PUB406 Taking Action for Health Promotion
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| Unit code: | PUB406 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | PUB215 or PUB530 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,118 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,104 |
| International unit fee | $4,488 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | PUB406 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | PUB215 or PUB530 |
| Coordinator: | Yvette Miller | yvette.miller@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit focuses on critically analysing and planning health promotion using health promotion frameworks. Applying these frameworks to design contemporary health promotion solutions is essential for those who wish to work in a health promotion or related field. This unit extends the fundamental health promotion knowledge learnt in PUB530, Health Education and Behaviour Change to enable the translation of knowledge into practice. PUB406 provides essential learning for PUB875 Professional Practice.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Appraise how social ecological frameworks are being applied in health promotion practice.
- Argue for evidence-based solutions for specific health problems to a professional audience.
- Design plans to implement innovative solutions to health promotion problems.
- Negotiate with colleagues to agree on action plans using digital collaboration tools.
Content
The unit covers the following:
- planning and evaluation for health promotion,
- identifying priorities and determinants for health promotion,
- entrepreneurial approaches and strategies for improving health (social marketing, advocacy and lobbying, policy, legislative and, organisational change, communication using diverse technologies, settings approaches, and health promotion partnerships)
- future directions in health promotion practice and careers.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in the following:
- online modules (including pre-recorded lecture videos)
- online readings and learning materials
- workshops (separate online and on-campus offerings)
- group discussions during on-campus and online workshops
- formative assessment opportunity prior to Assessment 2
To prepare for workshops you will be expected to have engaged with the relevant videos and readings prior. The class maximises shared learning, provides opportunities for group problem-solving, and builds upon the experiences that students bring to the unit.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive feedback through:
- Teaching staff and other students during problem-based learning exercises undertaken during workshops
- Teaching staff and peer feedback on formative assessment prior to Assessment 2. You will have the opportunity to present a preliminary proposal (formative assessment) to your peers for critique and feedback which can inform your final submission.
- Teaching staff feedback on marking criteria sheets provided for the two summative assessments
Assessment
Overview
There are two assessments in this unit:
1. Analysis of Practice - This draws on your understanding of health promotion frameworks to analyse current practice.
2. Health Promotion Action Plan - This will further develop your skills in following planning models and frameworks to design health promotion strategies. You will use persuasive communication techniques to pitch for support for the implementation of health promotion strategies. Being able to work in a team and pitch for funding and support will be critical to your career in a health field.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Analysis of Practice
You will critically appraise existing health promotion practice for a chosen health issue. You will determine the extent to which practice for the chosen issue has applied social ecological frameworks and propose directions for future health promotion practice to address the issue.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Health Promotion Action Plan
Working in a group, you will take on the role of a group of health practitioners to write a health promotion action plan to address the health issue identified in Assessment 1. The plan will need to persuade a funding body to provide support and resources for your proposal. As a group, you will need to negotiate and agree on a direction for your action plan and work together using digital collaboration tools. Your action plan will need to include an evidence-based rationale, and implementation, communication and evaluation strategies. You will also need to submit evidence of your group's negotiation process.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
No resources needed
Risk Assessment Statement
Substantial computer-based work will be required. Students should ensure that their workstations are adjusted in accordance with these guidelines and that regular rest breaks are taken.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.PU52 Bachelor of Public Health
- Apply public health principles and evidence to improve population health outcomes.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Analysis of Practice, Health Promotion Action Plan - Critically analyse scholarly literature and effectively conduct research to inform evidence based public health practice.
Relates to: ULO2, Health Promotion Action Plan - Communicate with professional, non-professional and community audiences about public health using diverse technologies.
Relates to: ULO2, Health Promotion Action Plan - Collaborate and negotiate with key stakeholders to advocate for the health and wellbeing of communities and populations.
Relates to: ULO4, Health Promotion Action Plan
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Online
| Unit code: | PUB406 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | PUB215 or PUB530 |
Overview
This unit focuses on critically analysing and planning health promotion using health promotion frameworks. Applying these frameworks to design contemporary health promotion solutions is essential for those who wish to work in a health promotion or related field. This unit extends the fundamental health promotion knowledge learnt in PUB530, Health Education and Behaviour Change to enable the translation of knowledge into practice. PUB406 provides essential learning for PUB875 Professional Practice.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Appraise how social ecological frameworks are being applied in health promotion practice.
- Argue for evidence-based solutions for specific health problems to a professional audience.
- Design plans to implement innovative solutions to health promotion problems.
- Negotiate with colleagues to agree on action plans using digital collaboration tools.
Content
The unit covers the following:
- planning and evaluation for health promotion,
- identifying priorities and determinants for health promotion,
- entrepreneurial approaches and strategies for improving health (social marketing, advocacy and lobbying, policy, legislative and, organisational change, communication using diverse technologies, settings approaches, and health promotion partnerships)
- future directions in health promotion practice and careers.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in the following:
- online modules (including pre-recorded lecture videos)
- online readings and learning materials
- workshops (separate online and on-campus offerings)
- group discussions during on-campus and online workshops
- formative assessment opportunity prior to Assessment 2
To prepare for workshops you will be expected to have engaged with the relevant videos and readings prior. The class maximises shared learning, provides opportunities for group problem-solving, and builds upon the experiences that students bring to the unit.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive feedback through:
- Teaching staff and other students during problem-based learning exercises undertaken during workshops
- Teaching staff and peer feedback on formative assessment prior to Assessment 2. You will have the opportunity to present a preliminary proposal (formative assessment) to your peers for critique and feedback which can inform your final submission.
- Teaching staff feedback on marking criteria sheets provided for the two summative assessments
Assessment
Overview
There are two assessments in this unit:
1. Analysis of Practice - This draws on your understanding of health promotion frameworks to analyse current practice.
2. Health Promotion Action Plan - This will further develop your skills in following planning models and frameworks to design health promotion strategies. You will use persuasive communication techniques to pitch for support for the implementation of health promotion strategies. Being able to work in a team and pitch for funding and support will be critical to your career in a health field.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Analysis of Practice
You will critically appraise existing health promotion practice for a chosen health issue. You will determine the extent to which practice for the chosen issue has applied social ecological frameworks and propose directions for future health promotion practice to address the issue.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Health Promotion Action Plan
Working in a group, you will take on the role of a group of health practitioners to write a health promotion action plan to address the health issue identified in Assessment 1. The plan will need to persuade a funding body to provide support and resources for your proposal. As a group, you will need to negotiate and agree on a direction for your action plan and work together using digital collaboration tools. Your action plan will need to include an evidence-based rationale, and implementation, communication and evaluation strategies. You will also need to submit evidence of your group's negotiation process.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
No resources needed
Risk Assessment Statement
Substantial computer-based work will be required. Students should ensure that their workstations are adjusted in accordance with these guidelines and that regular rest breaks are taken.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.PU52 Bachelor of Public Health
- Apply public health principles and evidence to improve population health outcomes.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Analysis of Practice, Health Promotion Action Plan - Critically analyse scholarly literature and effectively conduct research to inform evidence based public health practice.
Relates to: ULO2, Health Promotion Action Plan - Communicate with professional, non-professional and community audiences about public health using diverse technologies.
Relates to: ULO2, Health Promotion Action Plan - Collaborate and negotiate with key stakeholders to advocate for the health and wellbeing of communities and populations.
Relates to: ULO4, Health Promotion Action Plan