13157 (v.3) Health Promotion Planning 681

Area:

School of Public Health

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

Lecture:

1 x 4 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

An overview of health promotion, consisting of ten modules including - foundations of health promotion, rationale for health promotion, needs assessments, evaluation, psychosocial theory, planning and implementing health promotion interventions, community development and community participation, social capital, capacity building, sustainability and the application of theoretical and empirical evidence.

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit students will be able to - Describe the concept and scope of health promotion. Develop rationales supporting the need for health promotion programs. Identify priorities for health promotion. Apply needs assessment processes 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. Prepare plans for a health promotion program.

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:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2001. Australian health trends 2001, Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service (www.aihw.gov.au) Department of Health, Housing and Community Services (1993), Goals and Targets for Australia's Health in the Year 2000 and Beyond, Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service. Hawe P., Degeling D. and Hall J., (1990), Evaluating Health Promotion - A Guide for Health Workers, Sydney, MacLennan and Petty (Ch. 2). 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. Sleet D., Albany P., Lee N. and Stevens M., (1991) Injury in Western Australia, Perth, Health Department of Western Australia. Mathers C., Vos T., 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, Harvard School of Public Health, World Bank, World Health Organisation, Geneva.

Unit Texts:

Howat P., (2003), Health Promotion Planning Guide, Curtin University of Technology.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

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

Field of Education:

61300 Public Health (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

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