HS2403 - Health Promotion for Health Professionals

Credit points:	03
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:

Available to all students enrolled in Occupational Therapy programs. Also available to students in other programs through negotiation with the Head of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

This subject is designed to introduce students to the competencies involved in the development of health promotion activities and programs. Students will be introduced to the principles and theories of health promotion and to the processes of health promotion program planning, design, implementation and evaluation. Cross-cultural aspects of health promotion will be introduced. A settings approach to health promotion will be discussed and students will have the opportunity to critically analyse health promotion case studies.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate appropriate knowledge and skills in the processes of planning, implementing, evaluating and sustaining health promotion programs;
• demonstrate knowledge of the use of media strategies in health promotion;
• describe cultural considerations in health promotion;
• describe methods for process, impact and outcome evaluation of health promotion programs;
• describe the principles and elements of health promotion;
• discuss and describe individual, group and population methods in health promotion and their most appropriate application;
• select appropriate methods to use in evaluation of health promotion programs;
• select methods and strategies for health promotion programs.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to calculate, produce, interpret and communicate numerical information;
• The ability to select and use appropriate IT tools;
• The ability to access and employ online technologies effectively;
• The ability to use and interpret different media;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to use a variety of media and methods to retrieve, analyse, evaluate, organise and present information;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning processes and products;
• The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
• A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.

Prerequisites:

HS1401 and HS1403

Availabilities
, , Study Period 1
Census Date 31-Mar-2005
Coord/Lect:	Assoc. Professor Sue Devine.
Contact hours:	13 hours 26 hours
Assessment:	(40%); (30%); (30%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.