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Postgraduate CUR-MPH510-2021

Health Promotion Strategies and Methods

Foster community partnerships to promote health equity, empower people, and inspire input and ownership. Adopt a systems-based approach to improve health and well-being.Build capacity to promote health, and devise ways to engage diverse audiences.

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$3,039 $3,289

Your upfront cost: $0

International student?

Duration

14 weeks

Study method

100% online

Available loans

  • FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

  • 01 Mar 2021
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Start your career with Curtin’s globally recognised courses and extensive industry connections. Through OUA, our online courses offer an interactive and collaborative learning experience that gets you the same degree as if you studied on campus. Curtin is a global university with a vibrant culture of innovation and collaboration and is ranked in the top one per cent of universities worldwide.

QS RANKING 2021

13

Times Higher Education Ranking 2021

13

  • 2021

Subject details

What you'll learn

At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. analyse the process of enabling individuals, groups, communities and organisations to build capacity for health promoting action to improve health and reduce health inequities
  2. plan effective, efficient, culturally sensitive and ethical health promotion action and explain how this would be developed in partnership with stakeholders
  3. communicate health promotion actions effectively using appropriate techniques and technologies for diverse audiences
  4. discuss how to work collaboratively across disciplines, sectors and partners to enhance the impact and sustainability of health promotion action
Topics covered
    • Models of health behaviour
    • Health promotion methods
    • Targeting individuals, groups & communities
    • Strategy/methods mixes
Entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • CUR-X1402

Special requirements

No special requirements

Description

Contemporary health promotion practice requires a comprehensive systems-based approach to improve the health of communities and populations. Students will focus on the development of inter-sectoral partnerships and collaborations to create health promoting environments and settings (e.g. communities, schools, workplaces). Emphasis will be on the promotion of equity and empowerment through community development approaches strengthening participation and ownership. Students will also explore the use of culturally appropriate communication methods and behaviour change techniques.

Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.

Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.

Assessments

  • Health Promotion Intervention Report (35%)
  • Case Study Analyses and Presentation (30%)
  • Health Promotion Program Analysis (35%)
Textbooks

Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.

Related degrees

Postgraduate OUA-PSU-GCE-2021

Postgraduate Single Subjects

Postgraduate UNE-PRO-GCE-2021

Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice

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