On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Explain the social determinants of health in their global and local manifestations
2. Critically evaluate the evidence supporting the social determinants thesis and causal pathways offered to describe the link between social factors and inequitable health outcomes;
3. Critically analyse the impact of globalisation and social structure and processes on health inequalities within Australia and internationally;
4. Critically appraise the link between social stratification, differential exposure, differential susceptibility and differential consequences in generating health inequities
5. Critically assess the capacity of national health systems to reduce health inequities and have a better balance between acute care and prevention/health maintenance.

1. Social Determinants of Health and Illness
- The social health gradient ? international evidence; Health equity, equality and inequality
- Proximal and distal Determinants of health inequities
- The Global marketplace
2. Impacts of Globalization, on:
- policy making (World bank and WHO); political and economic structures and processes
- health professional training, manpower and Migration
- environments for health: local and Global, including climate change
3. Responses:
- frameworks for policy development using The social Determinants perspective
- frameworks for Analysing The links between globalization and health
- Reorienting health services
- inter-sectoral partnerships and collaboration