Course Coordinator: Clare Hume
Phone: +61 8313 6871
Email: clare.hume@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Level 4, Rundle Mall Plaza, North Terrace

Timetable details are located on MyUni.

	Review and critique major approaches to health promotion (e.g. policy, behaviour change, community engagement, advocacy and social marketing)
	Apply major approaches to health promotion policy and theory to contemporary public health issues
	Develop a public health intervention plan for a specific public health problem integrating the principles of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
	Explain and demonstrate the importance of research and evaluation in health promotion theory and practice
	Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of social and environmental determinants on the health of populations

There is no set textbook for this course. All resources, including links to journal articles and reading lists, will be disseminated via MyUni.

Chapters in these textbooks may be useful thorughout the semester.

Talbot L & Verrinder G, eds (2018). Promoting health : The primary health care approach. 6th ed. Chatswood, NSW : Elsevier Australia.

McKinnon K, ed (2021). Health Promotion. A practical guide to effective communication. Port Melbourne, Vic: Cambridge Unversity Press Australia.

The primary means of communication outside of formal contact hours will be via MyUni. Announcements and discussion boards will be the main method of communicating with the student cohort. Course material will be supported by online resources via MyUni. Material will be sequentially released in line with the teaching and learning activities in each week.

Weekly three hour seminars will use a mix of short presentations, student discussion in groups and guest speakers.

Details will be made available on MyUni.

Details will be made available on MyUni.

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ASSESSMENT TASK	TASK TYPE	WEIGHTING	COURSE LEARNING OUTCOME(S)
Online quizzes	Summative	20%	1-5
Written assignment 1	Summative	30%	1-2, 4-5
Written assignment 2	Summative	35%	1-4
Presentation	Summative	15%	1-2, 4

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Online quizzes (20%)
Multiple choice quiz format assessment will examine student understanding and application of seminar content.

Written assignment (2000 words) (30%)
Students will examine and critique evidence in relation to a contemporary public health issue chosen from a list provided by the course coordinator.

Written assignment (2500 words) (35%)
Students will develop a health promotion plan for a health promotion intervention.

Presentation (15%)
Students give a 15 minute oral presentation exploring a contemporary mealth message through a health literacy lens.

Extensions
All extensions for assignments must be requested, at the latest, by the last working day before the due date of submission. 
Extensions will generally be granted only on medical or genuine compassionate grounds. Supporting documentation must be provided at the time a student requests an extension. Without documentation, extensions will not be granted. Late requests for extension will neither be accepted nor acknowledged.

Only the Course Co-ordinator(s) may grant extensions.

Supporting documentation will be required when requesting an extension. Examples of documents that are acceptable include: a medical certificate that specifies dates of incapacity, a police report (in the case of lost computers, car & household theft etc.), a letter from a Student Counsellor, Education and Welfare Officer (EWO) or Disability Liaison Officer that provides an assessment
of compassionate circumstances, or a letter from an independent external counsellor or appropriate professional able to verify the student’s situation. The length of any extension granted will take into account the period and severity of any incapacity or impact on the student. Extensions of more than 10 days will not be granted except in exceptional circumstances.

Late submission
Marks will be deducted when assignments for which no extension has been granted are handed in late.

All assignments, including those handed in late, will be assessed on their merits. In the case of late assignments where no
extension has been granted, 5 percentage points of the total marks possible per day will be deducted. If an assignment that
is 2 days late is awarded 65% on its merits, the mark will then be reduced by 10% (5% per day for 2 days) to 55%. If
that same assignment is 4 days late, the mark will be reduced by 20% (5% per day for 4 days) to 45%, and so on.

The School of Public Health reserves the right to refuse to accept an assignment that is more than 7 days late.

Assignments submitted after the due date may not be graded in time to be returned on the listed return dates.

Students submitting examinable written work who request (and receive) an extension that takes them beyond the examination period are advised that there is no guarantee that their grades will be processed in time to meet usual University deadlines.

Resubmission
If a student is dissatisfied with an assessment grade they should follow the Student Grievance Resolution Process <https://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/grievance/process/>. Students who are not satisfied with a particular assessment result should raise their concerns with Course Co-ordinator(s) in the first instance. This must be done within 10 business days of the date of notification of the result. Resubmission of any assignment is subject to the agreement of the Course Co-ordinator(s) and will only be permitted for the most compelling of reasons.