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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Child and Adolescent Health
  • Unit Code

    HST3100
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ruth Margaret WALLACE

Description

This unit examines child and adolescent health from a socio-ecological perspective. Students learn about the stages of child development across a range of ages and population groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth, and the impact upon their future health. Students will investigate theories, models and evidence-based practices that are used to guide strategies to support optimal child and adolescent health outcomes. There is an emphasis on health promotion and advocacy in early childhood education and care, school and community settings.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded HST2222

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the trends and challenges affecting the health status of Australian children and adolescents.
  2. Analyse risk and protective factors that contribute to hazardous and harmful health behaviours in children and adolescents.
  3. Produce evidence-based, multi-level strategies to promote child and adolescent health.
  4. Advocate for improved health outcomes for a range of child and adolescent population groups.

Unit Content

  1. Health status, trends and challenges in child and adolescent health.
  2. Early years' development.
  3. Adolescent health from global perspectives.
  4. Socio-ecological approach to child and adolescent health.
  5. Partnerships and evidence-based interventions.
  6. Risk and protective factors influencing child and adolescent health outcomes.
  7. Vulnerable child and adolescent populations.
  8. Advocacy and capacity-building.
  9. Resilience.

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 Offered13 x 3 hour seminar

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

Students will engage with key industry partners in child and adolescent health, and analyse case studies across a range of cultural and international contexts. Students are encouraged to participate in collaborative learning, group activities, and engage in peer review processes to improve their ability to give and receive feedback. Students also develop their critical thinking and persuasive communication skills.

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
ParticipationCollaborative Peer Review and Feedback task30%
AssignmentHealth issue response plan40%
AssignmentAdvocacy Letter30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ParticipationCollaborative Peer Review and Feedback task30%
AssignmentHealth issue response plan40%
AssignmentAdvocacy Letter30%

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.

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. 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, 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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Child and Adolescent Health
  • Unit Code

    HST3100
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ruth Margaret WALLACE

Description

This unit examines child and adolescent health from a socio-ecological perspective. Students learn about the stages of child development across a range of ages and population groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth, and the impact upon their future health. Students will investigate theories, models and evidence-based practices that are used to guide strategies to support optimal child and adolescent health outcomes. There is an emphasis on health promotion and advocacy in early childhood education and care, school and community settings.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded HST2222

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the trends and challenges affecting the health status of Australian children and adolescents.
  2. Analyse risk and protective factors that contribute to hazardous and harmful health behaviours in children and adolescents.
  3. Produce evidence-based, multi-level strategies to promote child and adolescent health.
  4. Advocate for improved health outcomes for a range of child and adolescent population groups.

Unit Content

  1. Health status, trends and challenges in child and adolescent health.
  2. Early years' development.
  3. Adolescent health from global perspectives.
  4. Socio-ecological approach to child and adolescent health.
  5. Partnerships and evidence-based interventions.
  6. Risk and protective factors influencing child and adolescent health outcomes.
  7. Vulnerable child and adolescent populations.
  8. Advocacy and capacity-building.
  9. Resilience.

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 Offered13 x 3 hour seminar

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

Students will engage with key industry partners in child and adolescent health, and analyse case studies across a range of cultural and international contexts. Students are encouraged to participate in collaborative learning, group activities, and engage in peer review processes to improve their ability to give and receive feedback. Students also develop their critical thinking and persuasive communication skills.

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
ParticipationCollaborative Peer Review and Feedback task30%
AssignmentHealth issue response plan40%
AssignmentAdvocacy Letter30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ParticipationCollaborative Peer Review and Feedback task30%
AssignmentHealth issue response plan40%
AssignmentAdvocacy Letter30%

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.

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. 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, 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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