HLTH463-26S2 (C) Semester Two 2026

Whanau and Community Health

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2026
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 26 July 2026
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 27 September 2026

Description

This course will enable students to design, implement and critically analyse interventions in response to socio-ecological influences on whanau and community health in a health care context.

Learning Outcomes

1. Critically analyse the concepts of family and whānau as applied to community health care service provision in a New Zealand context.
2. Utilise community health assessment models (across the lifespan) with implicit principles relating to psychology and social behaviour.
3. Identify and evaluate models of health promotion and health education.
4. Analyse and critique the influences and impact of health care delivery for people living with a disability/impairment and their whānau/family and community.
5. Integrate the key concepts of Hauora Māori and the health experiences of Māori within Aotearoa, identifying possible explanations for disparity.
6. Identify legal and ethical issues in research (including the application of cultural safeguards) related to exploring a health care topic in the community.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of School of Health Sciences

Restrictions

HLTH456

Timetable 2026

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Intensive Block Course A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01-P1 Monday 09:00 - 16:00 Manawa HREF HP107
27 Jul - 2 Aug
01-P2 Tuesday 09:00 - 16:00 Manawa HREF HP107
27 Jul - 2 Aug
01-P3 Wednesday 09:00 - 16:00 Manawa HREF HP107
27 Jul - 2 Aug
Intensive Block Course B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01-P1 Monday 09:00 - 16:00 Manawa HREF HP109
14 Sep - 20 Sep
01-P2 Tuesday 09:00 - 16:00 Manawa HREF HP109
14 Sep - 20 Sep
01-P3 Wednesday 09:00 - 16:00 Manawa HREF HP109
14 Sep - 20 Sep
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 10:00 - 12:00 Online Delivery
10 Aug - 16 Aug
7 Sep - 13 Sep
21 Sep - 27 Sep
12 Oct - 18 Oct

Course Coordinator

Wendy Maddocks

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $2,676.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Health Sciences .

All HLTH463 Occurrences

  • HLTH463-26S2 (C) Semester Two 2026