James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2024
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HS2403 - Health Promotion for Health Professionals
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Prerequisites: | HS1401 and 70510E is an allowed parent study package on any EXT Availabilities of this subject |
| Administered by: | College of Public Health, Medical and Vet Sciences |
This subject is available to all students enrolled in the Occupational Therapy, Sport and Exercise Science, Physiotherapy, Speech Pathology and Dental Surgery programs. Also available to students in other programs through negotiation with the Head of the School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences.
Subject Description
- This subject introduces students to the principles of health promotion and the historical context in which health promotion has evolved. Students will explore the social determinants of health and how this impacts on health issues of relevance to their professional discipline. Students will identify key barriers to behaviour change and examine frameworks and models that can be applied to address health issues of relevance to their professional discipline. Students will be also be introduced to the processes of health promotion program planning, implementation and evaluation.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyze the principles of health promotion outlined in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
- Critically reflect upon the social determinants of health in order to identify applicability to the student's professional discipline
- Examine individual, group and population strategies and methods in health promotion and their most appropriate application
- Identify the barriers to behavior change and apply behavior change models to selected health issues
- Design a health promotion program to address a health issue relevant to the student's professional discipline
Subject Assessment
- Written > Examination (centrally administered) - (45%) - Individual
- Written > Examination - In class - (25%) - Individual
- Oral > Presentation 1 - (30%) - Group
Note that 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.
Special Assessment Requirements
Complete and submit all assessment items; Achieve 50% or above overall across all combined graded assessment within the subject.
Availabilities
Townsville Bebegu Yumba, Study Period 1, Internal | |
| Census date: | Thursday, 21 Mar 2024 |
| Study Period Dates: | Monday, 19 Feb 2024 to Friday, 14 Jun 2024 |
| Coordinator(s): | DR Nathan Dawes |
| Lecturer(s): | DR Nathan Dawes |
| Workload expectations: | The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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