This core unit of study introduces students to evidence-based health promotion as a fundamental approach to promoting and improving health and wellbeing, preventing disease and reducing health inequalities in populations. The unit is divided into three modules: (i) the building blocks of disease prevention and health promotion, (ii) using evidence to develop disease prevention and health promotion interventions, and (iii) evaluating disease prevention and health promotion programs to inform policy and practice. This unit will give students an understanding of disease prevention and health promotion and their relationship to public health, introduce design, implementation, and evaluation of disease prevention and health promotion interventions, and develop and refine students' research, critical appraisal, and communication skills.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Public Health |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | No |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Philayrath Phongsavan, philayrath.phongsavan@sydney.edu.au |
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Tutor(s) | Philayrath Phongsavan, philayrath.phongsavan@sydney.edu.au |
Daniel Surkalim, daniel.surkalim@sydney.edu.au | |
James Kite, james.kite@sydney.edu.au | |
Karen Lee, karen.c.lee@sydney.edu.au | |
Luciana Massi, luciana.massi@sydney.edu.au | |
Lucy Corbett, lucy.corbett@sydney.edu.au |