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Overview

Help promote and protect people's health. You’ll explore how to help people and communities take an active role improving and maintaining their health while building skills in program assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation as well as current and emerging health promotion activities.

Portfolio

Office of the Provost

School

Psychology and Public Health

Academic contact

Ruth Mackenzie-Stewart

Location(s)

Melbourne (Bundoora), Bendigo, On-Line

Open to all courses

No

Structure

Where one or more subjects are shared between this major and another component (course, second major or minor) the subject/s will be replaced with an elective at the level of the common subject. Where a combination of this major and another component (course, second major or minor) exceeds 4 common subjects this combination will become incompatible.

120 credit points

Level one 30 credit points
Level two30 credit points
Level three60 credit points

Available in courses

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Health Sciences - Melbourne (Bundoora)

Bachelor of Health Sciences - Bendigo

Bachelor of Arts - Bendigo

Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Health Sciences - Melbourne (Bundoora)

Bachelor of Health Sciences - Melbourne (Bundoora)

Bachelor of Health Sciences - On-Line

Intended learning outcomes

On successful completion you will be able to:
1.
Appraise and apply the theoretical principles and framework for health promotion practice
2.
Plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based health promotion strategies.
3.
Advocate for improved health and wellbeing and health promotion action.
4.
Engage and communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders to enhance health promotion action.
5.
Critically reflect on health promotion theories, frameworks, and practice.
6.
Analyse, synthesise and evaluate available research to develop practical and innovative health promotion interventions.

Career opportunities

Studying health promotion builds transferable skills in communication, analytical thinking and problem solving to prepare you for a range of careers.

Possible roles include:

  • Health promotion officer
  • Community development worker
  • Workplace health coordinator
  • Health educator
  • Youth and community programs officer
  • Aboriginal community service worker