HSH704 - Health Communication
Year: | 2023 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), CBD*, Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | Nil |
Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Scheduled learning activities - campus | 3 hours per week comprising 1 hour weekly class (recorded and accessible online) and 2 hour weekly face-to-face seminar |
Scheduled learning activities - online | 3 hours per week comprising 1 hour weekly class (recorded and accessible online) and 2 hour weekly online seminar online |
Note: | *CBD refers to the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute; Community Based Delivery |
Content
Topics include:
- Functional and strategic communication
- Health communication presentation skills and strategies
- Working with the media
- Social media and health
- Social marketing campaigns
- Communication and behaviour change concepts, models and theories
- Health education and empowerment
- Stakeholder engagement
- Health advocacy and activism
- The role of communication in partnerships for health
- The role of communication in capacity building and change management
- Communication styles when working in teams
Unit Fee Information
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