-hour loan from the Loans Desk. For more information about the Library please visit http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au La Trobe University La Trobe University has library resources available at the Bundoora campus. For information on the library you can access the website at http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/, or phone (03) 9479 2922. Library services for postgraduate students are listed on the website at http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/services/students.php. Some core Part I textbooks will be available on reserve at the City campus. Library services for students studying at the City Campus (215 Franklin Street) can be found at http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/city/index.php. Access to Lecture Notes

Notes and handouts are posted regularly in pdf format on websites which can be accessed via the Victorian Consortium for Public Health website at http://www.publichealth.vic.edu.au/CurrentStudents/ Purchasing Textbooks

Most Part 1 Consortium Units have reading packs instead of recommended texts. These are provided at no cost to students at the beginning of semester. Some units may recommend purchase of text books. During the first week of classes, lecturers will provide students with bookshop details where required texts can be purchased.

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MPH Course Books

Apart from books and readings recommended for individual units, a number of books are recommended to MPH students which are specifically about public health or about public health in a broader sense. You do not need to buy them, but it is a good idea to be able to access them easily so find out where you can locate them. We have provided a short book review of each of these; however you may like to look for more detailed reviews in peer reviewed journals so that you can see how other public health practitioners view them.

The Oxford Textbook of Public Health Practice by David Pencheon, Charles Guest, David Melzer and J. A. Muir Gray. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0192632213; 2001.

This is a fantastic little plastic-coated book; you will find that some of us carry a battered copy around all the time. It is practical, providing factual summaries and neat, step-by-step systematically-presented technical solutions to public health problems and issues. This book will help you understand and learn essential public health competencies, a key goal of MPH learning and teaching (see section in this handbook on Public Health Competencies).

Handbook of Public Health Methods by Charles Kerr, Richard Taylor and Greg Heard. McGraw-Hill, Sydney. ISBN: 0074701738; 1999.

Despite its age (and there is no sign of a new edition) this book is a core practical primer for dealing with public health problems. There are clear sections on the collection and analysis of both qualitative and quantitative health data, from surveillance systems to research, on communication issues from report writing to media communication.

Human Frontiers, Environments and Disease by Tony McMichael. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 0521004942; 2001

This excellently-referenced book, from a prolific researcher and publisher of public health with special emphasis on ecological issues resulting from human influence on the environment is a wonderfully easy read, and a goldmine of fascinating facts and ideas. Changes in health status and disease patterns as a result of human biology, cultural and societal organisation - from the dawn of man to the present day - are explored in careful scientific detail. Each chapter concludes with a succinct summary and conclusion. If you are unsure about whether or not to read this book in detail, several reviewers (including us) think that reading his account of Lyme disease (p.117) will give you a good feel for this book. A number of detailed reviews of this book have been published, including an easily available on at Amazon.com.

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A Dictionary of Epidemiology (4th edition) by John M. Last, Robert A. Spasoff, Susan S. Harris, and Michel C. Thuriaux, for the International Epidemiological Association. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN: 0195141695; 2001

Epidemiology is a cornerstone of public health, and this useful dictionary provides clear, concise definitions of epidemiological and some statistical concepts. As an internationally accepted authoritative text in an evolving field, make sure that you have access to this book. It is not just a key book for the Part I Epidemiology and Demography unit; you will find it useful for most of your units.

The New Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought (4th edition) edited by Alan Bullock, Oliver Stallybrass, and Stephen Trombley. HarperCollins. ISBN: 0002558718; 2004

Well, if you have to have one, you have to have the other! This ‘encyclopaedic dictionary’ covers so many complicated ideas and concepts in the areas of science, the arts, history, feminism, law, medicine, critical theory, computer science, religion and philosophy, economics and so on that it is hard to know where to start. It is invaluable for unravelling some of the policy and practice ideas that you will be presented with during your MPH course. It has been recommended in fact that you start reading this book comfortably settled with your feet up by yourself on a cold evening in front of a warm fire – the journey you commence can take you to some fascinating new areas!

Global Public Health: A New Era by Robert Beaglehole. Oxford University Press UK. ISBN: 0198515294; 2003

This book, written by an international practitioner of public health, is about public health practice in both developed and transitional settings. The author uses three main topics as a backdrop, discussing public health as a global concern, how both developed and transitional countries are faring in public health delivery, and potential strategies for more effective and more robust public health practice in the future. This book provides a wonderful overview of public health as it is and could be – a must for all public health students.

Igniting the Power of Community The Role of CBOs and NGOs in Global Public Health Gaist, Paul A. (Ed.) 2010, XXVI, 406 p. 48 illus., Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-98156-7

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Igniting the Power of Community: The Role of CBOs and NGOs in Global Public Health introduces readers to the pursuit and potential of community-based organizations and nongovernmental organizations to transform global public health. At a time of unprecedented challenge – economic crises, social inequalities, environmental stressors, emerging health threats – these organizations are driving change, often being the first to call attention to the issues and increasingly forging significant and sustainable solutions.

Public Health at the Crossroads: Achievements and Prospects (2nd edition) by Robert Beaglehole and Ruth Bonita. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 052154047X; 2004

In this book the two authors, who are both senior public health practitioners for WHO, provide a summary of demographic and epidemiological trends and public health achievements, compare and contrast the state of health of populations in developed and transitional countries and, with an abundance of examples from all continents, provides a summary of the state of health of the world’s populations today.

Public Health and Health Promotion: Developing Practice (2nd Ed) by Jennie Naidoo and Jane Wills. London: Bailliere Tindall ISBN: 0 7020 2661 1

This book helps clarify the scope, direction and skills for current practice in public health and health promotion. Part 1 looks at the forces that drive practice. Part 2 focuses on the core strategies of public health and health promotion. Part 3 identifies current public health priority issues and how they are being addressed in practice. Although its content is quite British, it is relevant to the Australian situation.

Public Health Practice in Australia: The organised effort by Vivian Lin, James Smith and Sally Fawkes. Allen and Unwin. ISBN 1 86508 875 7. 2007

This book provides a practical guide to the structures, conceptual frameworks, activities and laws that affect public health activity in Australia It is the recommended text for the MPH subject ‘Principles and Practice of Public Health’.

The New Public Health (3rd edition) by Fran Baum. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780195550467 . 2008

This is a key Australian text on public health. Fran Baum is Professor of Public Health at Flinders University, SA, Director of the South Australian Community Health Research Unit, immediate past President of the Public Health Association of Australia, and one of the 20

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international Commissioners for the World Health Organisation’s Commission on the Social Determinants of Health. Student Prizes Victorian Health Promotion Foundation The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation contributes $2,000 each year to MPH Student Prizes. The top performing student in each of the eight Part I Consortium Units will be awarded a $250 book voucher. Public Health Association of Australia The Public Health Association of Australia sponsors an award of $500 for Excellence in Public Health Studies. This award provides the graduating student with the highest overall marks at each university in the Consortium a prize of $125. For further details please visit: http://www.publichealth.vic.edu.au/StudentPrizes.htm. Email discussion You need access to the web because each unit has unit website and an email discussion list to facilitate communication between students, lecturers and tutors. Use of email discussion lists The email discussion lists can be used if, for example…

• You've found a great website that can be used as a reference for a particular unit and you want to let other students know about it.

• You want to discuss some interesting or confusing aspects of a reading, a lecture, a

tutorial activity or an assignment with other students and teaching staff.

• You can't get hold of a certain book and want to know if someone else has managed to locate a copy.

• Your car is being repaired and you want to know if someone else is travelling from

Belgrave to Carlton and can give you a lift.

• You're having trouble with an issue relating to your unit, or need to air some ideas about an assignment.

• Any other issue relating to the units you are studying.

Information about subscribing to the lists and how to use these will be provided on the VCPH website (http://www.publichealth.vic.edu.au) in the coming weeks – check in the current students section of the website. Unit coordinators will also provide details in class.

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Consortium Unit Descriptions Epidemiology and Demography – Semester 1 Unit Coordinator Prof Flavia Cicuttini / Dr Fahad Hanna Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Monash University Level 3, Burnet Building Alfred Hospital Melbourne, Victoria 3004 Phone: (03) 9903 0555/ (03) 9903 0173 Email: Flavia.Cicuttini@med.monash.edu.au / Fahad.Hanna@med.monash.edu.au Overview and objectives The aim of this unit is to provide you with basic quantitative skills necessary for the practice of general public health, and to enable students to evaluate critically the published epidemiological literature. The unit provides an introduction to descriptive and analytical epidemiology, case-control studies, cohort studies, clinical trials, risk and causation, bias, confounding, health program evaluation and measurement theory. At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

• explain the methods and applications of descriptive and analytical epidemiology; • explain the strengths and weaknesses of different epidemiological study designs; • critically appraise epidemiological papers from the public health literature; • solve problems relating to the use of principal epidemiological concepts, parameters

and study designs; • explain the uses of epidemiology in the practice of public health.

Lecture outline and other details These will be available at the beginning of semester. Readings A bound copy of selected reading materials will be available at the beginning of semester. Recommended texts Beaglehole R, Bonita R and Kjellström T. Basic Epidemiology World Health Organization: Geneva. Hennekens, C H and Buring J E. Epidemiology in Medicine, Little Brown Co; Boston. Jekel, J.F., Elmore, J.G., Katz, D.L. (2007) Epidemiology, biostatistics and preventive medicine. W.B. Saunders Company.

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Assessment Assessment for this unit will comprise:

• The written test at mid-semester. This will comprise multiple choice questions and be worth 35% towards the final assessment of this subject.

• The written test at the end of Semester 1. This will comprise short-answer questions

and be worth 40% towards the final assessment of this subject.

• Ongoing assessment will be undertaken during the semester. This will be worth 25% towards the final assessment of this subject.

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Statistics – Semester 1 Unit Coordinator Dr Katrina Scurrah Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology The University of Melbourne Melbourne VIC 3010 Phone: (03) 8344 0746 Email: kscurrah@unimelb.edu.au Overview and Objectives This unit introduces the basic statistical concepts and methods to equip students to interpret research findings, and understand the implications of these findings in the public health setting. We use applied examples in lectures and tutorials to identify and illustrate issues in the collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation of health data. At the completion of this unit you will be fluent in some of the basic principles of statistics that underpin public health research. The unit provides you with the framework to incorporate planning for data collection and statistical analyses in the research design process. You also develop a capacity to critically appraise published research on the application and interpretation of statistical methods. The unit is taught in the context of public health practice and is based on relevant health examples introduced in lectures and through problem-based learning in tutorials. The emphasis in teaching and assessment is placed on demonstrating an understanding of the application and interpretation of statistics in the health setting, not just on the computation of statistic formulae. At the completion of the unit, students should be able to:

• Distinguish basic data types (binary, continuous) and summarise them appropriately using tables and graphs;

• Understand the concept of sampling variability and describe how simple statistical analyses of data from a sample can be used to draw inferences about population parameters;

• Calculate standard errors and confidence intervals for estimated means and proportions;

• Obtain p-values from tables and understand their role as measure of evidence; • Distinguish between clinical relevance and statistical significance; • Appreciate the importance of statistical power and perform a sample size calculation.

Unit Outline

Topics include: • Descriptive Statistics

o types of data o exposure and outcome measures o graphing data o summary statistics

• Sampling variability • Confidence intervals • Hypothesis testing - comparing means and proportions between groups • Sample size

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Requirements You are required to purchase a basic scientific calculator. If you are using a calculator that is new to you, it is important that you have a manual for the calculator as students are responsible for learning how to use their own calculators. You should also refresh your knowledge of basic mathematical operations to prepare for this unit if you do not have recent practical experience in basic statistical calculations. If you are concerned about your level of existing knowledge, email the unit coordinator for further advice. Assessment Assessment will comprise:

• a multiple choice and short answer 1 hour exam mid Semester (25%)

• a two hour short answer assignment (25%)

• final open book 2 hour exam at the end of Semester (50%). Prescribed Texts Essential Medical Statistics by Betty R. Kirkwood, Jonathan A.C. Sterne, Second Edition, Blackwell Science, 2003.

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Principles and Practice of Public Health – Semester 1 Unit Coordinator Associate Professor Bernie Marshall School of Health and Social Development Deakin University 221 Burwood Highway Burwood Vic 3125 Phone: 9244 6822 Email: bernie.marshall@deakin.edu.au Aims: The unit aims to:

• Provide students with an overview of public health as an organized global and local effort to promote and protect the health of the public;

• Draw links between the past and present to provide the foundations for a contextual understanding of the specific methods of public health practice and policy development;

• Provide students with the information necessary to encourage them to position themselves within public health debates.

Objectives This unit is designed to assist students to:

• Discuss the historical underpinnings of contemporary public health and how these events have shaped current theory and practice of public health;

• Understand how political movements and events have shaped public health including human rights and the development of global health organisations;

• Describe the diversity of public health, its sources of knowledge, policies and regulations;

• Identify the key influences of different disciplinary perspectives on public health theory and practice; and

• Propose effective and ethical public health responses to a range of health issues.

Content The unit materials are organised in 12 weekly sections:

1. Introduction to Principles and Practice of Public Health

2. Historical foundations of public health

3. Determinants of the health and illness of populations

4. Health protection: communicable disease control and environmental health

5. Health promotion

6. Evidenced-based public health: explaining the public health problem

7. Understanding ‘evidenced-based’ public health (EBPH)

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8. Human rights and public health

9. Ethics and public health

10. Health of Indigenous Australians

11. Global issues in public health

12. International public health issues

Teaching methods A combination of lectures, guest presentations, and seminars directed at critical discussion and debate relating to specific case studies. You will be provided with a Study Guide and selected reading materials which will be available at the beginning of semester. Prescribed texts The Study Guide for this unit is based on Lin et al – see below. However the other books listed below will be valuable resources for this unit and for others in your study of public health. Lin, V., Smith, J., & Fawkes, S. (2007) Public Health Practice in Australia: The organised effort. Crows Nest, Allen & Unwin. Other readings

• Beaglehole, R., & Bonita, R. (2004 2nd ed). Public Health at the Crossroads. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

• Baum, F. (2008) The New Public Health (3rd edn). Melbourne, Oxford University Press.

• Beaglehole, R. (ed) (2003) Global Public Health. New York, Oxford University Press.

• Lawson, J. S. & Bauman, A. E (2001). Public Health Australia: an Introduction, 2nd Edition. Sydney: McGraw Hill Book Company.

• Porter, D. (1999). Health, Civilisation and the State: A history of public health from ancient and modern times. London: Routledge.

Assessment Tutorial paper (group facilitation of class discussion, 10%; individual written response (1500 words) 30%. Major assignment (3000 words) 60%

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Public Health Policy – Semester 1 Unit Coordinator Professor Vivian Lin School of Public Health La Trobe University, Victoria 3086 Phone: (03) 9479 1717 Email: v.lin@latrobe.edu.au Overview and Objectives This unit is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to participate competently in the analysis, development, and advocacy of public health policy, at a level appropriate to a generalist public health practitioner. On completing this unit you should be able to:

• describe the major state, national and international institutions and arrangements through which health policy is made;

• describe the contemporary policy environment within which health policy making takes place;

• demonstrate familiarity with the arguments and the politics associated with major contemporary health policy issues;

• demonstrate competence in policy analysis, policy development and policy advocacy in relation to important public health issues.

Teaching strategies: This unit will be taught (and learned) through:

• Lectures – focussing on providing a general outline of the processes of policy work and some of the theoretical background to understanding policy processes;

• Case studies – guest lecturers invited to provide detailed accounts of their own involvements in particular aspects of public health policy work;

• Tutorials – small group seminars providing opportunities for active exploration of the issues covered in the unit

• Assignments – you develop policy analysis and development skills by proceeding from working in a group, to doing short policy analysis, to a major final project.

Lecture outline and other details Updated lecture information is available at: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/publichealth/Units/phe4_5/phe4_5pol/unit_info.htm You should read this unit description well before commencement of classes. Topics include:

• What is policy: health policy or policies for health • Making health policy in Australia • Institutional perspective on policy-making • How do policies really get made • Theoretical perspectives on policy • Doing policy analysis/Advocacy • Instruments for policy implementation • Health financing and healthcare organisation • Health legislation and regulation • Health planning • Public health policy and problems of governance

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Texts Required: Barraclough S and Gardner H. (eds). (2008). Analysing Health Policy: A Problem-oriented Approach. Elsevier Australia, Sydney. OR Palmer G and Short S. (2000). Health Care and Public Policy: An Australian analysis, 3rd edition. Macmillan, Melbourne. Recommended: Buse K, Mays N, and Walt G. (2005). Making Health Policy. Open University Press, Maidenhead. Colebatch H. (1998). Policy. Open University Press, Buckingham. Duckett S. (2004). The Australian Health Care System, 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, Melbourne. Lewis J. (2005). Health Policy and Politics: Networks, Ideas and Power. IP Communications, Melbourne, Journals and other recommended books A full list of recommended books and journals can be found at: www.latrobe.edu.au/publichealth/units/phe4_5/phe4_5pol/unit_info.htm Assessment There are three assessment types:

• One group project exercise and exam: 20% of final mark

• 2 x small policy analysis (600 words each): 40% of final mark (2 x 20%)

• Major policy project final report (2000 words): 40% of final mark

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Environmental Influences on Health – Semester 2 Unit Coordinator Professor Malcolm Sim Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Monash University Phone (03) 9903 0584 Email: Malcolm.Sim@med.monash.edu.au Prerequisites: Those enrolling in this unit should have completed the MPH’ Epidemiology and Demography’ unit or have considerable experience in epidemiology or environmental health. If you are considering doing this unit and have not undertaken ‘Epidemiology and Demography’, please contact the unit coordinator. Overview and objectives This unit aims to give you an understanding of the principles and techniques of hazard identification and risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication; and to illustrate these principles by providing examples of how chemical, physical and biological factors in our environment may influence health. On completion of this unit, you should be able to:

• nominate the important hazards and risks to health from the environment in Australia; • demonstrate fluency with the terminology used to describe chemical, physical, and

microbiological hazards; • relate methods to identify common hazards and nominate measures of risk from

these hazards; • nominate common interventions used to control environmental risks and the key

personal, social and economic factors that inhibit controls or lessen their impact, and • effectively and sensitively communicate information and principles about

environmental hazards and risks. Lecture outline and other details The first part of this unit covers the principles and concepts of hazard, risk, risk assessment, management, control and communication as applied to environmental health factors which may affect health. The second part demonstrates how these principles can be applied to various hazards in environmental media, such as air, water, food and climate, with examples drawn from chemical, physical and microbiological hazards. Teaching methods include lectures, tutorials and small group exercises.

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Readings A subject study guide, including a glossary and tutorial exercises will be distributed on the first day of the unit. You will be required to purchase the following textbook: Cromar N, Cameron S, Fallowfield H. Environmental Health in Australia and New Zealand. Oxford University Press 2004. Further readings may be distributed at the teaching sessions. The textbook and readings will contain the main resource material for the subject. For students interested in further reading: Environmental Health Risk Assessment: Guidelines for assessing human health risk from environmental hazards 2004. This can be electronically accessed at: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/ohp-ehra-2004.htm Assessment Assessment for this Unit will comprise:

• Assignment one: a case study to test your understanding of the basic concepts and principles covered in the introductory part of the Unit (maximum 2000 words) (30%)

• Assignment two: a review of one of a selection of topics of current interest in

environmental health (maximum 2500 words) (40%)

• A closed book multiple choice question (MCQ) examination to test your breadth of understanding of the concepts and knowledge in the Unit (30%)

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Health Economics and Program Evaluation – Semester 2 Unit Coordinators Ms Rosemary McKenzie (Program Evaluation) Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne Phone: 9379 5275 Email: r.mckenzie@unimelb.edu.au Dr Arthur Hsueh (Health Economics) Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne Phone: 8344 0649 Email: ahsueh@unimelb.edu.au Overview and objectives This unit provides an introduction to program evaluation and health economics, and to the principles, methods and research skills required for the economic evaluation and/or program evaluation of health care programs. As such, you will have the opportunity to develop an appreciation of the contribution health economics and program evaluation make to the practice of public health. There are two principal areas of learning within this unit:

• Health program evaluation, which provides a basic introduction to program evaluation principles and design applicable to public health programs.

• Health economics/economic evaluation, which introduces you to the role and usefulness of economic analysis through provocative lectures on selected topics of policy interest;

On completion of this unit, you should be able to:

• understand the differences between process, impact, and outcome evaluation as they apply to health programs;

• describe different types of evaluation design, and assess their strengths and weaknesses in relation to public health programs;

• determine evaluation strategies appropriate to particular stages of the public health program cycle;

• understand the role of evaluation in the conduct of public health programs;

• understand the role of management in resource allocation, including planning, funding, equity and efficiency.

• understand key economic concepts and the role of economics in increasing welfare, including the special characteristics of health care as an economic commodity;

• assess the usefulness and limitations of economic analysis in promoting an efficient and equitable health care system;

• understand the basic types and role of economic appraisal in the evaluation of health care services.

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Lecture outline and other details Program evaluation topics include: • What are the forms and approaches employed in program evaluation currently? • What are the steps involved in program evaluation? • Designing program evaluations • Developing and using program logic to evaluate programs and services • Data collection approaches in health program evaluation • How can health program evaluation be used to improve health services and programs? • Negotiating and utilising evaluations. Health economics topics include: • Introduction to the basic concepts behind economics as a way of thinking • The demand for health care services: price paid and quantity used • The supply of health services: doctors and hospitals • Economic “rationalism”: The place of competition vs regulation in health care market • The Australian health care system from an economic perspective • Medicare: strengths, weaknesses and reform options from an economic perspective • Economic evaluation: What is it? What are the steps involved? • Critical appraisal of economic evaluations: Measurement issues for costs and benefits • How useful have economic evaluation been for decision making in health care • An economic approach to priority setting for health care services Readings Bound copies of selected reading materials will be available (for purchase) at the beginning of semester. Prescribed text The health program evaluation component of the subject has a prescribed text, as follows. Owen, John M. Program Evaluation: Forms and Approaches (3rd ed.) New York: Guilford Publications, 2006

The health economics and economic evaluation component of the subject has a prescribed text, as follows.

McPake, B. and Normand, C. (2008). Health Economics – An International Perspective. Second edition. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group.

Duckett, S.J. (2004) The Australian Health Care System. Third Edition. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Recommended texts Health program evaluation Hawe, P., Degeling, D. & Hall, J. 1992. Evaluating health promotion: a healthworker’s guide. Sydney: MacLennan & Petty. Health economics Mooney, G. & Scotton, G. 1998. Economics and Australian Health Policy. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.

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Drummond, M.F., O'Brien, B., Stoddart, G.L. & Torrance, G.W. 1997, Sculpher,M.J.2005, Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes. Third Edition. Oxford: Oxford Medical Publications. Assessment There are three assessment requirements for this subject:

• A series of tutorial exercises (6 in total) in both Health Program Evaluation (3) and Health Economics/Economic Evaluation (3), 6 in total, (20%)

• One assignment of 2,000-2,500 words in Health Program Evaluation, (40%) • One assignment of 2,000-2,500 words in Health Economics /Economic Evaluation,

(40%).

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Health Promotion - Semester 2 Unit Coordinator Dr Shane McIver School of Health and Social Development Deakin University (Burwood Campus) 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125 Phone: (03) 9251 7271 Email: shane.mciver@deakin.edu.au Overview and objectives The overall aim of this unit is to equip you with a knowledge and comprehension of health promotion theoretical frameworks, experience in developing health promotion strategies, and an understanding of health promotion concepts and approaches as they relate to contemporary health issues in Australia and other countries. The unit is designed to assist you to:

• appreciate the key developments in Australia and internationally that have contributed to current understanding of health and health promotion;

• examine the range of theoretical and practical intervention frameworks available for

health promotion delivery;

• become familiar with the information and skills required for the development of health promotion programs; and

• describe and form opinions on dilemmas and difficulties in health promotion.

Teaching and learning A variety of teaching strategies will be employed during this unit including lectures, small group discussions, and short presentations with commentaries from the field, case studies, and debate. It is expected that students attend all sessions and are actively involved in the discussions and critical questioning and analysis that are encouraged throughout this unit. You are also strongly encouraged to be active participants in the email discussion group that operates in this unit. Lecture outline and other details Available at the beginning of semester.

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Recommended texts A collection of journal articles and excerpts from reports and books will form the basis of the reading material for this unit and will be available at the beginning of the semester. Other relevant publications are listed below and are held on reserve at the Burwood Campus of Deakin University: Keleher H & Murphy B (eds), 2004, Understanding Health: A Determinants Approach, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne Jones L, Sidell M & Douglas J (Eds), 2002, The Challenge of Promoting Health: Exploration and Action London: The Open University with Palgrave / Macmillan Moodie, R and Hulme A, 2004, Hands-on Health Promotion, Melbourne: IP Communications Naidoo, J. & Wills, J. 2000. Health Promotion: Foundations for Practice. Second edition. London: Balliere Tindall. Naidoo, J. & Wills, J. 2005. Public Health and Health Promotion: Developing Practice. London: Bailliere-Tindall. O’Connor, M. L. & Parker, E. 2001. Health promotion: principles and practice in the Australian context. Second edition. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. Sidell M, Jones L, Katz J, Peberdy A and Douglas J (Eds), 2003, Debates and Dilemmas in Promoting Health: A Reader (2nd Edn) Palgrave Macmillan / The Open University Seedhouse, D. 1997. Health Promotion: Philosophy, Prejudice and Practice. Chichester, NY: J. Wiley. Talbot L and Verrinder G, 2004, Promoting Health: The Primary Health Care Approach (3rd Edn) Marickville: Elsevier Australia Tones K and Green J, 2004. Health Promotion: Planning and Strategies, London: Sage Publications Journals: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Critical Public Health Health Education Journal Health Education Research Health Promotion International Health Promotion Journal of Australia VicHealth Letter Assessment Assessment for this unit will comprise:

• one 2,000 word essay (40%)

• one 3,000-word essay (60%)

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Social and Cultural Perspectives in Public Health – Semester 2 Unit Coordinator

Dr Bruce Rumbold School of Public Health La Trobe University Bundoora Victoria 3086 Phone: (03) 9285 5259 Email: b.rumbold@latrobe.edu.au Overview and objectives

In this unit, students explore the multi-disciplinary partnerships between public health and the social science disciplines, in particular sociology and anthropology. Attention is paid to the ways in which cultural beliefs and practices shape population risks for both infectious and non-infectious diseases and how social factors such as social status, ethnicity and gender impact on health inequalities. The processes by which relevant social and cultural data are obtained, and analyses carried out, will be outlined. This unit will thus provide students with a solid grounding in understanding the ways in which the social sciences contribute to public health theory and practice. Required Reading:

Students will be supplied with selected required reading materials in the first class at the beginning of semester. Other recommended texts: Cockerham, W. Social Causes of Health and Disease. Polity Press; 2007 Hahn, R.A. , Inhorm, M. Anthropology in Public Health: Bridging Differences in Culture and Society. (2bd ed) Oxford University Press; 2009. Henderson, J.N, Coreil, J., and Bryant, C. Social and Behavioural Foundations of Public Health. Sage Publications; 2001 Marmot,M. and Wilkinson, R. (Eds) Social Determinants of Health (2nd ed). Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006. Porter, D. Health, Civilization and the State: A History of Public Health from Ancient to Modern Times. Routledge; 1999. Williams, S. J., Gabe, J. and Calnan, M. (Eds). Health, Medicine and Society : Key Theories, Future Agendas. Routledge; 2000 For an introduction to social science approaches:

Cuff, E.C., Sharrock, W.W. & Francis, D.W. Perspectives in Sociology (5th ed). London: Routledge, 2006

Willis, E. The Sociological Quest: an introduction to the study of social life. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1995. Assessment:

The assessment will comprise:

• 2,000 word book review (30%)

• 2,000 word reflective essay (30%)

• reflective journal (40%)

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Master of Public Health Competencies: Course and career counselling framework Because the MPH is an internationally-recognised qualification the Consortium partners have developed a public health competency framework, which is intended to assist you to gain a common set of internationally transferable skills. The following information is presented to assist academic coordinators in counselling students in unit choices in order to attain these competencies. It has been included in the Part I handbook so that students may see for themselves the range of skills that the MPH is intended to equip them with, and to provide a basis for unit choices to achieve this. The Department of Health and Ageing (DHA) is currently working with the ANAPHI (Australian Network of Academic Public Health Institutions) to develop a quality and competency framework for use in Australia. You will find a report of their early work in ‘National Public Health Education Framework Project’ – use Google to locate it (on the DHA website). Generic Knowledge and Skills for Public Health

1. Research paradigms Discriminate between deductive and inductive reasoning and identity the strengths and limitations of different research paradigms

2. Information on determinants of health Locate, evaluate and interpret information about the key determinants of health

3. Information on theory, assessment and intervention Locate, evaluate and interpret behavioural, and social science theories and models relevant to public health activity, and current paradigms for assessment and intervention

4. The role of data Identify how data illuminates ethical, political, scientific, economic and overall public health issues

5. Reading critically Identify ideas and evaluate arguments in texts relevant to public health and apply understanding to various aspects of public practice

6. Critical appraisal Integrate information from a paper describing how a study was conducted to assess if flaws affect the interpretation of the results and whether the results are biased towards or away from the null

7. Presentation of data Given a study question and relevant data choose appropriate forms of presentation of the data for an oral or written report to summarise the information relevant to the study question

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Personal Transferable Skills

1. Communication Demonstrate effective written and oral communication in a range of contexts

2. Teamwork Facilitate group/team work and operate effectively as a member of a group or team

3. Information literacy Collect and evaluate and interpret information from a variety of traditional and new technology sources

4. Information technology Use information technology to effectively communicate, locate information and analyse data

5. Decision-making Use analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills to make decisions effectively

6. Cultural awareness Appreciate the need to communicate effectively across social groups in diverse cultures and sub-cultures and understands cultural obstacles to effective communication

Professional Attitudes and Values

1. Population health Understand that areas of human health need to be organised at a population level to achieve improved health outcomes

2. Values Identify the values and principles that underlie public health policy debates, organisational practices, and program planning and evaluation

3. Collaboration Collaborate with individuals, communities and organisations, and encourages their participation

A. Public Health in Context

• Understand health system structures and the drivers of health system change • Identify the scope, role and functions of public health in relation to the health system,

other sectors and to society • Identify the political and institutional context of population health • Identify the role of cultural, social, and behavioural factors in determining the delivery

of public health services • Critically reflect on own social, cultural and professional standpoint and implications

for own public health practice in relation to other social groups B. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods for Public Health

• Understand statistical inference, precision and the principles of hypothesis testing • Skills in data presentation • Understand the methods of qualitative inquiry • Understand principles of sampling, bias and confounding as appropriate in qualitative

and quantitative inquiry • Understand the basic principles and concepts of descriptive epidemiology • Understand the basic methods of analytical epidemiology

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Foundation and Theoretical Knowledge and Skills

• Understand the principles of disease causation including the contribution of the biological, environmental, behavioural, social and cultural determinants of health.

Applied Public Health Skills

• Identify and use appropriate methods and interpret evidence for policy, programming, evaluation and management.

• Understand methods and theories to the prevention and control of disease • Set priorities and develop policy • Apply the principles and processes of program planning and management • Understand the principles of health promotion for an individual, community or

organisation using theory and evidence to develop implement and evaluate health promotion strategies.

• Understand the principles of advocacy, lobbying, capacity building and Intersectoral action

• Develop and adapt approaches to problems that take into account the cultural, physical and socio-economic aspects of indigenous health issues

• Develop critical and supportive professional relationships to foster reflection on ones own and others’ public health practice with diverse social groups.

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Policies and procedures Applying for exemption/credit for Part I units Home university policies and procedures apply. Please contact the MPH Administrator at your home University. Note: being granted an exemption does not guarantee being granted credit. Please read the following definitions carefully.

Exemption: student is not required to undertake a particular unit, having demonstrated completion of equivalent study; however, he/she must complete another unit in its place. For Part 1 units, it is the Unit Coordinator who will decide if exemption is to be granted. Credit: a student is not required to undertake a particular unit, having demonstrated completion of equivalent study. In addition, the student will be granted credit for that unit, and will not need to undertake another unit in its place (i.e. he/she will be able to complete one less unit in their course overall). Credit is granted by the MPH Course Coordinator at the university at which the student is enrolled.

Application to transfer If you are currently enrolled in the MPH and wish to transfer to another university within the Consortium, you will need to complete a new application to that University. Because each home University may have different course structures and completion requirements, you should contact the MPH administrator and course coordinator at the new university to understand what requirements you would still need to meet on transfer. Applying for special consideration If your academic performance has been adversely affected by illness or other circumstances, contact the MPH Administrator at your home university. Home university policies and procedures apply. Applying for cross-institutional study Students are permitted to undertake a maximum of two Part 2 units from partner Consortium universities. Enrolment in a unit at a partner university requires permission from the MPH Course Coordinator at the home university as well as the University in which the student wishes to enrol. Students may be required to pay full fees for their cross-institutional enrolment at another university. For further information, or to obtain a cross-institutional study application form, please contact the MPH Administrator at your university of enrolment. Variation of enrolment or change of personal details In the event that you change your name or contact details please notify your university of enrolment so that we can stay in touch with you. Students at most universities can amend their contact details online via the relevant student administration software system. If you are uncertain of how to do this, please contact the MPH administrator at your home university.

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Handing in assignments In all Part 1 subjects, students are to submit both an electronic copy of their assignment and a paper copy. Precise arrangements for submitting electronic and paper copies of assignments will be advised by unit coordinators. All paper assignments must have a completed Assignment Cover Sheet (to be provided by unit coordinators) stapled to the front. Please ensure that you receive confirmation to advise that your assignment has been received and successfully printed out. When submitting assignments (both electronic and paper), please check the following:

• Ensure all details, including unit coordinator, tutor (where applicable), and university of enrolment, are filled in correctly on the cover sheet.

• Your name, university, student number, and page numbers to be included in the header/footer so that it appears on each page.

• If you wish to have the assignment returned after correction, please attach a stamped, self-addressed A4 envelope with your assignment.

• Always keep copies of all of the work you submit for assessment (electronic or paper copy) until after you have been given a grade for the whole unit.

Please note: Assignment cover sheets and information on plagiarism and referencing will be provided by unit coordinators. Late submission Please note that in the event that work requirements cannot be submitted by the due date as set out in the unit guide, extensions and submission agreements must be organised and documented by the unit coordinator and appropriate tutors BEFORE THE ORIGINAL SUBMISSION DATE. If you need to apply for special consideration, please contact the unit coordinator, your tutors, and the academic coordinator at your home university. You may be required to provide documentary evidence of disadvantage.

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Map of Parkville Campus - The University of Melbourne

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No Grid Building / Department

379 O18 207 Bouverie St 266 U15 258 Queensberry St 222 N11 766 Elizabeth St 220 N11 780 Elizabeth St 198 K20 1888 Building

148 G13 Accounting & Business Information Systems 152 G16 Administration 142 E11 Agriculture & Food Systems 104 M13 Alan Gilbert Building 162 I19 Alice Hoy Building 181 L12 Anatomy & Cell Biology 394 O14 ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematics & Statistics

of Complex Systems (139 Barry St)

133 F18 Architecture, Building, & Planning 395 Archives (120 - 122 Dawson St, Brunswick) 199 K21 Arts Centre Building 158 I21 Asialink 106 R15 Asian Law Centre 337 O14 Australian Centre (131 - 137 Barry St)

139 F13 Babel Building 177 I13 Baillieu Library 113 D17 Baldwin Spencer Building 101 C15 Beaurepaire Centre 404 H4 BIO 21 Incubator 185 I11 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Building 115 E18 Biology Laboratory 177 H13 Bookshop 122 E13 Botany Building 123 D12 Botany North Extension 182 J13 Brownless Bio Medical Library

106 R15 Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies 106 R15 Centre for Corporate Law & Securities Regulation 106 R15 Centre for Employment & Labour Relations Law 106 R15 Centre for Energy & Resources Law 176 L18 Centre for Environmental Applied Hydrology 175 L16 Centre for Geographic Information Systems & Modelling 379 O18 Centre for Health & Society 207 O13 Centre for Health, Exercise, & Sports Medicine (CHESM)

(202 Berkeley St)

128 F14 Centre for Indigenous Education 379 O18 Centre for International Mental Health 106 R15 Centre for Media, Communications,

& Information Technology Law

608 K9 Centre for Medical Research (Royal Melbourne Hospital) 348 N21 Centre for MEGA Epidemiology 356 E9 Centre for Studies in Australian Music (21 Royal Parade) 161 H18 Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) 165 I18 Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Building 1 167 J18 Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Building 2 153 G17 Chemistry Building 154 G18 Chemistry East Wing Building 174 L17 Civil & Environmental Engineering 601 J9 Clinical Science Building (Royal Melbourne Hospital) 105 P14 Computer Science & Software Engineering 141 H11 Conservatorium of Music 263 U17 Contemporary Europe Research Centre (CERC) 263 U17 Criminology (234 Queensberry St)

192 E20 David Caro Building 102 J3 David Penington Building 220 N11 Development Office 379 O18 Diabetes Vaccine Development Unit 163 I17 Digital Print Centre 168 J19 Doug McDonell Building

200 E23 Earth Sciences Building 333 F24 Eastern Precinct Underground Car Park 148 G13 Economics & Commerce Building 162 I19 Education Policy & Management (Alice Hoy) 263 U17 Education Policy & Management (234 Queensberry St) 171 J19 Education Resource Centre (ERC) 193 I16 Electrical & Electronic Engineering Building 261 P18 Electrical Engineering Power Laboratories 134 F20 Elisabeth Murdoch Building 173 K17 Engineering Block A (Old Engineering School) 175 L16 Engineering Block B 174 L17 Engineering Block C 176 L18 Engineering Block D 170 K18 Engineering Block E (Mechanical & Manufacturing Eng.) 169 J18 Engineering Workshops (Engineering Block F)

No Grid Building / Department

191 J15 English 176 L18 Environmental Engineering 133 F18 Environmental Planning 152 F16 Equal Opportunity Office 348 N21 Equity, Language, & Learning Programs (723 Swanston St)

148 G13 Finance 152 F16 Financial Operations 189 J20 Frank Tate Building 199 K21 French & Italian Studies

187 L15 Gatekeeper's Cottage 260 O13 General Practice (200 Berkeley St) 194 H12 Genetics Building 200 E23 Geology 175 L16 Geomatics 199 K21 German & Swedish Studies 200 E23 Glaciology 198 K20 Graduate Centre 354 N17 Graduate House (210 - 234 Leicester St) 140 G11 Grainger Museum

191 J15 History 149 G14 History & Philosophy of Science 191 J15 Horwood Language Centre 183 K11 Howard Florey Institute 152 F16 Human Resources

136 F21 Ian Potter Museum of Art 105 P14 Information & Communication Technology Building (ICT) 105 P14 Information Systems

191 J15 John Medley Building 197 J21 John Smyth Building

142 E11 Land & Food Resources 168 J19 Language, Literacy, & Arts Education 106 R15 Law Building 218 T21 Lincoln Square Building B (631 Swanston St) 162 I19 Learning & Education Development (Alice Hoy) 263 U17 Learning & Education Development (234 Queensberry St) 199 K21 Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

RWH J24 Key Centre for Women's Health in Society

139 F13 Management 160 G20 Mathematics & Statistics 200 E23 McCoy Building 337 O14 Meanjin Quarterley (131 - 137 Barry St) 170 L18 Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (Engineering

Block E) 181 L12 Medical Building 202 P17 Melbourne Business School 104 M13 Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic & Social Research

(MIAESR) 158 I21 Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages & Societies 104 M13 Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre 104 M14 Melbourne Research & Innovation Office (MRIO) 368 M18 Melbourne Ventures 184 J11 Microbiological Diagnostic Unit (MDU) 184 J11 Microbiology & Immunology Building 141 H11 Music (Conservatorium of Music) 356 E9 Music (21 Royal Parade) 357 E9 Music (23 Royal Parade) 358 E9 Music (25 Royal Parade) 359 E9 Music (27 Royal Parade) 204 O13 Music (208 - 210 Berkeley St) 206 N13 Music (214 Berkeley St)

143 F14 Natural Philosophy Building 348 N21 Nursing (723 Swanston St)

149 G14 Old Arts Building 132 F17 Old Commerce Building 173 K17 Old Engineering School (Engineering Block A) 155 G19 156 H19 Old Geology South Building 166 J17 Old Metallurgy Building 128 F15 Old Physics Building 150 G15 Old Quadrangle Building 164 J18 Old Radiation Laboratory Building 325 A25 Optometry Building (374 Cardigan St)

No Grid Building / Department

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181 K12 Pharmacology 149 G14 Philosophy 192 E20 Physics 181 K12 Physiology 260 O13 Physiotherapy 191 J15 Political Science (John Medley) 263 U17 Political Science (234 Queensberry St) 379 O18 Program Evaluation Unit 218 T21 Property & Campus Services

152 F16 Raymond Priestley Building 115 E18 Redmond Barry Building 142 E11 Resource Management 157 G19 Richard Berry Annexe 160 G20 Richard Berry Building 156 H19 Risk Management Office 199 K21 Russian & Slavic Studies

379 O18 School of Anthropology, Geography, & Environmental

Studies 134 F20 School of Art History, Cinema, Classics, & Archaeology 115 E18 School of Behavioural Science 199 K21 School of Creative Arts 702 J22 School of Dental Science 198 K20 School of Graduate Studies 191 J16 School of Languages 260 O13 School of Physiotherapy (200 Berkeley St) 379 O18 School of Population Health (207 - 221 Bouverie St) 168 J19 Science & Mathematics Education

P22 Sexual Health Unit (580 Swanston Street) 158 I21 Sidney Myer Asia Centre 263 U17 Social Work (234 Queensberry St) 103 C17 Sports Centre 348 N21 Staff Development Centre (723 Swanston St)

134 F20 Teaching, Learning, & Research Support (TeLaRS) 222 N11 The Deans Ganglion, A Centre for Intellectual Force 201 F23 Thomas Cherry Building

130 E15 Union House 112 E13 University House 198 K20 University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association (UMPA) 107 N15 University Square Underground Car Park

400 I2 Veterinary Preclinical Sciences Building 403 H3 Veterinary Research Institute (VRI) 379 O18 VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health &

Social Wellbeing

163 I17 Walter Boas Building 151 H16 Wilson Hall

147 G12 Zoology Building

Lecture Theatres & Conference Centres

173 K17 A1 Theatre (Old Engineering School) 113 D17 Baldwin Spencer Building Theatre 158 I21 Carrillo Gantner Theatre (Sidney Myer Asia Centre) 171 J19 Charles Pearson Theatre 148 G13 Copland Theatre 153 G17 Cuming Theatre

181 L12 ESJ King Theatre (Theatre 4) 184 J11 Harold Woodruff Theatre 168 J19 Herbert Wilson Theatre 160 G20 J.H. Mitchell Theatre (Richard Berry) 192 E20 Laby Theatre 115 E18 Latham Theatre 106 R15 Law G08 Theatre 106 R15 Law GM15 Theatre 115 E18 Lowe Theatre 115 E18 Lyle Theatre

153 G17 Masson Theatre 115 E18 Medley Theatre 128 F15 Old Physics Conference Centre 150 G15 Old Quad Upper Theatre

No Grid Building / Department

260 O13 Physiotherapy Theatre 172 J19 Plaza Conference Centre 133 F18 Prince Philip Theatre 149 G14 Public Lecture Theatre (PLT) 263 U17 Public Policy Theatre 115 E18 Rivett Theatre

181 L12 Sunderland Theatre 379 O18 Theatre 1 (207 Bouverie St) 105 P14 Theatre 1 (ICT Building) 134 F20 Theatre A (Elisabeth Murdoch) 185 I11 Trikojus Theatre 151 H16 Wilson Hall 181 L12 Wright Theatre

Libraries

133 F18 Architecture, Building, & Planning Library 177 I13 Baillieu Library 182 J13 Brownless Biomedical Library 154 G18 Chemistry Library 200 E23 Earth Sciences Library 173 K17 Engineering Library 171 J19 ERC Library 148 G13 Giblin Economics & Commerce Library 106 R15 Legal Resource Centre 192 E20 Physics Library 403 H3 Veterinary Science Library

Campus Services

113 D17 Careers & Employment 385 O25 Chaplains (138 Cardigan St) 262 V18 Childcare (228 Queensberry Street) 308 C23 Childcare (856 / 858 Swanston Street) 335 C24 Childcare Melbourne University Family Club

(427 - 429 Cardigan St)

260 P13 Community Medicine (200 Berkeley St) 385 O25 Counselling Services (138 Cardigan St) 133 F18 Commonwealth Bank

157 G19 Disability Liaison Unit 198 K20 Graduate Centre 197 J21 International Centre 197 J2 Melbourne Scholarships Office 156 H19 Melbourne University Credit Co-operative 257 M19 Melbourne University Publishing 184 J11 Microbiological Diagnostic Unit (MDU) 143 F14 National Australia Bank 385 O25 Occupational Health (138 Cardigan St) 133 F18 Post Office 236 O8 Psychology Clinic 152 F16 Student Administration 385 O25 Student Dental Health (138 Cardigan St) 385 O25 Student Health Service (138 Cardigan St) 353 M14 Student Services Information Centre (159 Barry St) 113 D16 Student Support Services

(Employment, Housing, & Financial Aid)

130 E15 Student Union H16 Taxi Pick Up Point Zone 1 D15 Taxi Pick Up Point Zone 2 I12 Taxi Pick Up Point Zone 3

Faculty Offices 132 F18 Architecture, Building, & Planning Faculty Office 149 G14 Arts Faculty Office

139 F13 Economics & Commerce Faculty Office 162 I19 Education Faculty Office 173 K17 Engineering Faculty Office 142 E11 Land & Food Resources 106 R15 Law Faculty Office

181 K12 Medicine, Dentistry, & Health Sciences Faculty Office 141 H11 Music Faculty Office 198 K20 School of Graduate Studies 155 G19 Science Faculty Office 400 I2 Veterinary Science Faculty Office