Undergraduate Course: Health Promotion (MSBM10003)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Biomedical Sciences |
College |
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Medical Sciences (Biomedical Sciences) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
What is involved in health promotion? How can we work effectively to prevent ill health and promote positive well being? How best can we address and reduce inequalities in health, internationally, nationally and locally? The course will explore what we know about effective practice in creating healthy and sustainable environments, developing public policy that protects and promotes health, providing good health education and helping people, individually and collectively, to take greater control over their health and the factors that influence it. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Med And Vet | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 17:00 | | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
Determinants of health and causes of inequalities in health;
The roles of a wide range of different disciplines within all sectors (public, private, not for profit, community) undertaking action to promote health;
What is known about effective health promotion practice in developing healthy and sustainable environments, health promoting public policy, preventative programmes and health education;
Internationally agreed principles of health promotion including equity, participation, empowerment, sustainability;
The basic processes involved in planning, implementing and evaluating health promotion activity.
Demonstrate an ability to:
Take a critical approach to different models, concepts and approaches to health promotion;
Make constructive use of health promotion research and theory in designing and planning health promotion activity;
Take an informed part in debate about issues and dilemmas involved in health promotion;
Identify and develop the health promotion potential in future personal roles.
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Assessment Information
| Course Work (100%) |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Philip Larkman
Tel: (0131 6)50 3517
Email: P.Larkman@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Victoria Farrar
Tel: (0131 6)50 3717
Email: v.farrar@ed.ac.uk |
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