Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion and Postgraduate Diploma in Health Promotion
Course code/s: HCHP (ME), HPHP (ME)
Please note that a Master of Health Sciences with a major in Health Promotion is also available for students who may wish to expand this study program.
Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Rae Walker email r.walker@latrobe.edu.au
A typical student undertaking these courses will be a health professional with an interest in developing health promotion in their current work context, or seeking skills that will support a shift in career. Students may be working in the hospital or community health care sectors, or work for almost any kind of health sector agency (i.e. aged care, women’s health, local government and drug and alcohol services). We are very aware of the reforms in health and community services, and we pay particular attention to the broader issue of collaboration and issues facing people working with the primary care partnerships and those with an interest in the prevention of ill health and chronic disease.
Students have the opportunity to develop skills in health promotion planning and program delivery, evaluation and needs assessment and inter-organisational work with partners.
The emphasis is on developing new skills that assist students to develop the health education and health promotion aspects of their profession or to move into the field of health promotion and illness prevention.
Admission requirements
Prospective students for the graduate certificate are usually required to hold a degree or equivalent. Applicants with relevant experience may be permitted entry into the graduate certificate or single subjects.
Course structure – graduate certificate
The graduate certificate will normally be undertaken part-time over one year. In order to complete the graduate certificate, students are required to complete four subjects. Subject choice is flexible. Each student’s program is developed in consultation with the course coordinators. Three subjects may be chosen from the following - PHE5PHP, PHE5IHP, PHE5PHG, PHE5WPH - plus one subject chosen from other postgraduate subjects. Domestic students who enrol in the Graduate Certificate may apply to progress to the Master of Health Sciences. The Graduate Certificate will be subsumed upon completion of the higher qualification. It is possible to exit from the Master of Health Sciences with a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Promotion or a Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion.
Course structure – postgraduate diploma
From 2012 the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Promotion will not be offered for direct admission. Students are encouraged to consider the Master of Health Sciences program.
| Teaching period | Subject code | Subject title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 | PHE5IHP | Introduction to Health Promotion | 15 |
|
TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
PHE5PHG | Health Development Through Groups | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | PHE5PHP | Public Health Promotion | 15 |
| and | |||
| TE-SEM-1 | PHE5WPH | Wellbeing and Prevention | 15 |
| OR | |||
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 | elective | students may chose a level 5 Public Health elective in place of PHE5WPH | 15 |