Women's Health Promotion and Evaluation
Description
The subject will discuss the role of health promotion and preventive health strategies such as screening for breast and cervical cancer, as a means of increasing health and reducing ill health and disorder. A health determinants framework will be used for examining women's physical and mental health status and to identify ways in which health promotion and preventive health approaches could be utilized to reduce women's susceptibility and exposure to health risks.
Subject Code
WOHT90011
Credit Points
25
Objectives
Please see Generic Skills, below
Generic skills students will develop
Students who successfully complete this subject should have:
- An understanding of the role of prevention in reducing morbidity and mortality of health conditions affecting women
- Developed the ability to design and evaluate health education and promotion programs directed towards women
- The ability to critically evaluate various theories on health beliefs and health behaviours, including barriers to behavioural change
Pre-requisites and/or Co-requisites
None
Mode of Delivery
Instensive
Contact Time
36 hours of lectures/seminars/tutorials in the intensive period, supported by additional preliminary tutorials to a maximum of ten hours.
Assessment
Class paper and written assignments totalling 8,000 words
Subject Coordinator
Dr. Heather Rowe
Venue
This subject is normally delivered in Japan
Dates
August 2010 (dates to be confirmed)
Course Fee
AUD $5600
Prescribed Textbook
Course materials are provided to all participants
Online Learning System
Not applicable
Academic Coordinator
Associate Professor Jane Fisher
Deputy Director and Coordinator of International Programs
Centre for Women's Health, Gender & Society
Melbourne School of Population Health
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
AUSTRALIA
T: +61 3 8344 0687
F: +61 3 9347 9824
E: jrwf@unimelb.edu.au
Course Contact
Renae Louis
Project Manager
Melbourne Consulting and Custom Programs
The University of Melbourne
442 Auburn Road, Hawthorn
Victoria 3122
AUSTRALIA
T: +61 3 9810 3158
F: +61 3 9810 3149
E: r.louis@mccp.unimelb.edu.au
Application Process
Applications are managed by Student Services.