HLPR3003

HLPR3003: Health Promotion, Media and Advocacy

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Which units require HLPR3003?

HLPR3003 is a prerequisite for 1 unit.

EPID3000

What is HLPR3003 about?

Media use as a health communication / health promotion strategy. The measurable impact on public health of: news reporting (e.g. causes of death, celebrity diagnoses); advertising of unhealthy products (e.g. tobacco, alcohol, junk food); entertainment programming (e.g. representation of violence, mental health and suicide on TV); and entertainment-education. Health communication via: social and online media; mass media (e.g. newspapers, TV, radio); folk media (e.g. theatre, song); and limited reach media (e.g. pamphlets, posters). How to plan, develop, test, implement and evaluate health communication media. Getting to know your audience. Co-design with your audience. Literacy, health literacy and media literacy. Unintended media effects, misinformation and disinformation. Marketing and social marketing. Managing a social marketing campaign. Advocacy and media advocacy strategies: planning and implementation. Giving interviews, writing media releases and working with journalists.

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Unit details

Credits25

Contact Hours3 Weekly

Result TypeGrade/Mark

AreaCurtin School of Population Health (1279)

Field of Education061307 Health Promotion

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How this unit is taught

Seminar1 x 3 hours weekly

Prerequisites

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HLPR2004Foundations of Health Promotion Planning and Evaluation