EHR129 Contemporary Perspectives of Health (8)
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In this subject, students will examine the multi-dimensional and dynamic nature of health and explore the factors that determine health status and influence “meanings of health”. The notion of health as a social construct will be investigated by examining international frameworks of health promotion. Young people will act as a case study population for investigation, and healthy eating habits and physical activity will act as study foci. Through the design of a health promotion strategy that responds to the health needs of young people, this subject offers students the opportunity to apply both a settings and population approach to health promotion, and incorporate the principles of social justice. |
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| Session 2 | | Online | Bathurst Campus | | On Campus | Bathurst Campus | | On Campus | Port Macquarie |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EHR129
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | School of Teacher Education |
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Enrolment restrictions
Available to students in:
Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science
Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science (Sport Management)
Bachelor of Education (Health & PE)
Bachelor of Educational Studies
or as approved by the Course Director.
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to describe the multi-dimensional and dynamic nature of health;
- be able to explore the notion of health as a social construct;
- be able to evaluate the impact of key health promotion policies on health status;
- be able to critique the role of epidemiology in informing strategies for health promotion;
- be able to explain the factors that determine health status and influence meanings of health;
- be able to argue the efficacy of the socio-ecological approach in promoting social responsibility for health;
- be able to employ the principles of social justice to the design of a health promotion strategy to support the health of young people;
- be able to apply the settings and population approaches to the design of a health promotion strategy to support the health of young people.
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- Defining health and health promotion;
- The continuum - promotion, prevention, early intervention, treatment, rehabilitation;
- Exploring milestones in health promotion;
- Exploring meanings of health - for different populations; as a social construct;
- Examining the multi-dimensional and dynamic nature of health;
- Models for health promotion - biomedical; social; ecological;
- Measuring health status - using young people; insufficient physical activity and childhood obesity as a case study;
- Critiquing the role of epidemiology in health promotion;
- Factors determining health status/meanings of health - genetic; socio-economic; social; cultural; geographic; environmental;
- Exploring human rights discourses in health;
- Social justice principles;
- Health inequities in populations of young people;
- Populations approach to health promotion;
- Settings approach to health promotion - schools; community spaces; workplaces;
- Global responses to health problems in populations of young people - insufficient physical activity; childhood obesity.
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The information contained in the 2017 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 25 August 2017. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
