Health Promotion Principles PG (11924.1)

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.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Analyse and interpret public health issues according to evidence-based health promotion principles;
2. Apply and integrate contemporary health promotion processes into a range of public health contexts;
3. Design and implement health promotion processes and content evaluation frameworks;
4. Critically analyse and interpret evaluation of health promotion practice; and

5. Identify and respond to challenges to health promotion in a changing world.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

10058 Health Promotion Principles and Practice PG

Assumed knowledge

None.