SCH-31306 Settings for Health Promotion
Course
Credits 6.00
Teaching method | Contact hours |
Lectures | 16 |
Literature study | |
Problem-based learning | 12 |
Tutorial | 12 |
Self-study |
Course coordinator(s) | dr. ir. HW Vaandrager |
Lecturer(s) | dr. ir. HW Vaandrager |
dr. ir. LWA Klerkx | |
Examiner(s) | dr. ir. HW Vaandrager |
Language of instruction:
English
Assumed knowledge on:
Basic principles of health promotion, recommended: COM-36806 Health Promotion and Behavioural Change
Contents:
Much of what makes people healthy or sick - income, social position, where people live, level of literacy, culture, political system - lies outside the health sector. Health promotion practices require a shift in emphasis from disease focused messages about risk, to a more ecological approach taking into account social, environmental, and cultural contexts in which people live, work, recreate and play (families, schools, workplaces, recreation and communities). A setting is defined as a place or social context in which people engage in daily activities, in which environmental, organisational and personal factors interact with health and well-being. Settings offer an opportunity to effectively and cost-effectively promote health and well-being. In this course we focus settings such as: family/household, educational settings, workplaces, recreation, urban settings and closed settings.
Learning outcomes:
At the end of the course unit, the student is expected to be able to:
-understand theories about the relationship between health and the context in which people live, work, play and recreate;
-identify determinants of health within different settings;
-develop health promotion strategies and evaluation for different settings;
-apply theories and strategies in one of the settings.
Activities:
The course consists of:
- lectures (including guest lectures);
- literature study;
- discussion case studies;
- working on a group paper about a health-promotion approach in one of the settings.
Examination:
- presentation;
- peer reviews;
- research proposal.
Literature:
A reader with the obligatory literature will be available.
Programme | Phase | Specialization | Period | ||
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Restricted Optional for: | MME | Management, Economics and Consumer Studies | MSc | E: Health and Society | 5AF |