HMES7685 Work Site Health Promotion [PG]

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Credit: 6 points Availability: Semester 2 (See Timetable) Old unit code: 310.685

Outcomes: Students develop skills in critically reviewing literature, group discussion, independent learning and group work.

Content: This unit reviews the objectives, current and future practice, and evaluation processes of work-site and community health promotion programmes. Psychosocial health behaviour models and strategies for health promotion are studied. It includes writing and presenting a work-site health proposal. Students have contact with work-site health promotion programmes in operation. The unit assists those interested in developing work-site or community programmes and developing their knowledge of health promotion.

Assessment: This comprises a work-site health proposal, a written journal article and a short in-class written assessment.

Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit.

Unit Co-ordinator(s): Dr Rebecca Braham

Location: UWA (Crawley)

Mode: on-campus

Unit Rules:

Prerequisites: enrolment in honours in the Bachelor of Science (Exercise and Health) or postgraduate study in Human Movement

Advisable prior study: HMES2290 Physical Activity and Health

Incompatibility: HMES3339 Community and Work Site Health Promotion

Contact hours—3 hrs per week plus project

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