Faculty of Business: Leisure, Sport and Tourism
Credit points: 6 cp

Subject level: Undergraduate

Result Type: Grade and marks

Handbook description

This subject introduces a range of health promotion concepts from specific interventions or health enhancement in individuals, to community-wide prevention or health protection programs. It further provides the opportunity to gain an understanding of the social, cultural, economic and political issues related to health.

Subject objectives/outcomes

On successful completion of this subject students should be able to:

1. Describe the major approaches to the promotion of health, including the theories underlying these approaches and procedures to evaluate them.
2. Identify the basic principles of behaviour change and management, the scientific, social, cultural and economic bases of health promotion, as well as the political and ethical issues that impact health promotion activities.
3. Make informed decisions regarding health care options.
4. Suggest appropriate strategies for health promotion for individuals, the community and the media.

Contribution to graduate profile

This is a core subject in the BA Human Movement Studies/Graduate Diploma of Education degree. It introduces a range of health promotion concepts from specific interventions or health enhancement in individuals, to community-wide prevention or health protection programs. It further provides the opportunity to gain an understanding of the social, cultural, economic and political issues related to health. This subject is compulsory for students who wish to be accredited as PDHPE teachers by the NSW Department of Education.

Teaching and learning strategies

Teaching and learning strategies include lectures, tutorials, discussions and related exercises. Content for this subject will be supported by UTSOnline.

Content

• The need for health promotion
• Health behaviour factors
• Environmental and community factors
• National health priorities
• Understanding and changing health behaviour
• Health promotion programs

Assessment

Mid Semester Examination (Individual)	40%
This addresses objectives 1-3.
Case Study (Individual)	40%
This addresses objectives 3 and 4.
Presentation (Group/Individual)	20%
This addresses objectives 3 and 4.

Examinations will be conducted under University examination conditions, and hence thoroughly address concerns regarding secure assessment. The submission of the case study will be secure with the inclusion of individual raw data sheets, the inclusion of individual reflections on the results received, a statement of independent work on the cover sheet and a marking procedure aimed at detecting plagiarism.

Recommended text(s)

There is no specific text for this subject.

Indicative references

Baum, F. (1998). The New Public Health: An Australian Perspective. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Donatelle, R. & Davis.L. (2000). Access to Health. Sydney: Prentice Hall.

Egger, G., Spark, R., Lawson, J., Donovan, R., Donovan, R. & Lawson, J. (2002). Health Promotion Strategies and Methods. Sydney: McGraw-Hill.

Gorin, S.S. & Arnold, J. (eds) (1998). Health Promotion Handbook. Sydney: Moseby.

O'Connor-Fleming, M.L. & Parker, E. (2001). Health promotion: principles and practice in the Australian context. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.