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Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

24

AQF level

8

Level of learning

Advanced

Former School/College

Former School of Health and Human Sciences

Pre-requisites

Admission into 3007224 - Bachelor of Occupational Therapy OR Admission into 3007308 - Bachelor of Podiatry OR Admission into 3007306 - Bachelor of Speech Pathology OR Admission into 3507324 - Bachelor of Occupational Therapy with Honours AND 276 credit points or equivalent of admitted course AND HLT10594 - Evaluation of Occupational Therapy Programs OR HLT83002 - Allied Health Honours Seminar II OR HLT30002 - Clinics in Multimodal Intervention: Internal

Unit aim

Examines the theory and multi-disciplinary practice of health promotion and primary health care.  This double-weighted capstone unit provides knowledge and skills for planning, implementing and evaluating health promotion and/or primary health care programs to promote health and wellbeing through a community project placement.  It culminates in a student-led seminar to showcase student projects.

Unit content

1. Theories and concepts of health promotion, primary health care and behaviour change
2. Project management skills
3. Working with stakeholders
4. Working with individuals and groups: health education and health communication
5. Primary health care
6. Community and Population Health
7. Empowerment and Advocacy

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.

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 utilise the principles of health promotion, health communication, health education, behaviour change and primary health care in the design of a health promotion project
2 critically discuss and apply models of health promotion and behaviour change in providing a rationale for the design of a health promotion project
3 critically evaluate evidence for individual, group and population strategies and methods in health promotion and their most appropriate application;
4 identify, plan, design, communicate and deliver a negotiated project related to health promotion/primary health care that addresses the needs of a variety of stakeholders
5 critically reflect on the outcomes of the project in terms of its effectiveness, sustainability and recommendations for the future.

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

  1. utilise the principles of health promotion, health communication, health education, behaviour change and primary health care in the design of a health promotion project
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA6:
  2. critically discuss and apply models of health promotion and behaviour change in providing a rationale for the design of a health promotion project
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. critically evaluate evidence for individual, group and population strategies and methods in health promotion and their most appropriate application;
    • GA1:
    • GA7:
  4. identify, plan, design, communicate and deliver a negotiated project related to health promotion/primary health care that addresses the needs of a variety of stakeholders
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  5. critically reflect on the outcomes of the project in terms of its effectiveness, sustainability and recommendations for the future.
    • GA3:
    • GA5:

Prescribed texts

  • Jirojwong & Liamputtong, 2009, Population Health, Communities and Health Promotion, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Vic. ISBN: 978-0-19-556055-8.
Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.