Embedding a critical health promotion approach into health promotion curricula

Presenter: Associate Professor Jane Taylor, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) - Registrations for this event are now closed.

Dr Jane Taylor is the Discipline Leader for Public Health at USC with 25 years of professional health promotion experience. She worked as a health promotion practitioner in community and government sectors on a range of community-based health promotion programs including women’s health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and school-based health promotion.

Jane was involved in establishing public health and health promotion programs at USC and teaches health promotion at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She applies constructivist learning and teaching principles to curriculum design and delivery, with an interest and experience in flipped learning.

Jane’s health promotion research focuses on strengthening the theoretical foundations of health promotion to support a critical (social justice and equity focused) practice approach. This involves using critical health promotion values and principles to design, implement, evaluate and critique health promotion policies and programs, and undertake research. She is also interested in the role of health promotion in reorienting health services to deliver comprehensive primary health care.

Workshop details

Jane has been teaching critical health promotion as an explicit health promotion approach for some years. She will share how she has approached the design of the curriculum to embed a critical health promotion approach at course/unit and program levels. The presentation will include some examples of learning activities, assessment types, useful resources, and a Q&A session.   

The event is free for AHPA members and $25 for non-members.

• Date: Thursday 17 February 2022
• Time: 9-10am AWST, 10:30-11:30am ACST, 11am-12pm AEST, 12-1pm AEDT
• Location: Microsoft Teams

Event registrations close COB Monday 14 February. The event link will be emailed to registrants on Wednesday 16 February.

The event will be recorded, and the recording will be sent to all registrants.