SCH-31306 Settings for Health Promotion

Course

Credits 6.00

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.