Advocacy and Education in Community Eye Health - OPTM7004


	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
	CSS Contribution Charge:Band 2 (more info)
	Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
	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.