Overview
Participatory Health Research is an approach to research that emphasises community involvement in all aspects of the research, from the initial ideas to the final dissemination of the findings. You will be introduced to and encouraged to critique a range of research approaches, methods and designs in this unit that would be appropriate to traditional research but which can be adapted to participatory health research. You will also be introduced to anti-oppressive methodologies, including feminist, decolonising and art-based approaches to research. Taking a participatory approach is important when undertaking research with First Nations Peoples, socially marginalised groups, and those who have experienced oppression. An essential part of undertaking research with these groups is the development of reflexivity and you will be encouraged to reflect on your own position and assumptions towards research and those who are researched.
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Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisites:PBHL20001 Understanding Public Health PBHL20002 Systems Thinking in Public Health
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2019
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Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
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Assessment Overview
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- Critique strengths and limitations associated with different approaches to public health research
- Justify taking a participatory health approach to public health research
- Discuss the challenges associated with taking a participatory approach to public health research
- Critique public health research undertaken within First Nations Peoples' communities
- Evaluate the impact of anti-oppressive methodologies, including feminist, decolonising and arts-based approaches to public health research
- Determine appropriate quantitative and qualitative research designs for various approaches to complex public health issues
- Reflect on own positionality and assumptions related to public health research.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Online discussion forum - 20% | |||||||
| 2 - Group Work - 60% | |||||||
| 3 - Reflective Practice Assignment - 20% | |||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | |||||||
| 2 - Communication | |||||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | |||||||
| 4 - Research | |||||||
| 5 - Self-management | |||||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | |||||||
| 7 - Leadership | |||||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Online discussion forum - 20% | ||||||||
| 2 - Group Work - 60% | ||||||||
| 3 - Reflective Practice Assignment - 20% | ||||||||
Textbooks
Evaluating Public and Community Health Programs
Edition: 2nd (2016)
Authors: Muriel J. Harris
Oxford University Press
Melbourne Melbourne , VIC , AU
ISBN: 978-1-119-15105-0
Binding: eBook
The New Public Health
Edition: 4th (2015)
Authors: Fran Baum
Oxford University Press
Melbourne Melbourne , VIC , AU
ISBN: 9780195588088
Binding: Paperback
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Dropmark: online visual organisation tool (dropmark.com)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
v.romero@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Public Health Research and Reflective Practice
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
In addition to online lectures and resources, tutorials promote engaging activities including but not limited to: reflective discussions, workshop activities, and opportunities to work on your assessment.
Introduction to Assessment #1
Module/Topic
Traditional Research Approaches
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
In addition to online lectures and resources, tutorials promote engaging activities including but not limited to: reflective discussions, workshop activities, and opportunities to work on your assessment.
Forum post due: Reflect on epidemiology as a research approach
Module/Topic
Participatory Research Approaches
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
In addition to online lectures and resources, tutorials promote engaging activities including but not limited to: reflective discussions, workshop activities, and opportunities to work on your assessment.
Introduction to Assessment #2, topics provided
Forum post due: Critique the role of participatory approaches in public health research
Before Week 4 tutorial, upload which topic you would like to investigate and why.
Module/Topic
Positionality and Beneficiaries of Public Health Research
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
In addition to online lectures and resources, tutorials promote engaging activities including but not limited to: reflective discussions, workshop activities, and opportunities to work on your assessment.
Introduction to Assessment #3
Forum post due: Describe your positionality
Before Week 5, upload a systems map of your chosen topic.
Module/Topic
Anti-oppressive Approaches
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
In addition to online lectures and resources, tutorials promote engaging activities including but not limited to: reflective discussions, workshop activities, and opportunities to work on your assessment.
Forum post due: Why anti-oppressive approaches?
Peer assessments of systems maps during tutorials.
Module/Topic
No classes in PBHL20006 this week.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
It is recommended that you catch up on missed readings and activities and/or use this week to define your research problem.
Module/Topic
Public Health Research and First Nations People
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
In addition to online lectures and resources, tutorials promote engaging activities including but not limited to: reflective discussions, workshop activities, and opportunities to work on your assessment.
Forum post due: How has participatory research failed First Nations People?
Assessment #1 DUE
Before Week 7, upload literature review table.
Individual Comprehension and Analyses Due: Week 6 Friday (30 Aug 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Qualitative Study Designs
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
In addition to online lectures and resources, tutorials promote engaging activities including but not limited to: reflective discussions, workshop activities, and opportunities to work on your assessment.
Peer assessments of literature review table during tutorials.
Module/Topic
Quantitative Study Designs
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
In addition to online lectures and resources, tutorials promote engaging activities including but not limited to: reflective discussions, workshop activities, and opportunities to work on your assessment.
Before Week 9, upload research approach table.
Module/Topic
Mixed Methods
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
In addition to online lectures and resources, tutorials promote engaging activities including but not limited to: reflective discussions, workshop activities, and opportunities to work on your assessment.
Peer assessments of research approach table during tutorials.
Before Week 10, upload your justification of a participatory approach.
Module/Topic
Arts-based and Creative Participatory Methods
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
In addition to online lectures and resources, tutorials promote engaging activities including but not limited to: reflective discussions, workshop activities, and opportunities to work on your assessment.
Peer assessments of participatory approach justification during tutorials.
Module/Topic
Moving Forwards
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
This week, presentations (Assessment 2) will take place during tutorials. Please note that there will also be lecture content this week.
Assessment #2 DUE
Participatory Research Proposal Due: Week 11 Friday (4 Oct 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Reflective Researcher-Practitioner
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
In addition to online lectures and resources, tutorials promote engaging activities including but not limited to: reflective discussions, workshop activities, and opportunities to work on your assessment.
Assessment #3 DUE
Module/Topic
There is no exam in this unit.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
There is no exam in this unit.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
* Please note the required texts listed in the Unit Profile is INCORRECT. These are the texts we will be using in this unit:
Baum, F. (2015) The New Public Health, Fourth Edition. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Limputtong, P. (2016) Research Methods in Health, Foundations for evidence-based practice, Third Edition. Melbourne: Oxford University Press
1 Online discussion forum
This is an individual task assessment. Throughout the first six weeks of the unit, you will be required to reflect on questions related to the lectures:
- Reflect on epidemiology as a research approach.
- Critique the role of participatory approaches in public health research.
- What is your positionality?
- Why anti-oppressive approaches?
- How has participatory research failed First Nations People?
Each week, you will upload your thoughts to these questions into the Moodle forum. Forums for the questions will be open for one week prior to the tutorial. The forum for the week's tutorial will be closed on the day after the tutorial. No uploads to the forum after this date will be permitted.
For this assessment, select 4 best posts from Week 2-5 that demonstrate critical thinking regarding public health research approaches. Posts should not total more than 2000 words collectively and reflect a range of discussion points relevant to various approaches to public health research.
Week 6 Friday (30 Aug 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 8 Friday (13 Sept 2019)
- Fulfil requirements of posting on allocated discussion threads (20%)
- Demonstrate ability to provide thoughtful reflection (40%)
- Demonstrate use of evidence by referencing lecture/readings/tutorial (40%)
See Moodle for a detailed assessment rubric. Late submission and academic misconduct penalties apply as per the university regulations.
- Critique strengths and limitations associated with different approaches to public health research
- Discuss the challenges associated with taking a participatory approach to public health research
- Critique public health research undertaken within First Nations Peoples' communities
- Evaluate the impact of anti-oppressive methodologies, including feminist, decolonising and arts-based approaches to public health research
- Determine appropriate quantitative and qualitative research designs for various approaches to complex public health issues
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
2 Group Work
At the beginning of the term, you will pick a topic and join a team (5-6 people). Throughout the term, relevant approaches and methods will be introduced for you to learn and apply. Opportunities to complete the proposal will be provided during the tutorial sessions. Teams will write a participatory research proposal that:
- Critiques previous research
related to the topic
- Justifies a participatory approach
- Identifies a research design that
is appropriate to the defined problem
- Justifies the design from an
anti-oppressive perspective
- Provides pathways to actionable knowledge
- Uses appropriately cited references
This is a GROUP
assessment that consists of two components:
- Workshop activities reflecting the research
proposal process
- Group presentation of your research proposal
Workshop activities:
The workshop activities allow each member to contribute to
the research proposal. For this assessment, there are four individual
activities: system map of the
research topic, literature review table, research approach table and a participatory
approach justification. Each member of the team will be required to upload their Workshop
activity on Moodle prior to the week’s tutorial. During the week’s tutorial,
team members will assess the individual activities of each team member.
Group presentation:
As a result of the individual activities, team members
create sections of the research proposal. This work is primarily completed
during tutorials. The presentation provides an understanding of your team’s
research proposal. At minimum it should contain the following sections:
Background, Aims & Objectives, Research Design & Methodological
Approach, Pathways to Actionable Knowledge and References.
The presentation should be 10 minutes in duration.
Presenters will be stopped if they go over the 10 minutes. Submission of your presentation includes slides AND transcript of your
presentation. Only one member of the team will be allowed to upload this
submission via Moodle.
Week 11 Friday (4 Oct 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Review/Exam Week Friday (18 Oct 2019)
Workshop activities, 20%
- Fulfil requirements of activity (2.5%)
- Contribute to the team’s progress (2.5%)
Group presentation of public health intervention plan, 40%
- Critiques research related to topic (10%)
- Justifies a participatory approach (5%)
- Provides a coherent research design (15%)
- Justifies research design from an anti-oppressive perspective (5%)
- Provides pathways to actionable knowledge (5%)
See Moodle for a detailed assessment rubric. Late submissions and academic misconduct penalties apply as per the university regulations.
- Critique strengths and limitations associated with different approaches to public health research
- Justify taking a participatory health approach to public health research
- Discuss the challenges associated with taking a participatory approach to public health research
- Critique public health research undertaken within First Nations Peoples' communities
- Evaluate the impact of anti-oppressive methodologies, including feminist, decolonising and arts-based approaches to public health research
- Determine appropriate quantitative and qualitative research designs for various approaches to complex public health issues
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
3 Reflective Practice Assignment
This is an INDIVIDUAL assessment. Based on your informal
reflections throughout the term, you will explore your positionality, the
assumptions and the insights you have gained related to participatory public
health research. In a 1500 word essay, reflect on your positionality throughout
the term. In your essay, you will need to focus on
- Your positionality at the start of the term
- The inherent assumptions of your positionality and its effect on participatory research
- Insights you have gained throughout the term that have
influenced (whether positively or negatively) your positionality
Review/Exam Week Friday (18 Oct 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Exam Week Monday (21 Oct 2019)
- Present essay in a professional manner (5%)
- Describe positionality assumptions and insight (5%)
- Demonstrate reflexivity between positionality and participatory research (5%)
- Demonstrate use of evidence by referencing lecture/readings/tutorial (5%)
See Moodle for a detailed assessment rubric. Late submissions and
academic misconduct penalties apply as per the university regulations.
- Reflect on own positionality and assumptions related to public health research.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
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