4870 (v.3) Worksite Health Promotion 588
| Area: | School of Public Health |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 4 Hours Weekly |
| Co Requisite(s): | 13157 (v.2) Health Promotion Planning 681
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8700 (v.4) Health Promotion Planning 381
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| Syllabus: | Rationale for WHP. Defining target groups. Needs assessment. Occupational health and safety issues. Marketing strategies. Planning steps. Behavioural and structural interventions and strategies. Case studies. Barriers to effective WHP programs. Ethics. Evaluation. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will be able to - Explain the rationale for using the worksite as a setting for Worksite Health Promotion (WHP). Set targets for WHP. Discuss the relationship between WHP and occupational health and safety. Describe approaches to establishing and planning WHP programs. Discuss methods of marketing WHP to employers and employees. Target programs to suit different groups of workers (e.g professional, blue collar). Describe behavioural and structural (policy, environmental, organisational) intervention strategies suitable for WHP programs. Analyse case studies of WHP programs. Evaluate WHPs. Identify barriers to effective WHP programs. |
| 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: | Will be supplied in the course reader as appropriate. |
| Unit Texts: | Haag K., (1987), Worksite Health Development - Program Planning and Development, Adelaide, Health Development Foundation. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignment One 15%, Assignment Two 15%, Assignment Three 40%, Examination 30%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
CRICOS provider code 00301J
