Health Promotion

This unit aims to provide an understanding of health promotion concepts and approaches as they relate to contemporary health issues in Australia and internationally. It introduces students to primary health care approaches, conventions and practice strategies for health promotion and injury prevention across the lifespan, in diverse population groups and diverse settings. The unit aims to support students to be able to evaluate theoretical approaches, examine the models of health behaviour on which many health promotion strategies are based, and select appropriate health promotion strategies. Students will develop knowledge of working with diverse population groups, through taking a community engagement and place-based approach to health promotion practice.