2017 Presentation about the Health Science at Massey University and the Bachelor of Health Science degree.

1. Health Science
1. Concepts of health & wellbeing
2. Why Health Science?
3. Health employment opportunities
4. Bachelor of Health Science
• Structure, Majors, delivery and jobs
5. Questions ?
Massey University’s
BACHELOR OF HEALTH SCIENCE
CONNECT. EMPOWER. TRANSFORM.
A/Professor Wyatt Page,
School of Public Health, College of Health

2. Concepts of health & wellbeing
• More than the absence of disease
• Holistic concepts with – physical,
emotional, cognitive, cultural and
spiritual dimensions
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3. Concepts of health & wellbeing
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Employment
/ working
conditions
Education &
literacy
Physical
environment
Social support
networks
Personal
health
practice &
coping
skills
Social
environments
Health child
development
Biology &
genetic
endowment
Culture
Financial &
social
status
Gender
Health
services
Core
Determinates
of Health

4. Māori concepts of health and
wellbeing
• Health and wellbeing have multiple interconnected
dimensions, including but not limited to, physical,
emotional, cognitive, social, cultural and spiritual.
• This is consistent with Emeritus Professor Sir
Mason Durie’s, ‘Te Whare Tapa Wha’ - model of
Māori health
• This model affirms health as an holistic concept
that is seen like four walls of a house – each
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5. Māori concepts of health and
wellbeing
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6. Why Health Science?
• Why are some people healthy and others
not?
• What does it take to prevent disease and
improve health?
• Why has disease and/or health improved
in a population over time?
• Where might we look for answers?
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7. Did you know?
 New Zealand has the second highest prevalence of asthma in the
world. Asthma rates for farmers children are lower than for children
living in urban areas.
 180,000 claims for workplace injuries are lodged with ACC every
year – the worst industries are agriculture, fishing and forestry.
 There are 60,000 stroke survivors in New Zealand. One of the best
ways to recover from stroke is a good rehabilitation programme.
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8. What are the 21st century health challenges?
Why Health Science?
Climate Change
Food production & distribution
Global urbanisation
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9. Health disparities
Building social capital
and a healthy society
The rising cost of
healthcare
What are the 21st century health challenges?
Why Health Science?
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10. Dramatic demographic
shifts New and re-emerging
infectious disease
Chronic and long term
disease
What are the 21st century health challenges?
Why Health Science?
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11. Why Health Science?
Why don’t obese people loose weight?
Systems map
illustrating complex
causal linkages for
obesity
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12. Health Employment Opportunities
 Career prospects in health are excellent - 10% of the New Zealand
workforce is in the health and social services sector, the largest in the
country, larger than engineering, technology and telecommunications
combined
 This sector experienced 20% job growth between 2006 and 2013 and
up to 40% growth is projected over the next decade
 Demand for healthcare is also growing worldwide
 New Zealand isn’t producing enough health graduates, currently 42%
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13. 2013 Median annual income
(full/part-time) by profession & education
Profession Diploma or less Bachelors Masters Doctorate
Nursing $42,800 $59,500 $74,500 $102,400
Public Health
Including: EH; OHS;
Health promo; Rehab; etc
<57,400 - $61,100 $73,900 $85,500 $100,300
Sport & Exercise $46,000 - $51,100 $61,700 $74,600 No data
Social Work $36,100 – $48,700 $54,200 $64,600 $93,400
Food Technology $55,900-$61,000 $83,000 (honours
Degree)
$88,300 $103,600
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Five years post graduation

14.  With Massey’s Bachelor of Health
Science, you’ll explore the bigger
picture through a systems
approach and learn to address the
big health challenges facing the
nation and the world.
Bachelor of Health Science
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Massey University’s
BACHELOR OF HEALTH SCIENCE
CONNECT. EMPOWER. TRANSFORM.

15. Bachelor of Health Science
– (BHlthSc) Degree Structure…
 Comprising 360 credits (24 courses of 15 credits
each) equivalent to three (3) years full-time
study
 Core course set (everybody does)
 Major specialisation (typically 8 courses)
 Plus Minor specialisation (4 courses)
 Plus electives
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16. BHlthSc – Degree Structure
300
level
Core Core Major Major Major Minor Elective
200
level
Core Core Core Major Major Major Minor Minor Elective Elective
100
level
Core Core Core Major Major Minor Elective
16Everybody does | Major and minor selection, and Electives
(120 credits) (120 credits) (60 credits) (60 credits)

17. 250.106 Introduction to Public Health
214.101 Human Bioscience: Normal Body Function
250.100 Introduction to Communication in Health
250.201 Health and Health Inequalities
214.212 Research Methods in the Health Sciences (or 175.203
Introduction to Psychological Research, Psychology Major only)
250.205 Principles and Practices of Human Epidemiology
250.301 Systems Thinking for Health
250.331 Health of Communities
BHlthSc – Core Courses
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18. BHlthSc – Flexible Delivery
 All Core courses available internally at Wellington and by Distance
 All 100-level Majoring courses available internally at Wellington
and by Distance
 Most 200-level Majoring courses available internally at Wellington
and by Distance
 300-level courses delivered in a range of modes (Internal,
Distance, Block) designed to best suit the course content and the
fact that by then, you may well be employed
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19. 19
BHlthSc Majors
Auckland
Manawatu
Wellington
Distance
Environmental Health  
Health Promotion  
Integrated Human Health    
Occupational Health and Safety  
Psychology    
Public Health  
Rehabilitation 
 Some courses
available internally

20. BHlthSc – Majors and jobs…
Health Promotion (HP)
Encourage people and communities to take
positive actions to improve their health and
wellbeing
Public Health (PH)
Prevent disease, promote health, and prolong
life among the population as a whole
Jobs:
• Public Health Officers
(PHU)
• Health Promotion Officers
(NGOs, DHBs)
• Health Protection Officers
(DHBs)
• International Health
Agencies
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21. Environmental Health (EH)
Protect people from threats to health from
products, pollutants, or from our built and natural
environments
Jobs:
• Environmental Health
Officers (EHOs)
• Health Protection
Officers (HPOs)
• International Health
Agencies
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BHlthSc – Majors and jobs…
Recognised by MoH

22. Integrated Human Health (IHH)
Learn how the human body functions and how
nutrition, exercise, sleep, genetics and the
environment affect our health
Jobs:
• Health Promotion
Officers (NGOs, DHBs)
• Health Coaching
• Health Education
• Advanced Learning –
Research Postgraduate
Programmes
• Health Researchers
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BHlthSc – Majors and jobs…

23. Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)
Improve the effects of the working environment on
the health of workers by eliminating and reducing
hazards and risks and creating healthy
workplaces
Jobs:
• OH&S Officers
• Workplace Safety
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International accreditation
BHlthSc – Majors and jobs…

24. Psychology (Psych)
Make sense of people and their motivations and
explore the psychological aspects of health and
the relationship between mental and physical
health
Jobs:
• Health education
• Corporate health
• Health Promotion
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BHlthSc – Majors and jobs…

25. Rehabilitation (Rehab)
Work with people experiencing injury, illness,
disability or social disadvantage to help them
regain and rebuild a better life
Jobs:
• Disability advocacy
• Disability in the Aged
care sector
• Prison rehabilitation
• Life coaching
• Policy development
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BHlthSc – Majors and jobs…
Fully via Distance
Focuses on the social
and functional (as
opposed to medical)
implications of
impairment, disability
and disadvantage

26. BHlthSc - Minors
Drawn from the Majors:
Environmental Health
Health Promotion
Integrated Human Health
Occupational Health & Safety
Psychology
Public Health
Rehabilitation
Community Nutrition
Ergonomics & Human Factors
Human Physiology
Mental Health
(Maori Health)*… major and
minor to be developed
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27. Some good combinations
Here is a list of some of the combinations of Majors and minors that
work together really well:
Public Health Major + Minor in Environmental Health or Psychology
Health Promotion Major + Minor in Environmental Health or Psychology
Integrated Human Health Major + Minor in Human Physiology or Community
Nutrition or Health Promotion
Environmental Health Major + Minor in Occupational Health and Safety or the
other way around
Occupational Health and Safety Major + Minor in Health Promotion
Rehabilitation Major + Minor in Psychology
Psychology Major + All minors work well with this
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28. Staircase to Health careers
- School of Public Health
Graduate Diploma OH&S
Graduate Diploma EnvHlth
Cert in
PubHlth
Post Graduate
Diploma Pub.Health
Master of Public Health
6 months
3 years
1 year
2 years
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
PhD
Career specialisation
Job entry
level
Bachelor of Health Science
3 years
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29. Massey University’s
BACHELOR OF HEALTH SCIENCE
CONNECT. EMPOWER. TRANSFORM.
Questions
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massey.ac.nz/healthscience

30. Why Wellington Campus?
 In the ‘Coolest little capital’ in the World
 In the ‘Best little city’ in the world
 Small class sizes
 Personal attention and easy access to lecturers
and tutors
 A compact campus with everything nearby
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