NUR5844 Population health and health promotion

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Expand on concepts from previous studies of health and nursing to be able to undertake leadership roles in population health and health promotion;

2. 2

   Critically analyse national and international frameworks for primary health care and health promotion initiatives with special references to the work of the World Health Organisation (WHO);

3. 3

   Appraise major community health needs and issues of clinical relevance, with particular focus on vulnerable communities;

4. 4

   Analyse various methods of population-based approaches to data collection;

5. 5

   Utilise national and international collaborative health practice models in designing population-based approaches to health care;

6. 6

   Apply health promotion principles such as equity, community engagement and partnerships to undertake a health needs assessment.