PBHL20009 - Health and Wellbeing in the Cross-Cultural Community

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit, you will develop your understanding of health and wellbeing issues that affect specific subpopulations in the context of cross-cultural communities. This knowledge will support effective working relationships with colleagues in an organisation or community, developing partnerships that promote the co-generation of knowledge within these organisations or communities and allow you to work effectively as a Public Health practitioner. The focus of the unit is on understanding Australia's cultural context and the collaborative nature of Public Health practice that involves communities, health and non-health organisations, and practitioners from a range of disciplines.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the 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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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2025

Term 1 - 2025 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. Case Study 50%
2. Presentation 50%

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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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 96.20% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 35.91% 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: Self-reflection/Staff feedback
Feedback
The 'reflective essay' in Assessment 2 needs to be replaced by a new task.
Recommendation
The 'reflective essay' in Assessment 2 will be replaced by a 'poster presentation' task.
Action Taken
The 'reflective essay' in Assessment 2 was replaced by a 'poster presentation' task.
Source: Student feedback and self-reflection
Feedback
To adjust the due date of the first assessment to provide students with increased spacing between the two assessments, allowing for better workload management and reduced pressure.
Recommendation
To change the Assessment 1 due date from Week 9 to Week 7, allowing a better distribution.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Develop effective working relationships within a cross-cultural organisation or community
  2. Work effectively in partnerships with other members of the cross-cultural team to promote the co-generation of knowledge
  3. Co-plan and evaluate own learning outcomes relevant to working in a cross-cultural context
  4. Critically reflect on own assumptions and behaviours that contribute to effective partnership building in cross-cultural contexts
  5. Critically evaluate and reflect on the importance of socio-cultural sensitivities in public health from a cross-cultural perspective

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Case Study • • • • •
2 - Presentation • • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Knowledge • • • • •
2 - Communication • • • • •
5 - Self-management • • • •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • • • • •
8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8