11549 (v.2) Health Promotion Planning 781

Area:

School of Public Health

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Provides an overview of health promotion and guidelines to develop a health promotion program. It consists of 10 related modules dealing with - foundations of health promotion, rationale for health promotion, needs assessments, evaluation, applying psychosocial theory to health promotion, planning and implementing health promotion interventions, community development and community participation, social capital, capacity building and sustainability. Contains a review of the application of theoretical and empirical evidence. It also references relevant policies and directions of national and international agencies including the WHO.

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit students will be able to - Discuss the concept and scope of health promotion. Develop a rationale supporting the need for health promotion programs. Identify priorities for health promotion. Describe needs assessmentprocesses as a basis for health promotion planning. Utilise psychosocial theory for planning health promotion programs. Critically analyse and demonstrate the use of planning models and frameworks for planning health promotion programs. Describe how evaluation is incorporated into health promotion planning. Describe community development and community participation. Describe the relevance of social capital, capacity building and sustainability to health promotion. Develop and plan a funding proposal for a health promotion program

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2001. Australian health trends 2001, Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service (www.aihw.gov.au). Egger G., Spark R., Lawson J. and Donovan R., (1999), Health Promotion Strategies and Methods, Sydney, McGraw-Hill. Green L.W. and Kreuter M.W., (1999) Health Promotion Planning - An Educational and Ecological Approach, 3rd ed, Mountain View, Mayfield Publishing Company. Health Department of WA, 2000 Health Measures for the Population of Western Australia -Trends and Comparisons, Perth, Health Department of WA. Howat P., Cross D., Iredell H., James R., Shaw T., et al., (1999), The Seniors Pedestrian Injury Prevention Program - A Proposal Submitted to Healthway, Perth. Mathers C., Vos T. and Stevenson C., (1999), The Burden of Injury and Disease in Australia, Canberra, The Australian Institute for Health and Welfare. (Cat. No. PHE17), (www.aihw.gov.au/publications/health/bdia.html) Murray C. and Lopez A., (Eds.), (1996), Summary - The Global Burden of Disease, Geneva, Harvard School of Public Health, World Bank, World Health Organisation. Shilton T., Howat P., James R. and Lower T., (2001), Health Promotion Development and Health Promotion Work.

Unit Texts:

Hawe P., Degeling D. and Hall J., (1990), Evaluating Health Promotion - A Guide for Health Workers, Sydney, MacLennan and Petty. Howat P., Burns S, et al., (2003), Health Promotion Planning Guide, Bentley, Curtin University of Technology.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Assignments One (10%) and Three (15%) Workbook 25%, Assignment Two Rationale for Health Promotion 30%, Assignment Four Program Proposal 45%. This is by grade/mark assessment.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1			Y
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2			Y