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 1 - 2025

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

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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

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 88.46% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 18.18% 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 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
Additional learning resources, such as videos and readings, were added to the unit in term 1, 2024.
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
The unit textbook remained 'prescribed' in the unit profile in terms 3, 2023 and 1, 2024.
Source: Unit coordinator reflection
Feedback
Clinical health science students benefit from having the relevance of unit concepts (that relate to the social determinants of health) made to their clinical practice.
Recommendation
Continue to explain the relevance of foundational health concepts to clinical practice throughout the term, particularly for clinical health science students.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Unit coordinator reflection, student feedback via email
Feedback
Assessment 1 involves self-reflection on questions students might find confronting and personally challenging to respond to.
Recommendation
Offer students an additional option for completing Assessment 1, where they can choose student sample responses to use to address the reflective questions.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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