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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Introductory
Former School/College
Unit aim
Introduces students to the concepts of lifestyle interventions that promote health and wellness, taking into account the physical, psychological, social and emotional wellbeing of the person. This unit promotes the importance of the therapeutic relationship in promoting healthy lifestyles, including physical activity, good nutrition, and stress management.
Unit content
- Understanding health and wellness behaviour
- Chronic lifestyle-related diseases
- The influence of nutrition in health and disease
- The influence of physical activity in health and disease
- The influence of psychological wellbeing in health and disease
- The biopsychosocial model in the management of chronic pain
- The influence of other lifestyle factors including sleep, drug and alcohol use and environment
- Understanding health and wellness promotion
- Case studies in health promotion
- Principles of wellness coaching and communication in the clinical setting
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: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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| 1 | discuss the evidence for the role of nutrition, exercise, stress and other lifestyle factors in health and disease | |||||||
| 2 | identify a range of clinical interventions for the promotion of healthy lifestyle behaviours and the current evidence supporting these interventions | |||||||
| 3 | apply Australian guidelines (e.g. food guide references, physical activity – public health guidelines) and other public health initiatives to clinical practice | |||||||
| 4 | explore the principles and strategies for encouraging client/patient compliance with evidence-based lifestyle health promotion interventions | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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discuss the evidence for the role of nutrition, exercise, stress and other lifestyle factors in health and disease
- GA1:
- GA6:
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identify a range of clinical interventions for the promotion of healthy lifestyle behaviours and the current evidence supporting these interventions
- GA1:
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apply Australian guidelines (e.g. food guide references, physical activity – public health guidelines) and other public health initiatives to clinical practice
- GA1:
- GA6:
- GA7:
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explore the principles and strategies for encouraging client/patient compliance with evidence-based lifestyle health promotion interventions
- GA1:
- GA6:
- GA7:
Prescribed texts
- Hawk, C & Evans, W, 2013, Health Promotion and Wellness: An Evidence-Based Guide to Clinical Preventative Services, Lippencott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia.