Unit of Study PBHL1002 Health Promotion and Wellness (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Unit description

Introduces students to the concepts of lifestyle interventions that promote health and wellness, taking into account the physical, psychological, social and emotional wellbeing of the person. This unit promotes the importance of the therapeutic relationship in promoting healthy lifestyles, including physical activity, good nutrition, and stress management.

Unit content

Understanding health and wellness behaviour
Chronic lifestyle-related diseases
The influence of nutrition in health and disease
The influence of physical activity in health and disease
The influence of psychological wellbeing in health and disease
The biopsychosocial model in the management of chronic pain
The influence of other lifestyle factors including sleep, drug and alcohol use and environment
Understanding health and wellness promotion
Case studies in health promotion
Principles of wellness coaching and communication in the clinical setting

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2023

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.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

discuss the evidence for the role of nutrition, exercise, stress and other lifestyle factors in health and disease

identify a range of clinical interventions for the promotion of healthy lifestyle behaviours and the current evidence supporting these interventions

apply Australian guidelines (e.g. food guide references, physical activity – public health guidelines) and other public health initiatives to clinical practice

explore the principles and strategies for encouraging client/patient compliance with evidence-based lifestyle health promotion interventions

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