Health Promotion Short Course

New courses available:

Monday 1st December - Friday 5th December 2008 (five day course)

Monash Conference Centre
Melbourne, Victoria

The Monash University Short Course in Health Promotion is provided to meet the growing demand for health promotion in workplaces, communities and organisations. The courses are structured to assist people to learn about the processes of health promotion and to develop a greater understanding of health promotion theory and practice.  Participants learn core skills to increase the success of health promotion practices and strategies, and have opportunities to network and share experiences with people with similar interests.

Course cost entitles attendance at the entire program, all course materials, and morning, afternoon teas and lunches.

Registration Brochure

What is Health Promotion?

Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health. This perspective is derived from a concept of ‘health’ as the extent to which an individual or group is able, on the one hand, to realise aspirations and satisfy needs, and on the other hand, to change or cope with the environment. Health is seen therefore, as a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living; it is a positive concept emphasising social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.

Health promotion represents a comprehensive social and political process, not only embracing actions directed at strengthening the skills and capabilities of individuals, but also action directed towards changing social, environmental, and economic conditions so as to alleviate their impact on public and individual health. Community participation is essential to sustain health promotion action.

Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion - pdf (Source: WHO 1984, 1998)

Who can attend this course?

The course is open to any person involved, or wanting to be involved, in health promotion and working in a range of fields, including: health, arts, education, welfare, environment, community, planning, justice, sport and recreation, government, not-for-profit and corporate sectors.

The course will introduce the key principles and concepts of health promotion,  community assessment, strategies for health promotion including partnerships, evaluation of programs and frameworks for strengthening health promotion in organisations.

Course Convenor

Professor Helen Keleher (biography)

Dr Ben Smith (biography )

Course Venue

Monash Conference Centre
Melbourne, Victoria

Contact Details

Ms Belinda O'Shea
Department of Health Science
School of Primary Health Care
Monash University

T: (03) 9904 4336
E: belinda.o'shea@med.monash.edu.au