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Please note that this Unit Profile is still in progress. The content below is subject to change.Overview
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.
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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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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).
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.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
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.
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- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
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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.
Feedback from Unit coordinator reflection.
Students are not grasping the basic concepts required to complete Assessment 3.
Add a note to the assessment description that all unit modules must be completed to understand the concepts covered in Assessment 3. Advise students that these modules have been condensed to allow faster completion.
Feedback from Unit coordinator reflection.
Students lack basic academic literacy skills, particularly in research and evidence-based discussion. This is despite the majority being in the second or third year of their course.
Provide students with the opportunity to review short academic literacy session recordings that cover research and writing skills from one of the first-year Public Health units (Foundations of Health).
- Evaluate the principles underlying best practice in health promotion in relation to strategies
- Distinguish between various health promotion strategies
- Locate, critically evaluate and utilise information in the development of effective health promotion strategies
- Recommend culturally appropriate strategies to be applied in a variety of settings, including schools, workplaces, health service organisations and entire communities
- Argue the most appropriate strategy, or mix of strategies, for addressing a health related issue, including mental, emotional, social or physical health issues
- 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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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||
| 2 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | ||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||