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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences : Public Health Research

Postgraduate Course: Developing and Evaluating Complex Public Health Interventions (PUHR11057)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryPublic health interventions require robust and relevant development and evaluation methods. This module will be relevant to Master students who are involved in, or who would like to learn about the development or evaluation of public health interventions, and a range of methods for evaluating these, both experimental and non-experimental.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2016/17, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Course Start Date 09/01/2017
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 78 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 70 %, Practical Exam 30 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 70% project plan (1500 words), based on group project

30% group presentation
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
The main learning objectives of this course will be to understand and demonstrate:

1) The differences between simple, complex and complicated public health interventions and the importance of causality

2) The main phases in intervention development

3) The relationship between development and evaluation of interventions

4) Different approaches to evaluation including novel approaches such as realist evaluation and natural experiments

5) When to use the different evaluation approaches
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.cphs.mvm.ed.ac.uk/education/mph/
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsPublic health,complex intervention,evaluation
Contacts
Course organiserDr John Mcateer
Tel: (0131 6)51 1590
Email: John.McAteer@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Stuart Mallen
Tel: (0131 6)50 3227
Email: Stuart.Mallen@ed.ac.uk
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