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306934 (v.1) Advanced Nursing Practice - Promoting Health 561
Area: | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 6.0 |
Individual Study: | 2 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Cross-cultural health care provision, primary health care, principles and application of health promotion, education and adult learning theory. Principles of community development, action research, reflective practice and change theory. Meeting procedures, consultative and collaborative processes. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have - Identified promotional enhancing factors and addressed barriers that could impact on the implementation and success of health promotion strategies in isolated practice settings. Instigated and guided the consultative and collaborative process with community members, for identification of priority health issues and implementation of health related programs. Designed and developed a community health program including strategies for implementation and evaluation, using community development and action research principles. Implemented and evaluated community health education programs. |
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: | Glanz, K. (1996). Achieving Best Practice in Health Promotion - Future Directions. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 6 (2), pp 25-28. Gray, D., Sputore, B., and Walker, J. (1998). Evaluation of an Aboriginal Health Promotion Program - A Case Study from Karalundi. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 8 (1), pp 24-28. Hass, J., Birch, S., and Hass, M. (1996). Creating Health Gains or Widening Gaps - The Role of Health Outcomes. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 6 (1), pp 4-6. Hawe, P., Degeling, D., and Hall, J. (1992). Planning Your Program. In P. Hawe, Evaluating Health Promotion - A Health Worker's Guide, pp. 41-58, MacLennan and Petty, Sydney. Kiger, A. (1995). Health Education Concepts and Practice. In A. Kiger, Teaching for Health, pp. 29-45. Churchill, New York. Livingstone. Kingsley, E. (1994). 'Community development - The challenge to change'. In C. Cooney (Ed.), Primary health care the way to the future (pp. 38-59). Sydney, Prentice Hall. Labonte, R. (1996). 'Health promotion - Ten years on from the Ottawa Charter'. Australian Journal of Primary Health-Interchange, 2 (4), 7-24. |
Unit Texts: | Brockett, R. G. (1991). Self-Direction in Adult Learning, Perspectives on Theory, Research and Practice. Reutledge, London. Katz, J., Peberdy, A., and Douglas, J. (2001). Promoting Health - Knowledge and Practice, 2nd ed., Palgrave, Oxford. Petty, J. (1995). Participatory Learning and Action - A Trainer's Guide, International Institute for Environment and Development, London. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Community development project plan 50%, Development of teaching plan 25%, Implementation teaching plan 25%. This is a grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 60399 Nursing not elsewhere classified | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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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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