MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Medicine Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
MED3072
Health promotion
Dr Bridget Hsu-Hage (Medicine)
Objectives On completion of the subject, students should be able (1) to
acknowledge people as the main health resource, to support and enable them to
keep themselves, their families and friends healthy, and to accept the
community as the essential voice in matters of its health, living conditions
and well-being; (2) to actively play the roles that doctors may be called upon
to play in health promotion; (3) to understand the basic principles of
behaviour change and management, the scientific, social, cultural and economic
bases of health promotion, as well as the political and ethical issues that
affect health promotion activities; and (4) to suggest appropriate strategies
for individual, community and media levels of health promotion.
Synopsis This subject is designed to introduce students to the concept
and process of health promotion in modern medical practice. It contains
approaches to the practice of self-care, patient education, behavioural and
attitudinal change, health enhancement, as well as health protection both in
clinical and community settings. Students meet and learn from individuals and
community groups. Major health issues, such as asthma, diabetes, cancers, CVD,
aging, smoking and alcohol abuse, are covered in a lecture series. The roles
that a doctor may be called upon to play in promoting a patient's health during
illness are illustrated, where appropriate, using real life examples. Students
also participate in workshops and learn specific skills for health promotion.
The project work involves a group of four to five students in one particular
area of health promotion and provides students with `hands-on' experience.
Assessment Project presentation and report: 50% + Examination (MCQ and
short answer): 40% + Workshop report: 10%
Required reading
- Hsu-Hage B H-H and Jones K V (eds) Student workbook: Health
promotion Department of Medicine, Monash University, 1995
Preliminary reading
- Egger G and others Health promotion strategies and methods
McGraw-Hill, 1990
- Hawe P and others Evaluating health promotion: A health worker's
guide MacLennan and Petty, 1990
Recommended texts
- Abelin T and others Measurements in health promotion and protection
WHO Regional Publications, European Series no. 22, 1987
- Badura B and Kickbusch I Health promotion research: Towards a new social
epidemiology WHO Regional Publications, European Series no. 37, 1991
- Kaplun A (ed.) Health promotion and chronic illness: Discovering a new
quality of health WHO Regional Publications, European Series, no. 44, 1993
- Mc Neil J and others A textbook of preventive medicine Edward
Arnold, 1990
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