HLTH11029 - Health Promotion Concepts

General Information

Unit Synopsis

You will examine and apply fundamental health promotion concepts in this unit. Models of health and health promotion are identified and analysed as to their impact on the development of the health promotion discipline. In particular, determinants of health, models of sustainability and change are considered. You will examine the role of partnerships within health promotion, with a particular focus on styles of leadership within teams. Partnership and leadership skills will be developed through a small group work project. Information literacy skills are developed and integrated into the unit activities.

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.

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Attendance Requirements

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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 60%
2. Written Assessment 40%

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%).

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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.

Source: Self-reflection
Feedback
Although the weekly annotated bibliographic posting was made as part of graded activities, students did not post them weekly. Many students waited for the due date for the submission of the annotated bibliography to make quick and dirty posting online so that they could submit it as part of their weekly contribution, which defeated the purpose of collaboratively building an annotated bibliography throughout the semester.
Recommendation
It might be useful to consider perhaps other forms of enhancing collaboration instead of making a weekly bibliographic posting on wikis. For example, instead of asking students to make an individual weekly post in a wiki, they could be asked to make a group post on the wiki. As a group, it would mean they will need to have a member as a leader to coordinate and drive the completion effort. Group work would also allow for assessing leadership and partnerships outlined in the learning outcome. In groups of 3, students will be asked to make five out of six weekly posts on the wiki as part of the annotated bibliography. Contribution to the annotated bibliography will be assigned a grade of 20% (each week is worth 4%). This will align with Ashford-Rowe et al. (2014) critical element of authentic assessment relating to incorporating the value of collaboration into the assessment. It will challenge them to work in a team, share their knowledge and enhance each other’s learning.
Action Taken
The recommendation could not be implemented as the class size was too small.
Source: Self-reflection
Feedback
In Assessment 1A, students are expected to know about “The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion”, but there is no mention of what students need to do with it, and this has not been linked to any learning outcomes. Also, in assessment 1A, students are expected to know about “How the various traditional health promotion models/approaches relate to the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion”, and they are expected to “Relate the various traditional health promotion models/approaches to the Ottawa Charter for health promotion”. However, there is no learning outcome relating to this aspect of the task. In assessment 1B, students are expected to know “The circumstances under which each model/approach is best suited” and be able to “consider under which circumstances each model/approach is best suited”. It seems this aspect of assessment 1B is not addressed in the learning outcome. The learning outcome relates to higher learning expecting students to be able to ‘analyse’ the impact of the models, not ‘consider’. Assessment 1B is a 2500-word essay, which is a bit too much for first-year students. This is in addition to the 1500-word reflection essay in Assessment 2.
Recommendation
It is recommended that in assessment 1B, each student should be asked to develop and do a live presentation of a poster describing two models/approaches to health promotion. Using the annotated bibliography, students should explain how the chosen models/approaches relate to the five key areas of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, analyse the strengths and weaknesses, and explain the circumstances for which the chosen models are best suited and their influence on health promotion discipline. This poster should be worth 40% of the total grade. This assessment design will align with Ashford-Rowe et al. (2014) critical element of metacognition, assessment of individual performance, and challenging students to complete assigned tasks. It is authentic because having the ability to explain the different models/approaches of health promotion and being able to discuss how they relate to the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion is a practical skill that students will transfer to their workplace after graduation. Also, developing a poster aligns with the principle of making assessment manageable while meeting the expectations of students and the learning outcomes
Action Taken
This recommendation was not implemented because it required a change of assessment type. This would have necessitated a unit change proposal and approval by a course committee, which was not feasible within the given time frame. However, there is a plan to implement this change in Term 2 of 2024.
Source: Self-reflection
Feedback
The unit is content-heavy. While the short lecture recordings were great, they were blurry in some cases. Also, there were many links to external sources like YouTube and other websites. While these are good, they were excessive and distracting, especially when these were social media sources.
Recommendation
Many of the linked sources were changed and replaced with educational materials from credible sources. New lecture recordings should be done for all the weeks.
Action Taken
The recommendation has been successfully implemented and put into action. Many students liked the scholarly and educational materials included from credible sources.
Source: Self-reflection
Feedback
Many students struggled with grasping the concepts of the traditional health belief models and relating them to the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.
Recommendation
Revise the lecture recording and provide reading materials that are easy to understand
Action Taken
The recommendation has been successfully implemented and put into action. The revised content was well received by many students, who found it helpful in gaining a better understanding of the traditional health belief models.
Source: Phone call with non-engaged students
Feedback
Some students did not participate in the class activity because they were working full-time and had no time to complete their activities
Recommendation
Remind students about the time commitment required to complete this unit successfully. The class activities will also be reviewed to ensure that they can be completed in a timely manner.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Reflection
Feedback
Due to the small number of enrolled students, working in groups has been a challenging task in this unit.
Recommendation
Consider designing a different assessment instead of asking students to complete a weekly bibliography post. Alternatively, each weekly bibliography should have some grade incentives attached to allow students to complete the activities. If there are no incentives provided, students may choose to give priority to other tasks instead of these activities.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Reflection
Feedback
The fact that only a few students are enrolled in this particular unit is a matter of concern as it could have many implications, such as limited opportunities for peer-to-peer learning, a lack of diverse perspectives in class discussions, and potentially less interaction between students and instructors. This low enrolment could also impact the unit's sustainability, and if this trend continues, it could lead to the unit being cancelled altogether.
Recommendation
It may be helpful to make this unit appealing to students and increase the number of students enrolled. For example, enrolment could be improved by making this unit more appealing to students by identifying the key benefits of the unit to students in other courses and communicating these benefits through effective marketing and outreach efforts. Highlighting the unit's unique strengths and advantages will increase students' enrolments, leading to greater student engagement and academic success.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Compare and contrast various models of health and health promotion including determinants of health, models of sustainability and change
  2. Analyse the impact of models of health and health promotion on development of health promotion as a discipline
  3. Examine the role of partnerships in health promotion contexts
  4. Examine styles of leadership within health promotion partnerships.
  5. Construct an annotated bibliography in partnership with a multidisciplinary team


Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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4 - Information Literacy •
5 - Team Work • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
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