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Unit of Study HLTH6004 - Psychological & Environmental Influences on Health (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Pre-requisites

    Nil

  • Co-requisites

    Nil

  • Anti-requisites

    Nil

  • Enrolment information

    To participate in this online unit, students must have access to a computer and the internet.

Unit description

Explores the psychological and environmental determinants of health, and examines appropriate strategies to manage these factors.

Unit content

  1. Stress, Resilience and Psychological Influences on Health.
  2. Emotional Wellness, Screening and Management.
  3. Relaxation, Mindfulness and Meditation.
  4. Environmental influences on Health.
  5. Tobacco, substance use and management.
  6. Alcohol use, Misuse and Moderation.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online
Term4
Term4

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Recognise the psychological influences on health, and the strategies for screening and managing emotional wellness.

Critically examine the practices of relaxation, mindfulness and meditation.

Analyse the environmental influences on health.

Analyse the implications and management of tobacco use, substance use and alcohol misuse.

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • Readings and resources are provided for each module in this unit.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.