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INDH5212: Health Promotion Program Planning

2025 unit information

This is the second of six sequential, interdependent modules, available only to students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Indigenous Health Promotion. Students will explore in detail the conceptual components of a planned health promotion initiative. This will include the theory and practice of community engagement and participation, defining and understanding the priority health issue, its risk factors and contributing factors, exploring theories and models relevant to health behaviour, identifying target groups and stakeholders, searching the literature for evidence and ideas, and resource mobilisation. Students will also be introduced to formative research and the value of developing effective partnerships.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Medicine and Health

Study level Postgraduate
Academic unit Public Health
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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INDH5211 and INDH5213
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. access a range of information and data to develop a snapshot of the community's population
  • LO2. identify contributing factors for the community's priority health issue
  • LO3. identify medial determinants of health in the community
  • LO4. plan a health promotion program, applying relevant theories of community engagement and participation and health behaviour change
  • LO5. work collaboratively as well as independently and engage in self-directed and reflective learning.

Unit availability

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Intensive June 2024
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Intensive June 2025
Online Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Intensive April 2020
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Intensive October 2020
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Intensive May 2021
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Intensive October 2021
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Intensive May 2022
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Intensive October 2022
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Intensive May 2023
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Intensive October 2023
Block mode Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

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