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SEXH5410: Sexual and Reproductive Health Promotion

2025 unit information

This unit will engage students in learning about evidence-based health promotion as a fundamental component of efforts to address sexual and reproductive health. The unit is divided into three sections: (i) Theories underlying health promotion in public health context; (ii) Evidence-based planning and project management in health promotion, and (iii) Behaviour change, health communication and health literacy. Theories covered will include those that address individual-level change and group and social-level change. Students will learn how to conduct needs assessments, plan programs, and address priority areas in sexual and reproductive health promotion. On completion of this unit, students will be able to: (i) Map population and/or community sexual and/or reproductive health needs; (ii) Plan evidence-based sexual and reproductive health promotion initiatives, and (iii) Identify evaluation strategies for evidence-based health promotion initiatives.

Unit details and rules

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Medicine and Health

Study level Postgraduate
Academic unit Sexual Health
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

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. map population and/or community sexual and/or reproductive health needs
  • LO2. plan evidence-based sexual and reproductive health promotion initiatives
  • LO3. identify evaluation strategies for evidence-based health promotion initiatives

Unit availability

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2024
Online Westmead, Sydney
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2025
Online Westmead, Sydney
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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2020
Block mode Westmead, Sydney
Semester 1 2020
Online Westmead, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Block mode Remote
Semester 1 2021
Block mode Westmead, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Online Westmead, Sydney
Semester 1 2022
Block mode Remote
Semester 1 2022
Block mode Westmead, Sydney
Semester 1 2022
Online Westmead, Sydney
Semester 1 2023
Online Westmead, Sydney

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