HLTH12028 - Health Promotion Strategies

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit builds on the student's understanding of health promotion by focusing on best practice strategies. These strategies will cover a range of circumstances and settings, including brief individual interventions to the development of national health promotion policy. It is recognised that effective health promotion initiatives generally use a combination of strategies and skills that are founded on theory and research.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites Students enrolled in CC59 Bachelor of Public Health (Specialisation) or CC4 Associate Degree in Public Health (Specialisation) are not permitted to enrol in this 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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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2024

Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Online
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Online
Rockhampton
Townsville

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 40%
2. Online Quiz(zes) 20%
3. 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%).

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 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 52.94% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 23.94% 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: Student unit evaluation
Feedback
Increase the live tutorial time to allow more questions from students
Recommendation
Allocate a portion of time during each live session for student questions.
Action Taken
An additional portion of time was quarantined during the live sessions to address student questions this year.
Source: Student unit evaluation
Feedback
Include more real-world applications of unit content to the assessment
Recommendation
Review the final assessment item for 2023, and incorporate more real-world application of the unit content to the case example tasks.
Action Taken
This year, the final written assessment was changed, better reflecting a real-world issue and program planning process.
Source: Unit coordinator reflection
Feedback
Continue with regular check-ins via the Moodle news forum to ensure students are aware of upcoming assessments, live sessions and assessment supports available
Recommendation
Regularly communicate with students via the Moodle news forum on upcoming unit milestones and supports available for assessment completion to help maintain student engagement across the term.
Action Taken
Regular communication with students continued this year, via the Moodle news forum on upcoming unit milestones and supports available for assessment completion.
Source: Student unit survey.
Feedback
Improve the visual quality of recorded lectures as they appear fuzzy.
Recommendation
Provide directions for students in week 1 of the term on how to improve the visual quality of Echo 360 lecture videos.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student unit survey, Unit Coordinator reflection.
Feedback
Many students lacked the skills and knowledge required to complete the final written assessment.
Recommendation
In preparation for their final written assessment, emphasise to students the importance of completing the unit learning materials, including weekly lectures and support sessions from weeks 6 to 10, from early in the term.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Evaluate the principles underlying best practice in health promotion in relation to strategies
  2. Distinguish between various health promotion strategies
  3. Locate, critically evaluate and utilise information in the development of effective health promotion strategies
  4. Recommend culturally appropriate strategies to be applied in a variety of settings, including schools, workplaces, health service organisations and entire communities
  5. Argue the most appropriate strategy, or mix of strategies, for addressing a health related issue, including mental, emotional, social or physical health issues
  6. Determine the most appropriate methods, policies and resources to support the planning and implementation of health promotion strategies.


Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
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Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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8 - Ethical practice • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
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