305647 v.1 Health Promotion Stream (MPH)

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Introduction
The relative failure of curative medicine to significantly reduce morbidity and mortality rates in recent years has led to an increasing emphasis on preventative measures. This stream is a major component of this preventative approach. It has been developed to further knowledge and increase skills in the major principles pertaining to health promotion, current issues in health promotion and the process of planning, implementing and evaluating health promotion programs in various settings.

Course Structure				Hrs/Wk	Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
13152	v.2		Health Research Methods 681	4.0	25.0
13157	v.3		Health Promotion Planning 681	4.0	25.0
13169	v.2		Health Promotion Methods 682	4.0	25.0
			SELECT 1 OPTION		25.0
					100.0
Year 1 Semester 2
13170	v.2		Health Promotion, Media and Advocacy 680	4.0	25.0
13171	v.2	#	Evaluation of Health Promotion 687	4.0	25.0
			SELECT 2 OPTIONS		50.0
					100.0
Optional Units to Select From in Year 1				Hrs/Wk	Credits
4712	v.3		Qualitative Methods in Health Research 582	4.0	25.0
4860	v.5		Health Economics 584	3.0	25.0
4870	v.3		Worksite Health Promotion 588	4.0	25.0
5282	v.6		Marketing Management 555	3.0	25.0
5596	v.5		Advanced Specialisation - Nutrition for Developing Countries 591	4.0	25.0
5698	v.5		Organisational Behaviour 550	3.0	25.0
5941	v.6		Addiction Studies 501	4.0	25.0
5945	v.5		Addiction Studies 503	4.0	25.0
5949	v.6		Sexology 651	4.0	25.0
5951	v.4		Sexology 652	4.0	25.0
6103	v.7		Epidemiology and Biostatistics 582	4.0	25.0
6238	v.8		Health Project 590	4.0	25.0
13162	v.2		Public Health Nutrition 681	3.0	25.0
13172	v.2		Health Promotion Methods 683	4.0	25.0
13173	v.2		Principles of Health Behaviour 685	4.0	25.0
13176	v.2		Radio Programming for Health Promotion 681	4.0	25.0
13177	v.2		Designing and Delivering Training 681	4.0	25.0
13180	v.2		Environmental Health 612	4.0	25.0
13181	v.2		Injury Control 694	4.0	25.0
13182	v.2		Mental Health Promotion 690	4.0	25.0
13184	v.2		Physical Activity and Health 692	4.0	25.0
13626	v.2		Health, Stress and the Management Environment 682	3.0	25.0
#	Unit offered internally only.
##	Unit offered externally only.