Launceston
This unit has been discontinued.
Introduction
This unit focuses on developing students' health literacy. Health literacy is the capacity to understand, evaluate and apply information to make decisions about health and health care. Students will explore how health information is communicated and how to distinguish evidence-based information from other publicly available sources of health material. The different elements in making health information accessible to different audiences will be introduced, as well as the goals of successful health communication.
Summary 2021
| Unit name | Foundations of Health Literacy |
|---|---|
| Unit code | CXA184 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Health and Medicine School of Health Sciences |
| Discipline | Health Sciences |
| Coordinator | Hazel Maxwell |
| Available as student elective? | No |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Fees
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | This unit is fully online. |
|---|---|
| Assessment | Presentation (choice of narrated PowerPoint, or Poster) (30%); Report (30%); Case study (threaded through course) (3x) (30%); Discussion posts (10%) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | None |
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