Postgraduate Course: Homeless and Inclusion Health (Online) (NUST11109)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This postgraduate course aims to understand the global context of homelessness and to apply it to the health and wellbeing experience of the individual at local level. It is anticipated that this course will be of interest to students from a wide range of different disciplines, including medicine, nursing, social sciences, allied health professions and geography, amongst others. A strength of this course is the interdisciplinary nature of the course and the opportunity to learn from each other.
The course will be taught fully online over 10 weeks and will consist of synchronous and asynchronous online activities including 'study circle' group journal workshops. These 'study circles' consist of 5-6 students and are student led.
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| Course description |
This postgraduate course aims to understand extreme health inequities as they relate to homelessness and attendant health issues such as harmful substance use, mental health and trauma. Drawing on interdisciplinary expertise and expert-by-experience input, it will be of interest to domestic and international students from a wide range of disciplines, including medicine, public health, nursing, social sciences, social care, and human geography, amongst others.
The course places particular emphasis on making input from empirical and theoretical research practically applicable to health and social care professionals. The course will critically engage with contemporary issues, theories and concepts within the sphere of extreme health inequities, homelessness and inclusion health. For example, the impacts of global economic transformations on extreme health inequities, the diversity of people who find themselves homeless, including women, children and refugees, and the connection between socioeconomic inequities and health/mental health.
This course is delivered by a range of experts from within and outwith the University of Edinburgh, including external health and social care practitioners. Experts by Experience contribute their personal experiences of homelessness and health to the course.
Students are expected to engage with their learning through lectures, group discussions, and reading relevant scholarly and practical literature.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
| Course Start Date |
13/01/2025 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Online Activities 20,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Formative Assessment Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
160 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1. 90% written assignment (4,000 words) (4 blogs)
2. 10% discussion board engagement |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Develop a critical understanding of the intersection of extreme social inequities with health and housing.
- Critically engage with a wide range of social, psychological, biomedical and political theories and concepts of homelessness and extreme health inequities.
- Understand key concepts in the field of health inequities and Inclusion Health, such as social determinants of health, multiple and complex exclusion, and trauma informed care.
- Engage with a range of disciplinary perspectives on homelessness and extreme health inequities, including the perspective of experts by experience.
- Develop knowledge and skills in conducting and evaluating research in the field of homelessness and extreme health inequities through theoretical input and practical exercises.
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Reading List
Fitzpatrick, S., Pawson, H., Bramley, G., Wilcox, S. and Watts, B., (2015) The homelessness monitor: England 2015. London: Crisis.
Fitzpatrick, S., Bramley, G., Blenkinsopp, J., Johnsen, S., Littlewood, M., Netto, G., Sosenko, F. and Watts, B., (2016) Destitution in the UK: final report. Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Smith, K.E., Bambra, C. and Hill, S.E. (eds) (2016) Health Inequalities: Critical Perspectives. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Smith, K.E. and Anderson, R., (2018) Understanding lay perspectives on socioeconomic health inequalities in Britain: a meta¿ethnography. Sociology of health & illness, 40(1), pp.146-170
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Students will work on, develop and evidence the following (Level 11 SCQF):
· Ability to critically analyse complex health problems, drawing on relevant theory in the field of homelessness;
· Develop originality and creativity to problems and issues in health and social care practice;
· Critically review, consolidate and extend knowledge, skills and thinking about social scientific theories of homelessness and health;
· Present formally and informally, information about specialist topics;
· Use a range of ICT applications to support assessments and in-class presentations;
· Exercise substantial autonomy and initiative in course activities and assessment, taking responsibility for their own learning and work;
· Work in a peer relationship with others involved in homeless and inclusion health, including Experts by Experience.
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| Keywords | Homelessness,health,inclusion,destitution,refugees |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Sarah Johnsen
Tel:
Email: Sarah.Johnsen@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr David Morris
Tel: (0131 6)51 3969
Email: dmorri14@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
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