Tobacco Control and Gender
Description
This subject will cover epidemiological evidence about pattersm and health effects of tobacco use, and relevant research and policy responses to the gender aspects of tobacco control. Group exercises and assignments will stimulate development of innovative approaches to research, advocacy, policy-making and program design for tobacco control
By the end of the subject students are expected to have an improved capacity to contribute to public health approaches that address the social context of tobacco use, with a focus on gender aspects of tobacco control. Group exercises and assignments will stimulate development of innovative approaches to research, advocacy, policy-making and program design for tobacco control.
Subject Code
WOHT90013 (360861)
Credit Points
12.5
Objectives
Please see Generic Skills, below
Generic skills students will develop
Students should:
- Develop an advanced awareness of basic concepts of gender and tobacco control at national and international levels;
- Understand ways in which gender norms influence tobacco use, promotion and control;
- Understand socio-demographic patterns in tobacco use worldwide;
- Demonstrate an indepth familiarity with contemporary evidence about tobacco use and health risks for males and females;
- Be able to evaluate appropriate research techniques to investigate social influences on tobacco use;
- Demonstrate advanced competence at planning tobacco control research, interventions, poicies or advocacy with a gender focus
- Have endhanced writing and analytic skills.
Pre-requisites and/or Co-requisites
None
Mode of Delivery
Intensive
Contact Time
Twenty-four hours of lectures/seminars/tutorials in the intensive period, supported by additional preliminary tutorials to a maximum of five hours.
Assessment
Oral presentation (20%) and written assignments totalling 4,000 words (80%).
Subject Coordinator
TBA
Venue
This subject is normally delivered in Japan
Dates
TBA
Course Fee
TBA
Prescribed Textbook
Course materials are provided to all participants
Online Learning System
Not applicable
Academic Coordinator
Associate Professor Jane Fisher
Deputy Director and Coordinator of International Programs
Centre for Women's Health, Gender & Society
Melbourne School of Population Health
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
AUSTRALIA
T: +61 3 8344 0687
F: +61 3 9347 9824
E: jrwf@unimelb.edu.au
For further information contact
Irna Grace Kostic
Project Manager
Melbourne Consulting and Custom Programs
The University of Melbourne
442 Auburn Road, Hawthorn
Victoria 3122
AUSTRALIA
T: +61 3 9810 3148
F: +61 3 9810 3149
E: i.kostic@mccp.unimelb.edu.au
Application Process
Applications are managed by Student Services.