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This module uses background knowledge on topics covered in Terms 1 and 2 and builds further into providing students with a comprehensive account of the planning for health and oral health services. More specifically, it aims to:

• Provide students with a good understanding of health care planning and evaluation principles and concepts,
• Cover critically the main stages of planning, from a theoretical standpoint and through practical examples,
• Highlight important contextual issues in the planning of health care policies and programmes.

The module is open to students registered on the MSc Dental Public Health.

Students attend a series of interactive sessions in Term 3 of the academic year. Practical aspects are embedded in the sessions in order to combine theoretical concepts with a practical learning experience.

Selected Reading List

• Wright J. Health Needs Assessment in Practice. London: BMJ Books 1998.
• Bradshaw JS. A taxonomy of social need. In: McLachlan G (ed). Problems and progress in medical care, 7th Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1972; 69-82.
• Donabedian, A. (2003). An introduction to quality assurance in health care. (1st ed., Vol. 1). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
• Sheiham A, Maizels JE, Cushing AM. The concept of need in dental care. Int Dent J 1982; 32: 265-270.
• Sheiham A, Tsakos G. Oral health needs assessment. In: Pine C, Harris R, eds. Community Oral Health. New Malden, UK: Quintessence, 2007: 59–79
• Batchelor P. Improving governance to improve oral health: addressing care delivery systems. Oral Health Dent Manag. 2012;11(3):129-33.
• Braithwaite J. Changing how we think about healthcare improvement BMJÌý(2018);361:k2014.
• Listl S, Grytten JI, Birch S. What is health economics? Community Dent Health. 2019;36(4):262 274.
• Morris S, Devlin N, Parkin D, Spencer A. Economic Analysis in Health Care, second edition. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
• Mossialos E, Wenzl M, Osborn R Anderson C. International Profiles of Health Care Systems, 2014.
• WHO Health System Governance ().