Effective Planning and Evaluation in Environmental Health Contexts

This unit aims to prepare students to effectively plan and evaluate programs in order to address problems impacting our health and the environment.

Teaching periods

Location

Start and end dates

Last self-enrolment date

Census date

Last withdraw without fail date

Results released date

Semester 1

Hawthorn

03-March-2025
01-June-2025

16-March-2025

31-March-2025

24-April-2025

08-July-2025

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

Articulate the key theories and principles underpinning program planning and evaluation
Critically evaluate the purposes and scope of program planning and evaluation designs in a range of health and environmental settings
Select an appropriate program plan and evaluation design to address a problem appropriate to the context
Design a plan supported by an evaluation framework which addresses a problem impacting our health and environment

Type	Hours per week	Number of weeks	Total (number of hours)
On-campus Lecture	3.00	3 weeks	9
Online Lecture	3.00	9 weeks	27
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning	9.50	12 weeks	114
TOTAL			150

Type	Task	Weighting	ULO's
Assignment	Individual	30 - 40%	1,2
Online Participation	Individual	20 - 30%	1,2
Project	Group	30 - 40%	2,3,4

Determinants of health, causes of health and environmental problems
Frameworks for addressing health and environmental problems, role of health promotionÂ
Why plan, key components of the planning processÂ Â
Underpinning theories of program planning, logic models
Evaluation of a rich menu of approachesÂ Â Â
Designing, implementing and evaluating the plan, using evidence for decision making
Challenges and dilemmas in planning and evaluation in health and environmental contextsÂ

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.