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Please note that this Unit Profile is still in progress. The content below is subject to change.Overview
At a global level, there are rising demands for health and social care, limited resources and increasing inequalities in health. Community health assets and needs assessments have a vital part to play, enabling practitioners, managers and policymakers to identify those in greatest need; the physical, economic, social and cultural assets available within the community; and to ensure that health care resources are used to maximise health improvement. For health promotion practitioners, the ability to conduct a community health assessment is a core skill. You will be introduced to the different types of community assets and needs assessments that can be undertaken with local communities. You will examine the history and role of community assets and needs assessments and review a range of methods that can be used to implement and evaluate assets and needs assessments in local communities. You will have the opportunity to complete a community profile and also undertake a community assets and needs assessment.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
48-credit unit pre-requisite
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2025
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student evaluation. Discussion with Head of Course.
Learning requirements are not clear and the volume of material and assessment is overwhelming for some students, particularly those with learning challenges.
Change the learning outcomes to be clearer. Provide fewer readings and some key optional readings. Refresh lectures to be shorter with key learning points. Refresh data collection and analysis modules.
Feedback from Student assessment. Discussion with Head of Course.
Some students rely heavily on exemplars for Assessment 1 and 2.
Provide suggested headings and a clear outline of what is expected in each of these sections. Be clearer about plagiarism and academic integrity.
Feedback from Student evaluation. Teaching reflection. Discussion with Head of Course.
First year students do not have sufficient skills, knowledge and experience to undertake the unit (particularly in research and teamwork).
Change to a 48-credit unit pre-requisite, to ensure that first year students cannot undertake the unit.
Feedback from Student feedback. Teaching reflection.
Some team members did not engage with Assessment 2 Part II A Team Project Plan/Team Charter or with data collection and analysis.
Change rubric so that there is the option to fail if students do not participate in team meetings or contribute to the group assessment. Instead of group submission, change to individual submission. Provide a clearer schedule and timing of what teams need to do in terms of a community assets and needs assessment.
Feedback from Teaching reflection. Discussion with Head of Course.
Student numbers could be increased through promotion to other disciplines.
Discuss the Public Health Minor with heads of relevant courses.
Feedback from Teaching reflection. Student evaluation.
The discussion board was useful for students but there are too many. Furthermore, some students do not post in a timely manner.
Decrease the number of compulsory discussion board topics. Close discussion board one week after the end of the related module to promote timely and useful discussion.
Feedback from Teaching reflection. Student feedback
The weighting of assessments does not reflect the amount of work undertaken.
Change Assessment 1: Community Profile to be shorter and worth 25% (from 30%). Change Assessment 2: Part I: Community Assets and Needs Assessment Individual Report to 35% (from 30%).