奧塔哥大學(xué)

The Bachelor of Health Sciences is a three-year degree for those who want to work in health in the areas of public health, Maori health, Pacific health, in roles such as case managers or care co-ordinators in the healthcare system.

There is an increasing need for public health approaches as we face important health challenges such as an ageing population, increases in chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, limited health resources, and environmental change and its effects on health.

Future health care will see more individual care delivered in the community, and new health care roles will be developed in order to deliver care differently, and help individuals negotiate the jigsaw of services available to patients in the community.

This qualification focuses on the skills to work with patients and communities to promote health, access health-related information, and ensure patients are accessing and receiving the most appropriate care for their conditions.

Pacific and Global Health provides education about Pacific peoples’ health, context in New Zealand and the region, socio-economic determinants of health, and priority areas of health. The skills developed and knowledge learnt will ensure graduates are prepared to serve the needs of diverse communities globally, acknowledging the increasing diversities of our communities, and communities where our students may come from, economic pressures and changing societies.

Pacific and Global Health gives graduates the skills to work effectively with Pacific peoples and / or their communities within the context of health care and provision.

Programme Requirements

100-level

• HUBS 191 Human Body Systems 1
• HUBS 192 Human Body Systems 2
• PUBH 192 Foundations of Epidemiology or POPH 192 Population Health

200-level

• PACH 201 Pacific Health: New Zealand and the Pacific Region
• PUBH 203 Health Policy and Politics
• PUBH 211 Epidemiology of Global Health Conditions
• MAOH 201 Hauora Maori in Practice: Working with Individuals and Whanau

at least two of

• BITC 201 Bioethics and the Life Sciences
• CMHC 211 Disability and Health I
• HIST 210 War and Environment
• PACI 201 Contemporary Pacific Island Issues
• POLS 213 New Zealand Foreign Policy
• PUBH 202 Health Promotion

300-level

• PACH 301 Pacific Health: Advanced Applied Knowledge
• PUBH 303 Public and Global Health: Current Issues

at least two of

• ANTH 323 Anthropology of Health
• BITC 301 Bioethics
• CMHC 311 Disability and Health II
• MAOH 301 Hauora Maori in Practice: Working with Organisations and Communities
• POLS 320 Pacific Geopolitics in the 21st Century
• PUBH 311 Public Health Research

Plus

126 further points

The following papers are suggested: ACCT 102, ASIA 101, BSNS 113, CMHC 201, ECON 112, GLBL 101, HIST 107, MANT 101, PACI 103, STAT 115; ECON 201, ENGL 228, MANT 217, MANT 251, SOCI 205, STAT 210; CMHC 301, ECON 306, HIST 337, MANT 341, PACI 301, PACI 310, POLS 303, STAT 341