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PBHL20008 - Culturally Informed Public Health Practice

General Information

Unit Synopsis

You will build on the Foundations of First Nations Peoples and Communities Wellbeing in Public Health unit by focusing on how to design, evaluate, and advocate for health improvement strategies that reflect community values. You will work with Indigenous governance models, policy frameworks, and co-generated knowledge. Through applied learning and collaborative inquiry, you will strengthen your skills in relational ethics, leadership, and community-led health systems transformation.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Co-requisite: PBHL20007 Foundations of First Nations Peoples and Communities Wellbeing in Public Health. 

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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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026

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Sydney
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
Melbourne
Online
Sydney

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).

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 30%
2. Group Work 40%
3. Written Assessment 30%

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

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 83.33% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 18.18% response rate.

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.

Source: Classroom interactions
Feedback
Placement opportunity in health and community sectors to gain practical experiences.
Recommendation
Explore possibilities for industry collaboration to initiate learning opportunities for students.
Action Taken
Industry experts from the health sector were invited to deliver lectures.
Source: Student evaluation
Feedback
More contents in Moodle.
Recommendation
Provide additional learning materials related to the topic in the Moodle.
Action Taken
Case studies added in the Moodle site.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
More examples from different countries and communities about health promotion practice.
Recommendation
This unit is a teach-out, so no changes are required. However, this feedback will be considered for other units.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Develop collaborative approaches in effective cross-cultural relationships in public health contexts, with attention to relational ethics and accountability
  2. Formulate benefits and challenges in community engagement in cross-cultural contexts, including implications for culturally responsive strategies
  3. Evaluate the processes and impacts of cogenerating knowledge in cross-cultural contexts, including Indigenous governance and evidence frameworks
  4. Reflect critically on experiences of simulated community engagement, including professional positioning in culturally diverse practice settings
  5. Design culturally safe, community-led approaches to public health systems transformation.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Written Assessment • • • •
2 - Group Work • • •
3 - Written Assessment • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Knowledge • •
2 - Communication • • • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • •
4 - Research • •
5 - Self-management •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • • • • • •
7 - Leadership • • •
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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