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.
Details
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 - 2020
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
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.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
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Students commented that the unit material was satisfactory and interesting.
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Assessments need to be explained more clearly.
Incorporate examples of assessment tasks during tutorials.
- 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 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||||
| 2 - Group Work - 40% | |||||||
| 3 - Reflective Practice Assignment - 30% | |||||||
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 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||
| 2 - Group Work - 40% | ||||||||
| 3 - Reflective Practice Assignment - 30% | ||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Zoom capacity (web cam and microphone)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
v.romero@cqu.edu.au
r.fanany@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Public health research purpose and positionality
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
In addition to online lectures and resources, tutorials promote engaging activities including but not limited to: reflective discussions, participatory activities and opportunities to work on your assessment.
Thought for the week: Who are you?
Module/Topic
Traditional approaches to 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, participatory activities and opportunities to work on your assessment.
Thought for the week: Where do you stand?
Module/Topic
Participatory approaches to 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, participatory activities and opportunities to work on your assessment.
Thought for the week: Is participatory research a paradigm or a method?
Module/Topic
Public health research and Indigenous communities
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
In addition to online lectures and resources, tutorials promote engaging activities including but not limited to: reflective discussions, participatory activities and opportunities to work on your assessment.
Thought for the week: How do we improve research among Indigenous communities?
Module/Topic
Human-centred design thinking and anti-oppressive approaches to 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, participatory activities and opportunities to work on your assessment.
Thought for the week: Am I a co-researcher?
Theoretical Foundations Due: Week 5 Thursday (13 Aug 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Relax, you've earned it.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
It is recommended that you review your research positionality in the context of your research problem. Once you do so, relax and use this week to prepare for the research activities beginning Week 6.
Module/Topic
Quantitative study designs
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
As co-researchers, we will be investigating our research problem using quantitative methods during tutorial.
Module/Topic
Qualitative study designs
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Events and Submissions/Topic
As co-researchers, we will be investigating our research problem using qualitative methods during tutorial.
Module/Topic
Reflective researcher-practitioner
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Expression of Interest (EOIs) for the Research Stream for next term will be presented this week.
Module/Topic
Arts-based and creative participatory study designs
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
As co-researchers, we will be investigating our research problem using arts-based methods during tutorial.
Module/Topic
Mixed methods
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Finalise your group work. Bring all collected data to tutorial.
Research Positionality Due: Week 10 Thursday (24 Sept 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
This week, you will display your Research Poster during tutorials and vote for class choice. Please note that there will also be lecture content this week.
Research Poster Symposium Due: Week 11 Thursday (1 Oct 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Cultivating co-creation
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Time to celebrate and continue the journey.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
This is an individual task assessment. You will write short responses (250 words) to six questions related to Week 2 through Week 5 content. You will apply your knowledge of the readings and the lectures. Specific questions are located on the Moodle and will also be introduced during tutorials.
Responses to all six questions will be uploaded to Moodle in ONE document during Week 5.
Week 5 Thursday (13 Aug 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 6 Thursday (27 Aug 2020)
The response to each question is worth up to 5% (for a total of up to 30%) and will be graded according to your ability to integrate your learning of the week's content.
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
- 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
- Knowledge
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
2 Group Work
This is a group project with an individual component. Throughout the term, relevant approaches and participatory methods will be introduced for you to learn and apply. You will collect and analyse data within tutorials. You will present your research findings through an A2/digital poster and online material. Opportunities to complete the poster will be provided during the tutorial sessions. The following sections are required:
- Title, Authors
- Main finding
- Introduction- what is the problem, the significance of using participatory research design versus the other designs
- Methods- describe your research design
- Impact- define the impact and outcomes of your research approach
- Any additional information
- QR Code
Your research poster should only depict a few gems of your overall research. A full explanation of the following sections (Introduction, Methods and Impact) will be made accessible online. Instructions on how to upload this material is available on Moodle. Submission of your poster includes poster and explanatory material. Only one member of the team will be allowed to upload this submission via Moodle.
For the individual component, through a 500-word submission, you will be required to write a brief summary of your contribution to the project and personally evaluate the impact of this research process on yourself as a co-researcher. Submission of this component will be via Moodle.
Week 11 Thursday (1 Oct 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
Review/Exam Week Thursday (15 Oct 2020)
For this assessment, the following rubric will be used:
- Synthesis of participatory health research concepts (5%)
- Development of research design (10%)
- Evaluation of impacts and outcomes (10%)
- Communication of information via poster (10%)
- Reflection and self-assessment (5%)
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
- Justify taking a participatory health approach to public health research
- Discuss the challenges associated with taking a participatory approach to public health research
- 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 task assessment. You will be required to write a 2000-word reflective essay. You will reflect on the application of your learning related to the readings, lectures, tutorials and prior assessments. Specifically, you will be tasked to address these three points:
- Your positionality and what you thought to be true in relation to public health research
- The methods you would use to approach a complex public health issue
- How you would seek to undertake research with First Nation Peoples communities
This reflective essay will be uploaded to Moodle.
Week 10 Thursday (24 Sept 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 12 Thursday (8 Oct 2020)
For this assessment, the following rubric will be used:
- Reflection of research positionality (10%)
- Synthesis of research design (10%)
- Integration of positionality and indigenous worldviews (10%)
See Moodle for a detailed assessment rubric. Late submission and academic misconduct penalties apply as per the university regulations.
- Critique public health research undertaken within First Nations Peoples' communities
- 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.
- Knowledge
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
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Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
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