Health promotion principles and practices delivered within the context of public health and community wellness form the content underpinnings of this subject. Physical activity will serve as the unifying theme through which health promotion intervention strategies are applied to various settings and populations.
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2020.
HD/FL
One session
School of Teacher Education
- Australia's health care system and the influence of new public health; - Australian National Health Priorities - evidence and intervention strategies; - The determinants that promote health and those that underline the burden of ill health; - Theories of health behaviour change; - Program models and the programming process to facilitate intervention design; - Prevalence of physical activity and inactivity in different populations - child, adolescent, adult, aged, socio-economic and cultural groups; - Health promotion strategies to effect behaviour change including media, public campaigns, health promoting school and community projects; - Case studies of different population groups taken from different settings eg. Government, non-government organisations, commercial, recreational, school and workplace.
The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: October 2020. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.