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HLTH3100 – Health Promotion

2023 – Session 1, In person-scheduled-weekday, North Ryde

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff
Sophie Osborne
sophie.osborne@mq.edu.au
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
130cp at 1000 level or above including HLTH200 or HLTH2000) or 130cp and admission to BHumanSc
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description
This unit provides students with an overview of the theories, practices and frameworks of health promotion as a planned approach to the improvement of health in population groups. It focuses on both local and global health promotion issues. The unit aims to increase students' understanding of the determinants of health and how these impact on the planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion initiatives. The teaching approach facilitates a systematic approach to health promotion initiatives. The unit uses a mixture of academic texts, case studies, scenarios and reflective learning practices to immerse students in the study of modern health promotion and disease prevention and reduction practices. While designed primarily for health studies students, the unit is also suitable for students from other programs who may be interested the social, economic, political and geographic aspects of this fundamental area of human health endeavours.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Define and describe health promotion and its place within the area of public health, both nationally and internationally.
  • ULO2: Summarise key theories of contemporary health promotion and their connection to health determinants.
  • ULO3: Critically analyse some health promotion programs and projects in terms of their application of theories and practices of contemporary health promotion.
  • ULO4: Discuss and make informed opinions about some of the social, cultural, economic and political factors that may influence health promotion initiatives nationally and internationally.
  • ULO5: Describe the various elements that are needed to plan, implement and evaluate a health promotion initiative and be able to apply this knowledge to the development of a health promotion initiative.
  • ULO6: Examine and form opinions about academic writings on the process and application of an evidence-based approach to health promotion initiatives.
  • ULO7: Gain some insights into the rapidly evolving nature of health promotion globally and the effect on health promotion practitioners, with an emphasis on working in teams, across sectors and incorporating continuous flexible learning practices.

General Assessment Information

General assessment Information

Grade descriptors and other information concerning grading are contained in the Macquarie University Assessment Policy.

All final grades are determined by a grading committee, in accordance with the Macquarie University Assessment Policy, and are not the sole responsibility of the Unit Convenor.

Students will be awarded a final grade and a mark which must correspond to the grade descriptors specified in the Assessment Procedure (clause 128).

To pass this unit, you must demonstrate sufficient evidence of achievement of the learning outcomes, meet any ungraded requirements, and achieve a final mark of 50 or better.

Further details for each assessment task will be available on iLearn.

Late Submissions

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (OF THE TOTAL POSSIBLE MARK) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern. 

 For example:

Number of days (hours) late

Total Possible Marks

Deduction

Raw mark

Final mark

1 day (1-24 hours)

100

5

75

70

2 days (24-48 hours)

100

10

75

65

3 days (48-72 hours)

100

15

75

60

7 days (144-168 hours)

100

35

75

40

>7 days (>168 hours)

100

-

75

0

 

For any late submissions of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Essay 35% No Week 7 6th April 2023, 11.55pm
Group Work Presentation 20% No P1: Wks 9-12 (in tuts.) P2: Wk 8 30th April 2023 11.55pm
Individual Reflection Report 10% No 10th May- 31st May, 2023, 11.55pm
Final Exam 35% No TBC MQ Exam period

Essay

Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 24 hours
Due: Week 7 6th April 2023, 11.55pm
Weighting: 35%

 

Essay of 1800 words on a health promotion topic.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Define and describe health promotion and its place within the area of public health, both nationally and internationally.
  • Summarise key theories of contemporary health promotion and their connection to health determinants.
  • Critically analyse some health promotion programs and projects in terms of their application of theories and practices of contemporary health promotion.
  • Discuss and make informed opinions about some of the social, cultural, economic and political factors that may influence health promotion initiatives nationally and internationally.
  • Describe the various elements that are needed to plan, implement and evaluate a health promotion initiative and be able to apply this knowledge to the development of a health promotion initiative.
  • Examine and form opinions about academic writings on the process and application of an evidence-based approach to health promotion initiatives.
  • Gain some insights into the rapidly evolving nature of health promotion globally and the effect on health promotion practitioners, with an emphasis on working in teams, across sectors and incorporating continuous flexible learning practices.

Group Work Presentation

Assessment Type 1: Presentation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: P1: Wks 9-12 (in tuts.) P2: Wk 8 30th April 2023 11.55pm
Weighting: 20%

 

This assessment is the end-product (an in-class presentation) of a small group project which gives students an opportunity to implement core content from the course. The group is to plan, develop and design one assigned aspect of a health promotion initiative and present this to the class.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Define and describe health promotion and its place within the area of public health, both nationally and internationally.
  • Critically analyse some health promotion programs and projects in terms of their application of theories and practices of contemporary health promotion.
  • Discuss and make informed opinions about some of the social, cultural, economic and political factors that may influence health promotion initiatives nationally and internationally.
  • Describe the various elements that are needed to plan, implement and evaluate a health promotion initiative and be able to apply this knowledge to the development of a health promotion initiative.
  • Examine and form opinions about academic writings on the process and application of an evidence-based approach to health promotion initiatives.
  • Gain some insights into the rapidly evolving nature of health promotion globally and the effect on health promotion practitioners, with an emphasis on working in teams, across sectors and incorporating continuous flexible learning practices.

Individual Reflection Report

Assessment Type 1: Reflective Writing
Indicative Time on Task 2: 5 hours
Due: 10th May- 31st May, 2023, 11.55pm
Weighting: 10%

 

This individual report is to provide students with an opportunity to reflect on the role they had to adopt in the small group project in addressing the topic and the assigned approach. The report should include comment on the health promotion issue and the experience of doing the group project.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Define and describe health promotion and its place within the area of public health, both nationally and internationally.
  • Critically analyse some health promotion programs and projects in terms of their application of theories and practices of contemporary health promotion.
  • Discuss and make informed opinions about some of the social, cultural, economic and political factors that may influence health promotion initiatives nationally and internationally.
  • Describe the various elements that are needed to plan, implement and evaluate a health promotion initiative and be able to apply this knowledge to the development of a health promotion initiative.
  • Gain some insights into the rapidly evolving nature of health promotion globally and the effect on health promotion practitioners, with an emphasis on working in teams, across sectors and incorporating continuous flexible learning practices.

Final Exam

Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 25 hours
Due: TBC MQ Exam period
Weighting: 35%

 

2 hour exam (plus 10 mins reading time)

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Define and describe health promotion and its place within the area of public health, both nationally and internationally.
  • Summarise key theories of contemporary health promotion and their connection to health determinants.
  • Critically analyse some health promotion programs and projects in terms of their application of theories and practices of contemporary health promotion.
  • Discuss and make informed opinions about some of the social, cultural, economic and political factors that may influence health promotion initiatives nationally and internationally.
  • Describe the various elements that are needed to plan, implement and evaluate a health promotion initiative and be able to apply this knowledge to the development of a health promotion initiative.
  • Examine and form opinions about academic writings on the process and application of an evidence-based approach to health promotion initiatives.
  • Gain some insights into the rapidly evolving nature of health promotion globally and the effect on health promotion practitioners, with an emphasis on working in teams, across sectors and incorporating continuous flexible learning practices.

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Delivery and Resources

As a student enrolled in this unit, you will engage in a range of online learning activities, including readings, pre-recorded lectures and tutorials. Details can be found on the iLearn site for this unit.

Required reading

The following text is essential for this unit. There will also be chapters available of the book on Leganto.

Keleher, H., & MacDougall, C. (2015). Understanding Health, 4th edition. Oxford University Press.

Recommended readings:

Bauman, A. and Nutbeam, D., 2014. Evaluation in a Nutshell. A practical guide to the evaluation of health promotion programs. McGraw Hill Medical.

Nutbeam, D., Harris, E. and Wise, M., 2010. Theory in a Nutshell. A practical guide to health promotion theories. 3rd ed. McGraw Hill Medical.

Technology Used

Active participation in the learning activities throughout the unit will require students to have access to a tablet, laptop or similar device. Students who do not own their own laptop computer may borrow one from the university library.

Unit Schedule

Wk

 

Lecture

 

Mode

Tutorial

TOPIC 1: Introduction and Background

 

1

 

Introduction  (L1)

READING: Keleher & MacDougall: Ch 1 and 2: Concepts of Health and Determinants of Health:

 

Pre Rec.

No tutorial

 

 

Brief History of Health Promotion (L2)

READING: Keleher & MacDougall: Ch 7: Health Promotion

 

Pre Rec.

TOPIC 2: Health Promotion Planning

 

2

 

Health Promotion in a Global Context (L3)

Issues, priorities, and organisations

READING: Keleher & MacDougall: Ch6 – Global Health

READING: Watts, C., & Cairncross, S. (2012). Should the GBD risk factor rankings be used to guide policy? Lancet, 380 (9859), 2060-61. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62121-7.

 

Pre.Rec

Tutorial

 

 

 

Evidence-based HP/Intelligence Gathering (L4)

Public health information

Contextual assessment / cultural understanding

READING: Keleher & MacDougall: Ch10 –Evidence in Public Health

 

Pre Rec.

3

 

Evaluation of HP (L5)

READING: Bauman, A., & Nutbeam, D. (2014). Evaluation in a Nutshell. A practical guide to the evaluation of health promotion programs. McGraw Hill Medical. Ch 2 – Key stage, methods and types of evaluation.

READING: Keleher & MacDougall: Ch 18 – Program Planning and Evaluation

 

Pre-rec

Tutorial

 

 

Targeting specific health issues (L6)

READING: Keleher & MacDougall: Ch11 – Determinants of Behaviours

READING: Keleher & MacDougall: Ch16 – Social Marking

 

Pre Rec.

TOPIC 3: Working inside and outside the health sector

 

4

 

Settings-based HP (L7)

Workplaces, Schools, Hospitals

READING: Keleher & MacDougall: Ch 13 – Ecology and Health

 

 

Pre.Rec

Tutorial 

 

 

 

Social Impact Assessments, health impact assessments (L8)

READING: Harris-Roxas, B., Viliani, F., Bond, A., Cave, B., Divall, M., Furu, P., ... & Winkler, M. (2012). Health impact assessment: the state of the art. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 30(1), 43 -52. doi: 10.1080/14615517.2012.666035

 

Pre. Rec.

5

 

Communicating public health and health promotion data using GIS (L9)

READING: Zook, M., Graham, M., Shelton, T. and Gorman, S. (2010). Volunteered Geographic and Crowdsourcing Disaster Relief: A Case Study of the Haitian Earthquake. World Medical & Health Policy, vol 2(2):7-33

 

Pre-rec

Tutorial 

 

 

 

Understanding epidemiology in health promotion (L10)

READING: Keleher & MacDougall: Ch9 – Epidemiology

 

Pre Rec.

6

 

Policy Development (L11)

READING: Keleher & MacDougall: 19 – Policy for Health

READING: Keleher & MacDougall: Ch 20 – Organisational Change

 

 

Pre Rec.

Tutorial

 

 

Policy Development case study: air pollution (L12)

READING: Tilford, S. (2017). Air pollution – are we doing enough? International Journal of Health Promotion and Educuation, 55(4): 229-231

 

 

Pre Rec

7

 

Indigenous children and maternal health (L13)

READING: Bowes, J. & Grace, R. (2013). Closing the gap in the early childhood years: Prevention and early intervention approaches to parenting education, early childhood education and health for Indigenous children and families in Australia. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

 

Pre Rec.

Tutorial

 

 

Bottom-up vs top-down approaches (L14)

READING: see iLearn for scanned article by A/Prof N. Biddle ANU.

 

Pre Rec.

Mid-semester break

No classes

Dates: Week commencing 10th April – 24 April

 

TOPIC 4: Addressing and Communicating Health Promotion Issues

 

8

 

Targeting broader determinants of health (L15)

Human Rights, social inclusion, standards of daily living

READING: Keleher & McDougall: Ch 14 - Human Rights and Health

 

Pre. Rec

NO tutorial but student consult available.

Group Presentation meetings

 

 

Building capacity (L16)

READING: Keleher & McDougall: Ch 17- Health Education for Empowerment

 

Pre Rec

9

 

Health Promotion Case Study: Promotion of Breastfeeding (L17)

READING: Costello, A., Branca, F., Rollins, N. Stahlhofer, M. and Grummer-Strawn, L. (2017). Health professional associations and industry funding. The Lancet 389:597

 

Pre-rec

Tutorial 

Group Presentations

 

 

Health Promotion Case Study: Indigenous Health (L18)

READING: Keleher & MacDougall: Ch 12 – Social Determinants and the Health of Australia’s First Peoples

 

Pre Rec.

10

 

Legislation, enforcement and engineering. (L19)

READING: Keleher & MacDougall: Ch 5 – Population Health

 

Pre-rec

Tutorial 

Group Presentations

 

 

Health Promotion Case Study: ‘Wicked’ problems in health promotion (L20)

READING: van Beurden, E. and Kia, A. (2011). Wicked problems and Health Promotion: reflections on learning. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 22(2):83

 

Pre Rec

 

11

 

Working across sectors (L21)

Locally & globally (case studies)

READING: Elkington, J., Van Beurden, E., Johnson, W., Dight, R., & Zask, A. (2006). RRISK-A sustainable intersectoral partnership. Youth Studies, 25(2), 17-24.

 

Pre Rec.

Tutorial

Group Presentations

 

 

Health Promotion Campaigns: Strengths and weaknesses (L22)

READING: Keleher & MacDougall: Ch 15 – Marginalised Populations

 

Pre Rec.

 

TOPIC 5: Working in Health Promotion

 

12

 

Program Development (L23)

READING: Keleher & McDougall. Ch 18 –Program Planning & Evaluation

 

Pre Rec.

Tutorial

Group Presentations

 

 

Program Management (L24)

READING: Warr, D. J., Mann, R. and Kelaher, M. (2012). ‘A lot of the things we do…people wouldn’t recognize as health promotion’: addressing health inequalities in settings of neighbourhood disadvantage. Critical Public Health, vol 23(1):95-109

 

Pre Rec.

 

13

 

Independent Study

The official examination period for S1 2023 commences from the 5 June. All students must be available for that period.

 

NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Unit information based on version 2023.03 of the Handbook