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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title Scarcity & Health
Module Code NS137
School School of Nursing and Human Sciences
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Module Co-ordinatorSemester 1: Anne Matthews
Semester 2: Anne Matthews
Autumn: Anne Matthews
Module TeacherAnne Matthews
NFQ level 8 Credit Rating 5
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
Description
This module examines how and why scarcities of various sorts affect health. It examines what influences the need and demand for, and the supply of resources for health. It anlyses the ethical and political aspects of responses to scarcities.

Learning Outcomes
1. To debate the idea of scarcity, as applied to health.
2. To explore how scarcities of particular resources affect health.
3. To examine individual and collective responses to scarcities related to health.



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture24No Description
Examination2No Description
Independent learning95No Description
Total Workload: 121

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities
The idea of scarcity.
The economics of scarcity: Needs, wants, demands, supply. Scarcities and health; health determinants. Causes, consequences of and responses to scarcities affecting health.An ethical framework to debate scarcities: justice and autonomy.

Resources for health and their scarcities.
Natural resources: Water, sun/rain, land, environment, clean air, energy sources. Food. Money. Working and living conditions: education, housing, employment. Social and community resources. Freedoms and rights, equalities. Healthcare, Health workers..

Responses to scarcity.
The politics of scarcity: the role of the state in responding to scarcities: public health, health services. Mobilising personal, community and global resources for health..

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment50% Examination Weight50%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
EssayIndividual write-up on topic of group presentation30%Week 9
Group presentationGroup presentation on topic chosen by students20%Week 8
Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1
Indicative Reading List
  • edited by Richard G. Wilkinson and Michael Marmot: 2006, Social determinants of health, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 0198565895
  • Barbara McPake and Charles Normand: 0, Health economics: An International Perspective, 2nd, Routledge., Abingdon, 0415391326
  • edited by Johannes Siegrist and Michael Marmot: 0, Social inequalities in health: New evidence and policy implications., OUP, Oxford, 0198568169
Other Resources
None
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Programme or List of Programmes
BHSBachelor of Science in Health & Society
Timetable this semester: Timetable for NS137
Date of Last Revision07-FEB-12
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