Area: | School of Public Health |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 4 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Issues associated with mental promotion prevention and early intervention with a particular emphasis on universal, selective and indicated prevention strategies. Definitions, epidemiology, models and national goals, targets and policies will be discussed. Focus on specific cycle issues and priority groups, in Australia and Internationally. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will be able to - Analyse the nature and scope of mental health and mental ill health, mental health promotion and prevention in the mental health field. Describe the application of a range of public health strategies that support prevention, early intervention and promotion in the mental health field. Conceptualise risk factors and protective factors influencing mental health status. Identify and analyse population target groups, interventions and settings from a research evidence base. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignment One 25%. Assignment Two 30%. Assignment Three 45%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 61300 Public Health (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | | | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | | | Y |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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