School Of Biomedical And Health ScienceHealth Advancement and Health PromotionWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 400418.1
Discipline: HEALTH PROMOTION
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
E7234 - Health Advancement, E7306 - Health Advancement
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate course.
About this Unit
Health promotion is a process that seeks to enable individuals, communities and populations to increase control over their health by addressing the determinants of health, resulting in improved health outcomes. The historical development of international health promotion efforts will be traced. Various theoretical underpinnings of health promotion are explored, factors enhancing and limiting interventions reviewed and the levels of health promoting actions demonstrated with a view to developing best practice. Evaluation of health promotion activity is also reviewed.