Developing Young People's Health Literacy: A rural secondary school case study
Principal Supervisor: Associate Professor Matthew Winslade
Co-Supervisor: Dr Gregory Auhl
Co-Supervisor: Associate Professor Lena Danaia
Co-Supervisor: Dr Lana McCarthy
Given the importance of developing young people's health literacy, and the espoused opportunity presented by the Australian Health and Physical Education Curriculum, the central aim of the research is to investigate whether a curriculum document, and its content elaborations, provides New South Wales Health and Physical Education teachers, with the opportunity to enhance secondary students' health literacy levels.
In order to explore the broader aims, six sub aims are proposed as follows:
I live in Bathurst, and attended Charles Sturt on campus to do an undergraduate degree which turned into an honours degree and was invited to do a PhD by my honours supervisor.