PHI5002 Foundations of health promotion and program planning
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
PHI5002 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. It isn't offered in 2026. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2026
- Other periods
- Indonesia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
This is the 2026 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before PHI5002
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After PHI5002
No unit lists PHI5002 as a prerequisite in the 2026 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must be enrolled in a PG Indonesia degree.
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 2026
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Monash Indonesia term 2 | Indonesia | On campus, block |
Assessment
- Topic essay (3 x 550 words Total = 1,650 words) (3 x 20% each)Written60%
- Essay (2,800 words)Written40%
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 key frameworks, guidelines and actions used in health promotion and prevention.
- 3
Critically reflect on the link between the social determinants of health and social equity and health inequities
- 4
Research and compare 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
- 6
Identify emerging trends and priorities in health promotion.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
24 hours per week including directed and self-directed learning (scheduled classes, prescribed activities and independent work).
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
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Dragan Ilic
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Claudia Stoicescu
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for PHI5002?
PHI5002 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is PHI5002 offered?
PHI5002 has no offerings listed in the 2026 handbook.
Does PHI5002 have an exam?
No. PHI5002 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.