Area: | School of Public Health |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 7.0 |
Fieldwork: | 1 x 100 Hours Yearly |
Syllabus: | Incorporates 100 hours of fieldwork. Administration, funding sources and planning of health promotion and related activities by community and public health agencies. Functions and responsibilities of health promotion officers in community agencies. Health promotion strategies and evaluation methods employed by health promotion officers. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will be able to - Demonstrate knowledge and skills gained in Health Promotion 681 and other units, in the practice of community based health promotion. Show an understanding or professional attitudes and skills of health promotion/education officers in community settings. Demonstrate a knowledge of administration and planning in community health promotion. Describe the roles and functions of members of a health promotion organisation. |
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: | Commonwealth Department of Health, Housing and Community Services, (1993), Goals and Targets for Australia's Health in the Year 2000 and Beyond, Canberra, Australian Govt Publishing Service. Egger G., Spark R. and Lawson J., (1990), Health Promotion Strategies and Methods, Sydney McGraw Hill Publishing Company. Green L. and Kreuter W., (1999), Health Promotion Planning, An Educational and Ecological Approach, Mount View, Mayfield. Hawe P., Degeling D. and Hall J., (1990), Evaluating Health Promotion, Sydney, MacLennan and Petty. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Practical (100 hours) 45%, Agency Evaluation of Student by Supervisor 20%, Student Report (Agency and Fieldwork experience) 25%, Presentation (Agency Experience) 10%. All assessments are to be completed by Week 12. This is by pass/fail 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: | Pass/Fail |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | 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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