HSC2300 Health promotion and disease prevention
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
HSC2300 Health promotion and disease prevention is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites and unlocks 3 units.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Caulfield
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before HSC2300
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After HSC2300
3 units list HSC2300 as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Enrolment rules
Prohibitions: HSC1072, HSC2101, PHH2101
Corequisite: Must be enrolled in an Undergraduate Degree
Overview
In this unit health promotion and disease prevention will be introduced as an approach that uses multiple strategies to empower individuals and communities and create supportive environments for health.
Students will be introduced to the key frameworks, guidelines and interventions that are used to promote health at the population level. Students will examine health promotion and disease prevention methods utilised by various agencies, and develop an understanding of the role of different health related professions and partnerships in this work. Topics will include downstream, midstream and upstream health promotion, partnerships, collaboration, systems and sustainability.
Learning will be facilitated with case examples and consideration will be given to how the methods examined can be applied to current public health priorities.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Caulfield | On campus |
| First semester (Fully flex) | Caulfield | Flexible |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Explain the history, values and ethical principles that guide health promotion and disease prevention.
- 2
Identify key frameworks, guidelines and intervention methods used in health promotion and disease prevention.
- 3
Distinguish, compare and contrast various downstream, midstream and upstream health promotion initiatives.
- 4
Describe the role that partnerships and capacity building play in strengthening health promotion and disease prevention initiatives.
- 5
Apply the principles of systems thinking to health promotion initiatives.
Workload and teaching
3 hour workshop, 3 hours of directed online student learning activities, plus 6 hours of self-directed study per week
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Ms Kelly Allen
- Unit Coordinators
- Ms Micaela Drieberg