Public Health (online) MPH/PgDip/PgCert: Online distance learning
Health Promotion: Principles and Practice MED5432
- Academic Session: 2024-25
- School: School of Health and Wellbeing
- Credits: 20
- Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
- Typically Offered: Summer
- Available to Visiting Students: Yes
- Taught Wholly by Distance Learning: Yes
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
Short Description
The principles, methods and theoretical approaches to Health Promotion / Improvement will be presented and studied in this course. The planning and evaluation of health promotion programmes at local, regional and national levels will serve as a particular focus.
Timetable
Asynchronous material delivered over ten weeks.
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
A 2,500-word essay [80%; ILO 1, 2, 4]
Set exercise: health promotion poster [20%; ILO 2, 3]
Course Aims
This course aims to introduce students to the theoretical approaches and practice of health promotion, including the planning and evaluation of health promotion programmes at local, regional and national levels.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
On completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Critically appraise the contextual issues when developing healthy public policy
2. Critically assess the principles underlying the development of supportive environments for health promotion
3. Evaluate key aspects of strengthening community action and implementing behaviour change approaches to address health challenges
4. Critically examine evaluation of health promotion practice with regards to the key principles of effective evaluation.
Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits
Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.