CQUniversity Unit Profile
PBHL20006 Participatory Health Research
Participatory Health Research
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General Information

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

Career Level: Postgraduate
Unit Level: Level 9
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 8
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

There are no requisites for this unit.

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 - 2022

Melbourne
Online
Sydney

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).

Class and Assessment Overview

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

Bundaberg, Cairns, Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton, Townsville
Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

Assessment Overview

1. Written Assessment
Weighting: 30%
2. Reflective Practice Assignment
Weighting: 30%
3. Group Work
Weighting: 40%

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.

Previous Student Feedback

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.

Feedback from Have Your Say

Feedback

She uses many real life examples to help clarify topics and show how you can apply the theory to practice.

Recommendation

Continue to offer tutorial activities where tasks provide relevant learning foundations and then link to application of learning material.

Feedback from Have Your Say

Feedback

Assignments back in a more timely manner

Recommendation

Coordinate with tutorial staff to ensure more timely moderation schedules

Unit Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
  1. Critique strengths and limitations associated with different approaches to public health research
  2. Justify taking a participatory health approach to public health research
  3. Discuss the challenges associated with taking a participatory approach to public health research
  4. Critique public health research undertaken within First Nations Peoples' communities
  5. Evaluate the impact of anti-oppressive methodologies, including feminist, decolonising and arts-based approaches to public health research
  6. Determine appropriate quantitative and qualitative research designs for various approaches to complex public health issues
  7. Reflect on own positionality and assumptions related to public health research.
Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes
N/A Level
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Professional Level
Advanced Level

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes

Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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
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
Textbooks and Resources

Textbooks

There are no required textbooks.

IT Resources

You will need access to the following IT resources:
  • CQUniversity Student Email
  • Internet
  • Unit Website (Moodle)
Referencing Style

All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)

For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.

Teaching Contacts
Vivian Romero Unit Coordinator
v.romero@cqu.edu.au
Schedule
Week 1 Begin Date: 11 Jul 2022

Module/Topic

Public Health Research Purpose and Positionality

Chapter

Green, J., 2014. What kind of research does public health need? Critical Public Health, 24(3), pp. 249-252.

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 2 Begin Date: 18 Jul 2022

Module/Topic

Research for a New Public Health

Chapter

Baum, F., 2015. Research for a new public health. In The New Public Health, 4th edition. Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press, pp. 150-170.

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 3 Begin Date: 25 Jul 2022

Module/Topic

Participatory Research Approaches

Chapter

Macaulay, A. C., Commanda, L. E., Freeman, W. L., Gibson, N., McCabe, M. L., Robbins, C. M., and Twohig, P. L., 1999. Participatory research maximises community and lay involvement. BMJ, 319(7212), pp. 774-778.

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 4 Begin Date: 01 Aug 2022

Module/Topic

Anti-oppressive Research Approaches

Chapter

Abma, T., Banks, S., Cook, T., Dias, S., Madsen, W., Springett, J., and Wright, M. T., 2019. Acting for change: The generation of transformative action. In Participatory Research for Health and Social Well-Being. Springer, Cham, pp. 99-124.

Thompson, B., Molina, Y., Viswanath, K., Warnecke, R., and Prelip, M. L., 2016. Strategies to empower communities to reduce health disparities. Health Affairs (Project Hope), 35(8), pp. 1424-1428.

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 5 Begin Date: 08 Aug 2022

Module/Topic

Public Health Research and Indigenous Communities

Chapter

Martin, K. and Mirraboopa, B., 2003. Ways of knowing, being and doing: A theoretical framework and methods for indigenous and indigenist re-search. Journal of Australian Studies, 27(76), 203-214.

Events and Submissions/Topic

Assessment 1 due


Individual Assessment 1 Due: Week 5 Friday (12 Aug 2022) 5:00 pm AEST
Vacation Week Begin Date: 15 Aug 2022

Module/Topic

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 6 Begin Date: 22 Aug 2022

Module/Topic

Reflective Researcher-Practitioner

Chapter

Burgess, J., 2006. Participatory action research: First-person perspectives of a graduate student. Action Research, 4(4), pp.419-437.

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 7 Begin Date: 29 Aug 2022

Module/Topic

Participatory Tools

Chapter

Coemans, S. and Hannes, K., 2017. Researchers under the spell of the arts: Two decades of using arts-based methods in community-based inquiry with vulnerable populations. Educational Research Review, 22, pp.34-49.

Hennessy, E., Kraak, V.I., Hyatt, R.R., Bloom, J., Fenton, M., Wagoner, C. and Economos, C.D., 2010. Active living for rural children: community perspectives using PhotoVOICE. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 39(6), pp.537-545.

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 8 Begin Date: 05 Sep 2022

Module/Topic

Participatory Tools

Chapter

Robert, J. P., Fisher, T. R., Trowbridge, M. J. and Bent, C., 2016. A design thinking framework for healthcare management and innovation. Healthcare, 4(1), 11-14.

Foley, K.A., Shelton, J., Richardson, E., Smart, N., Smart-McMillan, C., Mustakem, O., Young, A., Davis, D. and Frayne, D., 2019. Primary care women’s health screening: a case study of a community engaged human centered design approach to enhancing the screening process. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 23(11), pp.1446-1458.

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 9 Begin Date: 12 Sep 2022

Module/Topic

Participatory Tools

Chapter

Person, B., Knopp, S., Ali, S.M., A’kadir, F.M., Khamis, A.N., Ali, J.N., Lymo, J.H., Mohammed, K.A. and Rollinson, D., 2016. Community co-designed schistosomiasis control interventions for school-aged children in Zanzibar. Journal of Biosocial Science, 48(S1), pp.S56-S73.

Events and Submissions/Topic

Assessment 2 due


Individual Assessment 2 Due: Week 9 Friday (16 Sept 2022) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 10 Begin Date: 19 Sep 2022

Module/Topic

Beneficiaries of Public Health Research

Chapter

Cerdá, M., 2017. A public health of consequence: let’s ask about who benefits. American Journal of Public Health, 107(3), p.396.

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 11 Begin Date: 26 Sep 2022

Module/Topic

Evidence-based Practice or Practice-based evidence?

Chapter

Green, L.W., 2008. Making research relevant: if it is an evidence-based practice, where's the practice-based evidence? Family Practice, 25(suppl_1), pp.i20-i24.

Events and Submissions/Topic

Group assessment due


Group project Due: Week 11 Friday (30 Sept 2022) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 12 Begin Date: 03 Oct 2022

Module/Topic

Cultivating Co-creation: Transformative Action

Chapter

Langley, J., Wolstenholme, D., and Cooke, J., 2018. ‘Collective making’ as knowledge mobilisation: the contribution of participatory design in the co-creation of knowledge in healthcare. BMC Health Services Research 18(1), 585-594.

Eberhart, A., Slogeris, B., Sadreameli, S. C., and Jassal, M. S., 2019. Using a human-centered design approach for collaborative decision-making in pediatric asthma care. Public Health 170(2019): 129-132.

Events and Submissions/Topic

Assessment Tasks

1 Written Assessment

Assessment Title
Individual Assessment 1

Task Description

This is an individual task assessment. You will write short critiques (300 words) about the articles you find to represent Week 2 to Week 5 content. In addition to explaining your chosen article in relation to the week's topic, you will compare your article to one of your classmate's articles as far as meaning. You will apply your knowledge of the readings and the lectures. Specific instructions are located on the Moodle and will also be introduced during tutorials.


Assessment Due Date

Week 5 Friday (12 Aug 2022) 5:00 pm AEST


Return Date to Students

Week 7 Friday (2 Sept 2022)


Weighting
30%

Assessment Criteria

The assessment criteria for this unit are in the form of a rubric, which is available from the Moodle site.

However, broadly you will be assessed on:

  • Critique of content
  • Explanation of participatory health research


Referencing Style

Submission
Online

Submission Instructions
MS Word document upload

Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • 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


Graduate Attributes
  • Knowledge
  • Cognitive, technical and creative skills
  • Research
  • Ethical and Professional Responsibility

2 Reflective Practice Assignment

Assessment Title
Individual Assessment 2

Task Description

This is an individual task assessment. You will be required to write a reflective essay (1500-2500 words). You will reflect on the application of your learning related to the readings, lectures, tutorials and prior assessments. You will be tasked to address these two points:

  • Your positionality and what you thought to be true in relation to public health research
  • How you would seek to undertake research with Indigenous communities


Assessment Due Date

Week 9 Friday (16 Sept 2022) 5:00 pm AEST


Return Date to Students

Week 11 Friday (30 Sept 2022)


Weighting
30%

Minimum mark or grade
50%

Assessment Criteria

The assessment criteria for this unit are in the form of a rubric, which is available from the Moodle site.

However, broadly you will be assessed on:

  • Application of a reflection framework
  • Demonstration of Indigenous research approaches


Referencing Style

Submission
Online

Submission Instructions
MS Word document upload

Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • 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.


Graduate Attributes
  • Knowledge
  • Cognitive, technical and creative skills
  • Research
  • Self-management
  • Ethical and Professional Responsibility
  • Leadership

3 Group Work

Assessment Title
Group project

Task Description

This assessment is a group project with an embedded individual assessment. For this assessment you will justify taking a participatory approach to researching a health issue through a PowerPoint presentation. From weeks 7 to week 10, you will be working on a participatory health project: from definition of a problem to proposal of a solution. Each week there are activities, and these activities will be summarised in your final presentation.


Assessment Due Date

Week 11 Friday (30 Sept 2022) 5:00 pm AEST


Return Date to Students

Review/Exam Week Monday (10 Oct 2022)


Weighting
40%

Assessment Criteria

The assessment criteria for this unit are in the form of a rubric, which is available from the Moodle site.

However, broadly you will be assessed on:

  • Defining the problem
  • Presenting and defending a participatory research approach
  • Explaining solutions and potential innovation
  • Contribution to group goals


Referencing Style

Submission
Online Group

Submission Instructions
Each member of the group must upload the entire PPT with speaker notes

Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • 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


Graduate Attributes
  • Knowledge
  • Communication
  • Cognitive, technical and creative skills
  • Research
  • Ethical and Professional Responsibility

Academic Integrity Statement

As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.

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.

When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.

Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.

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