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Advocacy and Education in Community Eye Health - OPTM7004
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Optometry and Vision Science
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.optom.unsw.edu.au
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course introduces the students to the principles of advocacy, health promotion and education as applied to community eye health. The concept of advocacy will be related to positive eye health and health care practice and policy. The course addresses the following areas: (1) the impact of health care systems on the work of community eye health professionals (2) the analysis and interpretation of policy at various levels including formation and utilization (3) how to advocate on eye health and related issues to a range of stakeholders and audiences (4) application of the principles of health promotion and education and their roles in community eye health (5) planning and producing IEC materials for eye health promotion/education (6) planning, implementation and evaluation of community eye health promotion and education strategies.

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