NURS20180 - Mental Health Promotion

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Unit Synopsis

This unit examines mental health promotion and illness prevention, which aims to raise awareness of mental health issues, improve mental health literacy, reduce stigma and discrimination, and maximise a population's mental health and well-being. You will critique the national and international strategic direction for mental health promotion and examine the key theoretical concepts, principles, and models used to empower diverse people and populations to improve their mental health and well-being. You will also appraise the impact of the social determinants of health on diverse population groups, assess risk and protective factors, and discuss the early intervention strategies used by mental health nurses to support people who experience mental health problems. Finally, you will evaluate the progress made to reduce mental health inequities for priority populations, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, rural Australians, and people with culturally and linguistically diverse and refugee backgrounds.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band 7
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate 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 60%
2. Presentation 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%).

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Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Examine mental health promotion and illness prevention strategies, including raising awareness of mental health issues, improving mental health literacy, reducing stigma and discrimination, and maximising the population's mental health and well-being.
  2. Critique the national and international strategic directions for mental health promotion and illness prevention.
  3. Examine the key theoretical concepts, principles, and models used in health promotion to empower diverse people and populations to improve their mental health and well-being.
  4. Appraise the impact of the social determinants of health on diverse population groups, including the impact of risk and protective factors, and early intervention strategies for people who experience mental health problems.
  5. Evaluate the progress made in Australian society to reduce health inequities for priority populations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, rural Australians, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse and refugee backgrounds.

Provisionally accredited with The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN).

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Written Assessment • • •
2 - Presentation • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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2 - Communication • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • • •
4 - Research • •
8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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