HLTH11027 - Foundations of Health

General Information

Unit Synopsis

On successful completion of this unit you will have an appreciation of social determinants on your own and others' health outcomes. You will understand how early childhood experiences, culture, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status and education play out to influence health at individual, community and societal levels. You will explore the impacts of racism, sexism, poverty and inequality on social gradients and the short and long term effects on health. You will also explore the social protective factors of community connectedness and identity and be introduced to key social innovation concepts. Finally, you will have the opportunity to refine your academic searching and writing skills through the literacy and information literacy resources provided in this unit.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2024

Term 3 - 2024 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2025 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Melbourne
Online
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 3 - 2025 Profile
Online

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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 20%
2. Online Quiz(zes) 30%
3. Written Assessment 50%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 88.89% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 17.42% response rate.

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.

Source: Unit coordinator reflection and suggestions from other unit coordinators who have units with high enrolment numbers.
Feedback
Introduce a second unit coordinator/casual academic to help address student queries particularly during live on-campus and Zoom sessions, in term 1, 2023 due to predicted enrolment increase to 400 - 450 students.
Recommendation
Introduce a second unit coordinator/casual academic to this unit from term 1, 2023 to help address student queries particularly during live on-campus and Zoom sessions.
Action Taken
Enrolment numbers did not increase as dramatically as expected in 2023; therefore, a second unit coordinator was not required.
Source: Unit coordinator reflection, unit evaluation
Feedback
Introduce a greater number of case study scenarios, reflecting actual practice, for the final written assessment item.
Recommendation
Add case study scenarios for the final written assessment item.
Action Taken
New case study scenarios reflecting actual practice, were introduced in term 1, 2023.
Source: Unit coordinator reflection
Feedback
Remove the small group assessment for term 1, 2023 due to the predicted enrolment increase to 400 - 450 students and the difficulty managing small groups with a class of this size.
Recommendation
Remove the small group assessment task (assessment 2, worth 10%) and combine assessments 1 (worth 10%) and 2 to form one written assessment task (worth 20%).
Action Taken
The small group task was removed, and assessments 1 and 2 were merged to form one written assessment task in term 1, 2023.
Source: Unit coordinator reflection based on communication (verbal, email) from students
Feedback
Re-instate the prescribed textbook and promote the option of the discounted eBook.
Recommendation
Re-introduce the prescribed unit textbook in term 1, 2023 and promote the discounted eBook purchase option to students.
Action Taken
The textbook was re-instated as a prescribed textbook in term 1, 2023, with information provided to students on the option of a discounted eBook purchase.
Source: Unit evaluation
Feedback
Provide additional learning material that showcases application of unit concepts to practice
Recommendation
Add new learning resources, such as readings and videos, to the Moodle site to help showcase the application of unit concepts to practice for term 1, 2024.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Unit evaluation
Feedback
Continue to have the unit textbook listed as a 'prescribed' textbook rather than supplementary
Recommendation
Continue to list the unit textbook as 'prescribed' in the unit profile for term 3, 2023 and term 1, 2024.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Explain social determinants of health from an individual scale
  2. Explain social determinants of health across community and national/global scales
  3. Relate social determinants of health to community connectedness and identity
  4. Demonstrate appropriate referencing in academic writing
  5. Develop an appropriate argument in an academic essay
  6. Locate and evaluate relevant information using library tools.

Not applicable.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Online Quiz(zes)
3 - Written Assessment
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
3 - Critical Thinking
4 - Information Literacy
6 - Information Technology Competence
7 - Cross Cultural Competence
8 - Ethical practice
9 - Social Innovation
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10