Health promotion field placements are designed to be diverse and challenging to students that allows them to link theory with practice within the broader community. The Deakin University Bachelor of Public Health and Health Promotion degree requires students to undertake one placement in their degree that includes a variety of settings across metropolitan Melbourne and provincial Victoria.

Health Promotion encompasses a broad range of areas in society. Examples of agencies that have been involved with hosting health promotion students in previous years are:

• Community Health Services
  Boroondara Community Health Centre
  Caulfield Community Health Service
  Whitehorse Community Health Service
  Eastern Access Community Health
• Divisions of General Practice
  Eastern Rangers G.P. Association
  Knox Division of General Practice
  
• Government
  The Cancer Council Victoria - Sun Smart
• Local government
  City of Stonnington
  Cardinia Shire Council
  Banyule City Council
  Monash City Council
• Voluntary Organisations
  Bicycle Victoria Network
  Foundation House
  Nutrition Australia
  YWCA Victoria
  

Throughout the course of the semester, students are required to submit 2 assessment tasks and an additional assessment is given by the agency in the form of a performance evaluation.

1 - Practicum Proposal (25%)

2 - Project report with work book (55%)

3 - Agency evaluation (20%)

The following steps give a brief overview of the practicum placement process.

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