Planning Public Health Interventions unit (CXA229)

Introduction

This unit provides students with the foundation competencies for public health intervention planning. It works students through a cyclical process of working with communities and populations to develop solutions via a process of assessing needs and priorities, building capacity and designing and planning evidence-based strategies for population-based interventions.

Summary

Unit name	Planning Public Health Interventions
Unit code	CXA229
Credit points	12.5
College/School	Health School of Health Sciences
Discipline	Health Sciences
Coordinator	Miss Jay Webb
Available as an elective?	Yes
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Intermediate

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate knowledge of the principles, concepts, philosophy and purpose of public health intervention planning
• Describe various methods and frameworks applicable to the assessment and development of, public health action.
• Analyse public health problems and identify problem determinants as a basis for intervention planning.
• Design an intervention using logic modelling and knowledge of intervention options.
• Develop a plan for intervention implementation for public health action.

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Prerequisites

CXA185 Community and Public Health Nutrition

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	Tutorial (2hrs x 12 times), workshop (3hrs x 1 time)
Assessment	Report (20%)|Case Study (30%)|Assignment (50%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes.

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