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Health Promotion and Young People (POPH90173)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
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Overview
Availability | Semester 2 - Online |
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This subject explores key practices, principles and frameworks for health promotion and community capacity building aimed at enhancing the health and wellbeing of young people. Participants will be encouraged to develop a more systematic approach to health promotion practice, particularly in identifying adolescent health needs and in planning, implementing and evaluating health promotion approaches relevant to particular communities/settings. Participants will be encouraged to draw on their experience and knowledge in the development of a health promotion project proposal. The subject considers the social and environmental context in which health promotion takes place.
Intended learning outcomes
This subject is designed to enable students to:
- apply the theories and principles of health promotion to youth health practice and context;
- identify and reflect on the social determinants of health and health inequalities as they relate to health promotion practice;
- explore the principles and strategies of youth participation and engagement in health promotion;
- recognise the ethical issues associated with health promotion practice in relation to young people
- develop appropriate designs for health promotion projects/programs within specific environments;
- utilise different communication strategies to engage and communicate with diverse audiences, communities and stakeholders;
- apply a range of program evaluation approaches.
Generic skills
On completion of the subject, it is expected that students will be able to:
- analyse and critically reflect on the health issues that impact on young people;
- design health promotion strategies appropriate to the health needs of young people
- set up appropriate evaluation for health promotion projects;
- engage young people in the development and implementation of health promotion projects; and
- disseminate outcomes from health promotion initiatives via relevant avenues.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Assessment Task 1: Critical Analysis - Analysis of a youth health issue as reported in the media
| Mid semester | 30% |
Assessment Task 2: Project Proposal Development of a strategic Health Promotion project proposal
| Week 9 | 60% |
Assessment Task 3: Online Posts (OPs) Weekly written tasks on discussion board. Due weekly
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2 - Online
Principal coordinator Kristina Bennett Mode of delivery Online Contact hours NIL (Online) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
- Naidoo, J. & Wills, J. (2016) Health Promotion: Foundations for Practice (4th ed) Edinburgh: Bailliere Tindall
Further prescribed readings will be available via the LMS.
- Subject notes
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024