HSN734 - Obesity Prevention

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Rachel Laws
Cohort rule:

H511, H517, H616 and H714 students: enrol in online mode only.

H748 students: enrol via Campus mode at Burwood (Melbourne) only.

Other Postgraduate students who wish to enrol in this unit:

If you are enrolled in an on campus course, you can enrol in the on campus unit offering and you will need to request a manual enrolment from a Student Adviser in Student Central.

If you are enrolled in an online course, you need to enrol into the online unit offering.

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

5 x 2 hour seminars per trimester

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

5 x 2 hour online seminars per trimester

Content

The unit provides students with a fundamental understanding of the obesity epidemic from a population health perspective including individual, social-cultural and environmental determinants and intervention approaches. Students obtain the skills required to guide the development, implementation and evaluation of obesity prevention programs at the community and population level.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Source and describe the epidemiology of obesity across populations.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital literacy

ULO2

Reflect and apply knowledge regarding: the predictors of obesity in populations: and evidence based approaches that could feasibly prevent obesity in that population.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Reflect and apply knowledge regarding obesity prevention program implementation, evaluation and sustainability.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Trimester 2:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week

Assessment 1: Learning reflections

  3% per module
Total: 30%
  • Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10

Assessment 2: Assignment

1500 words 30%
  • Week 7

Assessment 3: Assignment

1500 words 40%
  • Week 11

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSN734 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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