phe5gnh promoting health via groups
PROMOTING HEALTH THROUGH GROUPS AND NETWORKS
PHE5GNH
2015
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject, you will develop a sound knowledge base and skills for working with groups and networks that are critical for promoting health. These will include various forms of health consumer groups and networks with objectives aligned with health improvement. Processes for developing and delivering health promotion programs with and for different types of groups will be analysed: formulating objectives, gauging learning styles, developing content, managing and evaluating group processes. You will develop an appreciation of theories and models, processes and practices relevant to group and network learning and for mobilising collective action. You will critically analyse successful models for growing and sustaining networks for health. The concepts of health literacy, health education and empowerment will provide a foundation for this subject.
SchoolSchool of Psychology & Public Health
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorSally Fawkes
Available to Study Abroad StudentsNo
Subject year levelYear Level 5 - Masters
Exchange StudentsNo
Subject particulars
Subject rules
PrerequisitesN/A
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Explain the use of theory concerning groups and networks in health promotion practice.
- Activities:
- You will review literature that describes the development of theory concerning groups and networks. You will then analyse this literature in terms of what is known, what is currently under debate, new ways of thinking about the role and life cycle of groups and networks in health promotion, and how theory helps to explain your professional experiences of groups and networks.
02. Critically examine case examples of networks whose objectives align with health promotion objectives.
- Activities:
- You will research and analyse a group and a network from a number of perspectives: their aims, orgins, how group processes enabling communication and participation are managed, how social media is utilised, and whether (and how) they distribute power of decision making and action.
03. Research and design a group-based health promotion project.
- Activities:
- You will respond to a given health scenario by developing a group based health promotion project.
04. Research and design a health promotion project that involves engaging and working across critical networks.
- Activities:
- You will respond to a given health scenario by developing a health promotion project featuring the formation of connections between networks/network members.
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Online, 2015, Semester 2, Online
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorSally Fawkes
Class requirements
Scheduled Online Class
One 39.0 hours scheduled online class per study period and delivered via online.
"39 hours (equivalent) of readings, online exercises and structured activities per semester."
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical review of literature on & personal experience of group & network processes (1,500 words). | 40 | 01 | |
| Research & design of strategy to work with a group or network on a given initiative (2,500 words). | 60 | 01, 02, 03, 04 |