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PBHL20009 - Health and Wellbeing in the Cross-Cultural Community

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit explores how culture, social systems, community structures, and broader contextual factors shape health and wellbeing across diverse population groups. You will critically examine how these intersecting influences shape public health experiences and outcomes, with particular attention to Australia’s cross-cultural landscape. Emphasis is placed on culturally responsive, ethically informed, and context-sensitive public health practice. You will analyse complex community health issues and reflect on how culturally attuned, collaborative perspectives can inform more equitable and meaningful public health outcomes. By completing this unit, you will strengthen your capacity to work effectively with diverse communities, interpret health challenges through cultural and systemic lenses, and contribute to informed and culturally responsive public health practice across varied settings.

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 - 2026

Term 1 - 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 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%).

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 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. Critically synthesise advanced public health evidence to explain how social, cultural, structural, and contextual factors shape health outcomes in diverse communities
  2. Evaluate advanced public health concepts, principles, and theories to interpret and justify responses to complex cross-cultural and community health issues
  3. Evaluate how social determinants, systems, and community health structures shape public health outcomes across varied populations and settings
  4. Design feasible, evidence-informed, and culturally responsive public health actions and strategies that address community needs within diverse practice contexts
  5. Formulate evidence-informed public health analyses and proposals using advanced reasoning suited to academic, professional, and community audiences.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Written Assessment • • • • •
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 • •
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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