Unit description
Enhances student's theoretical and practical understanding of program development, planning, monitoring, implementation and evaluation. Students will have the opportunity to develop a program plan that incorporates program design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. The unit aims to extend students' knowledge and skills in the critique and application of program development and evaluation.
Unit content
Topic 1 Introduction to developing, implementing and evaluating health promotion programs
Topic 2 Heath needs assessment/community assessment
Topic 3 Health promotion, social marketing and program planning
Topic 4 Planning
Topic 5 Implementation and monitoring, and producing a plan
Topic 6 Evaluation
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | critically review a range of public health programs, projects and interventions | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 2 | compare program planning theories and models | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 3 | critically evaluate elements of program planning, design, implementation and monitoring | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 4 | develop a comprehensive program in response to an identified population health need | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 5 | critically analyse a range of approaches to evaluation | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 6 | develop a comprehensive evaluation plan. | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
Prescribed texts
Session 2
- No prescribed texts.
Teaching and assessment
Online
| Teaching method |
| Structured online learning 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Discussion board | 5% |
| Project report | 45% |
| Short written response | 10% |
| Project report | 40% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Commencing 2014 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 2
Fee paying courses
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International
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