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PHM529 - Sexual and Reproductive Health

2026

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Public Health Research

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Unit Description

This unit introduces the key public health concepts and principles in the field of sexuality and reproduction. Public health is concerned with sexual and reproductive health at a population level rather than the individual, and involves maintaining health through social actions such as legislation, policy, advocacy, health promotion, health education, screening/ surveillance and modifying environments. Students will learn how to approach sexual and reproductive health from a public health, human rights and cultural perspective, analyse current data and gain tools for practical service programming for good sexual and reproductive health outcomes.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Outline the sexual and reproductive public health situation in Australia, with specific focus on the Northern Territory.
2.	Conceptualise sexual and reproductive health through the lenses of human rights, culture and diversity.
3.	Understand the tools of monitoring and surveillance, and analyse and communicate essential population sexual health information.
4.	Explain how sexually transmitted diseases and infections are detected, prevented and controlled.
5.	Design good sexual and reproductive health interventions that promote health and ensure safe environments.
6.	Articulate the role of healthy policy and governance in relation to sexual and reproductive health.
7.	Identify and analyse current key sexual and reproductive health data, literature and research.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Infographic (approx. 500 words)	20%	1,2,3,4,7
2.	Written report (2500 words)	40%	1,2,3,4,6,7
3.	Design a public health intervention (2500-3000 words) (Hurdle)	40%	1,2,3,4,5,6,7

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2026	Semester 2	External	External Studies	OLR	View

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