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HLTH 301Applied Health Promotion: Theory and Community Engagement

Units
0.50
Faculty
Health
Subject
Public Health Sciences

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course introduces health promotion history, theories, and change strategies that address individual-level behaviour plus sociocultural, economic, political, and environmental conditions and resources for health that impact communities and foster engagement, empowerment, and functional collaborations. Topics include educational, persuasive, organizational, regulatory, and empowerment approaches for improving health at individual and community levels.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Must have completed the following:
      • HLTH102 - Introduction to Health 2 (0.50)
    • Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
      • GSJ260 - Social Determinants of Health (0.50)
      • HLTH260 - Social Determinants of Health (0.50)

Antirequisites

  • Not completed any of the following:

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00173470 / 60MW 08:30–09:50
LEC 701822728 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

75% liked it82% easy75% useful

From 16 ratings and 4 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • this course was such a pain to go to. too many things to do that were dumb. group projects were marked way way way too picky and i think it was to keep a certain overall average because the feedback was very minimal. quizzes often had mistakes in them. course content was okay. do not take this course if you need an elective!

    Dec 2025 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Heavy on group work and textbook content. This semester, tests were online, but prof had mentioned several times that a rise in people very obviously cheating or using AI is making her consider re-implementing in-person tests and finals. The online tests were virtually all content from the textbook, though.
    Course mostly centered around one major group project. It's more fun to take with friends or people you know share similar interests in health. Content is very theory heavy, so depending on who you are could be very very boring.

    Dec 2025 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Interesting content, though this term we only had the class once a week so there was more self-learning involved. Textbook is provided by the prof, if you miss a class reading the textbook chapter about covers it.
    Breakdown for Fall 2022 term was: 40% for 4 quizzes, 20% for 10 engagement activities (due the day after class), 25% group project, and 15% reflection (either 1 final or 3 throughout the term)

    Dec 2022 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Very interesting content, taught me a lot about health promotion history, theories, and methods. Took it online so the grade breakdown/course components were a bit diff compared to in-class. I especially enjoyed the group project (20%) in which we implemented a real-world health promotion intervention. Also had 5 Quizzes (40%), 5 CIQs (10%), 3 Discussion Posts (15%), Final Reflection (15%).
    Overall really enjoyed the course!

    Dec 2020 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

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Spring 2022

Fall 2021

Knowing Your Housing Rights 10 points, 0 comments

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Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

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