Health and Disease Across the Life Course
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 48 hours + Blended
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
| Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
Aims and objectives
This unit will provide students with an understanding of health and disease. The unit further investigates the major diseases affecting people across the life course, including burden of disease and their aetiology, development, and implications for prevention and management at individual and population levels.
Biological, psychological, social, and cultural factors that influence health and disease are also explored.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Identify the major diseases affecting people across the life course and explain their aetiology, course, and management at individual and population levels.
2. Describe the biological, psychological, social, and cultural factors that influence growth, development, health and disease.
3. Examine critical life stages where exposure to determinants impacts on long-term health outcomes.
4. Analyse the impact and burden of disease on Australians and the Australian Healthcare system.
Courses with unit
BA-HSC1 Bachelor of Health ScienceBA-HSCPROF Bachelor of Health Science (Professional)
BB-HSCBUS Bachelor of Health Science / Bachelor of Business
BB-HSCMCMN Bachelor of Health Science / Bachelor of Media and Communication
BB-HSCSCI Bachelor of Health Science / Bachelor of Media and Communication
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This unit will involve up to 150 hours of work including:
| Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
| Live Online Lecture | 3 | 12 | 36 |
| On Campus Class | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Specified Activities Various |
2.5 |
12 |
30 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning |
6 |
12 |
72 |
| TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Examination | Individual | 40% | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Assignment | Individual | 30% | 2, 3 |
| Presentation | Group | 30% | 1, 2, 4 |
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills:
• Teamwork Skills
• Analysis Skills
• Communication Skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
• Teamwork Skills
• Analysis Skills
• Communication Skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
Content
• Concepts in epidemiology and population health
• Measures of growth, development, health, disease burden, disability and injury
• Major sources of disease, disability and injury across the life span including: aetiology, pathogenesis/pathophysiology and course
• The relationships between health, disease, and human development at critical life stages
• Biological, psychological, social, and cultural factors that influence growth, development, health and disease across the life course
• Individual and population level interventions to address common diseases.
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials will be made available in the Unit Outline.