School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Community Development in Health Promotion
  • Unit Code

    HST2120
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Anne Maree TRENT

Description

In this unit, students are introduced to community development principles which are used in health promotion strategies. Community development theory is emphasised and students gain skills which can be used to create and sustain convivial communities in a way that addresses complex health and social issues. Special emphasis is placed on working with and alongside diverse cultural groups to build capacities and capabilities that enhance health outcomes. This unit showcases community profiling frameworks and case studies in local and international contexts and provides an opportunity for students to interact with health agencies to develop community-based solutions in the health promotion discipline.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Examine the foundations and key concepts of sustainable community development, including community profiling, needs assessment and evaluation.
  2. Conduct a needs assessment and build a community profile which rationalises health priorities.
  3. Develop strategies and professional skills designed to build community capacity, increase participation and empower community stakeholders.
  4. Develop strategies which enhance participation, capacity building and empowerment in community.
  5. Understand techniques used to evaluate community development strategies.

Unit Content

  1. Key principles in community development: local and international contexts.
  2. Utilising community development strategies to support the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.
  3. Roles and critical skill development for health professionals in community settings.
  4. Community profiling: working with and alongside diverse cultural groups.
  5. Community participation and empowerment for sustainability.
  6. Capacity building to support partnerships and authentic community engagement.
  7. Evaluation strategies in community development.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus lectures and lecture recordings are provided along with a series of workshops and online tutorials to support learning. Students have the opportunity to engage and interact with health agencies in order to scope health issues and devise comprehensive community development solutions which enhance health and well-being.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentBrief analysis of a community development strategy: Australian and International contexts20%
Case StudyCommunity profiling and needs assessment40%
ReportCritical review: Community Development Planning for capacity building40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentBrief analysis of a community development strategy: Australian and International contexts20%
Case StudyCommunity profiling and needs assessment40%
ReportCritical review: Community Development Planning for capacity building40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Community Development in Health Promotion
  • Unit Code

    HST2120
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Anne Maree TRENT

Description

In this unit, students are introduced to community development principles which are used in health promotion strategies. Community development theory is emphasised and students gain skills which can be used to create and sustain convivial communities in a way that addresses complex health and social issues. Special emphasis is placed on working with and alongside diverse cultural groups to build capacities and capabilities that enhance health outcomes. This unit showcases community profiling frameworks and case studies in local and international contexts and provides an opportunity for students to interact with health agencies to develop community-based solutions in the health promotion discipline.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Examine the foundations and key concepts of sustainable community development, including community profiling, needs assessment and evaluation.
  2. Conduct a needs assessment and build a community profile which rationalises health priorities.
  3. Develop strategies and professional skills designed to build community capacity, increase participation and empower community stakeholders.
  4. Develop strategies which enhance participation, capacity building and empowerment in community.
  5. Understand techniques used to evaluate community development strategies.

Unit Content

  1. Key principles in community development: local and international contexts.
  2. Utilising community development strategies to support the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.
  3. Roles and critical skill development for health professionals in community settings.
  4. Community profiling: working with and alongside diverse cultural groups.
  5. Community participation and empowerment for sustainability.
  6. Capacity building to support partnerships and authentic community engagement.
  7. Evaluation strategies in community development.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus lectures and lecture recordings are provided along with a series of workshops and online tutorials to support learning. Students have the opportunity to engage and interact with health agencies in order to scope health issues and devise comprehensive community development solutions which enhance health and well-being.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentBrief analysis of a community development strategy: Australian and International contexts20%
Case StudyCommunity profiling and needs assessment40%
ReportCritical review: Community Development Planning for capacity building40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentBrief analysis of a community development strategy: Australian and International contexts20%
Case StudyCommunity profiling and needs assessment40%
ReportCritical review: Community Development Planning for capacity building40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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