Bachelor of Health Science in Health Promotion

Edith Cowan University

Prepares students for a role as a health promotion professional in a changing global environment Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over their health by strengthening their skills and capabilities and reducing inequalities in the community Students will cover planning development and implementation of health promotion policies and projects such as Quit Smoking Be Active or LiveLighter using a variety of strategies including ehealth mass media community development and engagement processes advocacy social marketing research and evaluation The content also covers various health promotion settings eg schools and rural areas and population groups eg refugees and minority groups youth and the ageing populationLearning OutcomesApply broad discipline knowledge to a range of theoretical and practical Health Science situationsThink critically to analyse interpret and conceptualise complex Health Science problemsThink creatively to anticipate challenges and generate discipline specific solutionsresponsesUse digital technologies and literacies to access evaluate and synthesise relevant information from multiple sourcesCommunicate disciplinary knowledge and values in professional and public contextsDemonstrate a global outlook with respect for cultural diversity including Indigenous cultural competenceWork collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to implement social sustainable and ethical valuesDemonstrate autonomy accountability and judgement for own learning and professional practice

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