Health Promotion Principles PG (11924.2)
Please note these are the 2025 details for this unit
| Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
|---|---|---|
| View teaching periods | Online On-Campus |
Bruce, Canberra |
| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Health |
| Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
| Discipline Of Public Health | Post Graduate Level | Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
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.
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 health promotion practice, including practice informed by First Nation's communities; and
5. Identify and respond to challenges to health promotion in a changing world.
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - use Indigenous histories and traditional ecological knowledge to develop and augment understanding of their discipline
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways
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 health promotion practice, including practice informed by First Nation's communities; and
5. Identify and respond to challenges to health promotion in a changing world.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - use Indigenous histories and traditional ecological knowledge to develop and augment understanding of their discipline
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways
Prerequisites
None.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
10058 Health Promotion Principles and Practice PGAssumed knowledge
None.
Availability for enrolment in 2025 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
| Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | Online | Mr Sunil George |
| 2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | On-Campus | Mr Sunil George |
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