HSC5020 Foundations of health promotion and program planning
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
HSC5020 Foundations of health promotion and program planning is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2027 in Semester 1 at Suzhou (SEU). It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2027
- Semester 1
- Suzhou (SEU)
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
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Requisites
Before HSC5020
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After HSC5020
No unit lists HSC5020 as a prerequisite in the 2027 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must be enrolled in a postgraduate course.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
This unit introduces you to key principles of, and planning for, health promotion. You will examine health promotion frameworks and theories that are used to promote health at a population level to compliment and contrast individual treatment. You will examine the values and principles that guide contemporary health promotion and its capacity to influence the determinants of health.
You will also develop skills in needs assessment, priority setting, using evidence and theory to make intervention choices and program evaluation. The roles played by partnerships, capacity building and participation will be explored, and the steps toward improving program sustainability are examined.
Offerings in 2027
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Suzhou (SEU) | On campus, block |
Assessment
- Essay (900 words)Written15%
- Report (1,800 words)Written30%
- Health promotion program plan (2,100 words)Written35%
- Health promotion resource & rationale (1,200 words)Artefact20%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Define and explain the history of preventive health and health promotion.
- 2
Identify and apply the key principles, theories and frameworks, used in health promotion and prevention.
- 3
Critically reflect on the role of Health Promotion in addressing contemporary and emerging challenges in health.
- 4
Identify and adapt a range of approaches for promoting health that include upstream, mid-stream and downstream actions.
- 5
Describe and apply the key steps of program planning including needs analysis, participation and the development of goals, objectives and strategies.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
6 hours of teacher-directed learning activities per week, and 6 hours of self-directed study per week. There is an expectation that you will attend 3 on-campus Block Days incorporating 23 contact hours.
For full details of the teaching approach to this unit, please refer to Moodle.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Anna Wang
- Dr Lin Zhang
- Chief Examiners
- Ms Holly Wild
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for HSC5020?
HSC5020 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is HSC5020 offered?
In 2027, HSC5020 runs in Semester 1 at Suzhou (SEU).
Does HSC5020 have an exam?
No. HSC5020 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.