Unit details
EEH404 - Health: a Family and Community Focus
| Offering information: | This unit commences in 2014 |
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| Offered at: | (B, G) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| Offerings: | Trimester 2 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit chair: | D Ollis |
| Corequisite: | Students must be enrolled in course E377 |
| Contact hours: | 3 hour workshop |
Content
Topics to be addressed in this unit include:
- A life span approach to family and health
- Different models of family, kinship and community
- Understanding health implications for understanding health promotion approaches
- Key health issues and priorities across the lifespan (tobacco use, depression, suicide, alcohol abuse, gender and violence, diabetes, heart diseases, motor vehicle accidents etc).
- Relationships between class, gender, sexuality, location, age, ability, indigeneity, ethnicity, etc., and health outcomes
- Understanding the determinants of health
- The role of government in health provision, promotion and disease prevention at different stages of the lifespan
- Australia’s policies and practices – how do they compare with other developed and developing countries?
- Changing our health status –key strategies in health promotion.
Assessment
Assessment 1: Family Health Report Card, 2000 words, 40%
Assessment 2 Part 1: Health promotion campaign funding submission – Group task, 4000 words, 40%
Assessment 2 Part 2: Group funding submission – presentation, 20 %
Unit Fee Information
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8th June 2007