Health Promotion Principles and Practice (10009.2)

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• UC - Canberra, Bruce

  Year	Teaching Period	Convener		Mode of Delivery
  2020	Semester 1	PROF   Shawn   SOMERSET	(Ph: +61 2 62015380 )	FLEXIBLE

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• Semester 1, 2020, FLEXIBLE, BRUCE (193505) - View
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• Semester 1, 2018, FLEXIBLE, BRUCE (176173) - View
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Syllabus

This unit introduces students to health promotion as a conceptual framework, a field of practice and an integral part of the broader public health field. This unit is co-taught with the postgraduate unit of the same name. The lectures are the same but assessment tasks are appropriate to the relevant degree level.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate awareness of the historical origins of health promotion;

2. Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of health promotion;

3. Demonstrate an understanding of, and capacity to apply the conceptual framework of contemporary health promotion practice;

4. Demonstrate an understanding of, and capacity to undertake of health promotion evaluation practices;

5. Demonstrate an awareness of challenges to health promotion in a changing world; and

6. Demonstrate the capacity to critically analyse health promotion practice.

Assessment Items

Contact Hours

3 hours contact per week.

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Assumed Knowledge

None.

Incompatible Units

None.

Equivalent Units

None.