Department of Health Social Science
Established in 2006, the Department of Health Social Science (DHSS) is committed to improving and understanding health and well-being from a social perspective. DHSS offers comprehensive programs in health promotion and prevention, population health, and policy. The Department, based at Caulfield campus, is part of the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and home to the Bachelor of Health Science, Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Social Work, the Honours year of the Bachelor of Health Science, postgraduate coursework programs and PhD students.
Our mission is to conduct research and education that builds capacity to promote health and fosters effective strategies to improve population and individual health. We adopt multi-disciplinary approaches to research and teaching. We are committed to work that strengthens community based health services, and the development and adoption of policy that actively promotes health and wellbeing. We are committed to addressing health and social inequities. We value partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions and participate in various University-community partnerships through joint appointments and research partnerships and seek to give our students practical opportunities to apply their knowledge to health problems in Victoria and beyond. We have a vision that all our graduates will have a strong sense of civic engagement and a commitment to public health, healthy public policy and the health and wellbeing of all people and their communities – whether in Australia or in countries overseas.
The Department of Health Social Science is a WHO Health Promoting Health Service
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