305647 v.1 Health Promotion Stream (MPH)

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.3	Health Research Methods 681	4.0	25.0
13157	v.4	Health Promotion Planning 681	4.0	25.0
13169	v.3	Health Promotion Methods 682	4.0	25.0
		SELECT 1 OPTION		25.0
				100.0
Year 1 Semester 2
13170	v.4	Health Promotion, Media and Advocacy 680	4.0	25.0
13171	v.3 #	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	Credit
13162	v.2	Public Health Nutrition 681	3.0	25.0
13172	v.3	Health Promotion Methods 683	4.0	25.0
13176	v.3	Radio Programming for Health Promotion 681	4.0	25.0
13177	v.3	Designing and Delivering Training 681	4.0	25.0
13181	v.3	Injury Control 694	4.0	25.0
13182	v.3	Mental Health Promotion 690	2.0	25.0
13184	v.3	Physical Activity and Health 692	4.0	25.0
13626	v.2	Health, Stress and the Management Environment 682	3.0	25.0
309594	v.2	Settings in Health Promotion 688	4.0	25.0
4712	v.3	Qualitative Methods in Health Research 582	4.0	25.0
4860	v.5	Health Economics 584	3.0	25.0
5282	v.6	Marketing Management 555	3.0	25.0
5596	v.6	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
5949	v.8	Sexology 651	4.0	25.0
5951	v.6	Sexology 652	4.0	25.0
6103	v.8	Epidemiology and Biostatistics 582	4.0	25.0
6238	v.10	Health Project 590	4.0	25.0

Unit offered internally only.