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EDHP4003: Health Promotion in Community Health Issues

2024 unit information

This unit explores local and global health issues and examines the role that health promotion has in addressing these issues. The unit adopts the socio-cultural lens and unpacks the equity, social justice and ethical questions that surround contemporary health issues.

Unit details and rules

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Education

Code EDHP4003
Academic unit Education
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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138 credit points including EDHP3003
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. Engage with issues relating to social justice, equity, morality and ethics in relation to health, health status and health enhancement
  • LO2. Critically analyse the relationship between the sociocultural, political, economic and environmental factors and the health status of individuals and communities
  • LO3. Examine and critically evaluate the role of a range of health promotion approaches in addressing contemporary health issues in a socially just way
  • LO4. Examine and critically evaluate health promotion strategies through local, national and global case studies
  • LO5. Propose and justify a health promotion campaign to tackle a contemporary health issue within Australia.

Unit availability

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2020
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Remote
Semester 2 2022
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

Modes of attendance (MoA)

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