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HSH704 - Health Communication

Year:

2025 unit information
Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Community Based Delivery (CBD)*, Online
Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Prerequisite:

Nil
Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Study commitment

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
Scheduled learning activities - campus

3 hours per week comprising 1 hour weekly lecture (recorded and accessible online)
2 hour weekly on-campus seminar
Scheduled learning activities - online

3 hours per week comprising 1 hour weekly lecture (recorded and accessible online) and
2 hour weekly online seminar
Note:

*National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute students only

Content

Topics include:

  • functional and strategic communication
  • health communication presentation skills and strategies
  • working with the media
  • social media and health
  • social marketing campaigns
  • communication and behaviour change concepts, models and theories
  • health education and empowerment
  • stakeholder engagement
  • health advocacy and activism
  • the role of communication in partnerships for health
  • the role of communication in capacity building and change management
  • communication styles when working in teams

Unit Fee Information

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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

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