This is public health : Australian students’ understanding of public health Geraghty, Caoimhe and Fanany, Rebecca 2011, This is public health : Australian students’ understanding of public health, International journal of health wellness and society, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 176-195. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads fanany-thisispublic-2011.pdf Published version application/pdf 1.06MB 208 Title This is public health : Australian students’ understanding of public health Author(s) Geraghty, Caoimhe Fanany, Rebecca orcid.org/0000-0001-7208-7975 Journal name International journal of health wellness and society Volume number 1 Issue number 2 Start page 176 End page 195 Total pages 20 Publisher Common Ground Publishing LLC Place of publication Champaign, Ill. Publication date 2011 ISSN 2156-8960 Keyword(s) This is Public Health Campaign University Students Understanding Australia Health Promotion Campaigns Summary This is Public Health Campaign,Young adults are a frequent target of health promotion campaigns in Australia yet there is evidence to suggest that this cohort has little understanding of the nature and intent of Public Health initiatives in their own environment. This paper describes the results of a study that evaluated the knowledge and understanding of public health of a sample of 333 first year health science students at an Australian University. Students were asked to submit photographs depicting their ideas about public health and accompany these with a written rationale for their choices. The results of the study suggest that the students at this level have a narrow interpretation of public health and do not understand the organized nature of public health efforts or the aims of such initiatives. This study provides important insight into the thinking of this cohort of young Australians, both in the context of preparing them for future careers in public health as well as in relation to their response to health promotion campaigns targeting them. Language eng Field of Research 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal HERDC collection year 2011 Copyright notice ©2011, Common Ground Publishing Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30045079 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation School of Humanities and Social Sciences Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 10 May 2012, 10:26:55 EST Thu, 10 May 2012, 10:27:51 EST Thu, 10 May 2012, 12:40:17 EST Mon, 14 May 2012, 14:30:53 EST Mon, 14 May 2012, 14:32:24 EST Fri, 12 Apr 2013, 08:30:55 EST Fri, 12 Apr 2013, 08:36:54 EST Mon, 15 Jul 2013, 09:29:33 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 18:57:35 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:32:32 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:56:50 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 533 Abstract Views, 210 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 10 May 2012, 10:26:45 EST by Kylie Koulkoudinas