Duration
14 weeks
Study method
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Assessments
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Prior study
Not required
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Subject details
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- Week 1 - Introduction to the subject
- Week 2 - What does it mean to be healthy & well?
- Week 3 - Health, wellbeing & disability
- Week 4 - Health, wellbeing & disability across the life-span
- Week 5 - Determinants of health and wellbeing
- Week 6 - Health Literacy
- Week 7 - Measuring health, wellbeing & disability (data & reporting)
- Week 8 - Personal Health Data -Narratives and Numbers
- Week 9 - Action on the determinants of health and wellbeing
- Week 10 - Media representations of health, wellbeing and disability
- Week 11 - Yewsee News Article
- Week 12 - Putting it all together
- Week 13 - National Health priorities
No eligibility requirements
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
In this subject, you will consider how individuals, families, and communities understand and experience health and wellbeing. Barriers and enablers of health and wellbeing will be explored, with emphasis placed on vulnerable, marginalised and isolated population groups. You will examine how biological, sociological, cultural, environmental and lifestyle factors determine and shape health and wellbeing across the lifespan. You will also develop an understanding of health literacy, readiness for change, and the importance of effective communication in promoting health and wellbeing.
- Media Analysis (30%)
- Quiz & Short-Answer Questions (30%)
- Health Literacy Analysis and Case Study (40%)
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