James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2010

TM5528 - Health Promotion

Credit points: 03
Year: 2010
Student Contribution Band: Band 2
Administered by: Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc

Available to all postgraduate students enrolled in the Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and the Postgraduate Diploma of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

Students are encouraged to enrol in the subject with a designated health problem in mind, preferably in their own field of work. Literature, previous studies, related health promotional material, demographic, epidemiological, social and cultural information relating to this problem should be collected for the course. Contact Course Coordinator to discuss this in further detail.This subject is designed to introduce students to the competencies involved in the development of health promotion activities and programs with a special emphasis on remote, tropical and Indigenous contexts. Students will be introduced to the principles and theory of health promotion and to the processes of health promotion program planning, design, implementation and evaluation. Theories, barriers and techniques involved in knowledge and behaviour change will be examined. The subject is designed to enable students to develop the skills necessary to address identified health issues within their own working context. Students will apply subject knowledge to the development of their own project.

Learning Outcomes

Graduate Qualities


Availabilities

External, Study Period 1
Census Date 25-Mar-2010
Coord/Lect: Ms Sue Devine.
Contact hours:
  • 60 hours lectures
    Method of Delivery:Printed materials
    Assessment:other exams (20%); presentations (40%); assignments (40%).

    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.