Postgraduate Course: Health Promotion (PUHR11001)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The course will begin by providing a grounding in the key principles and concepts of health promotion, followed by a critical introduction to a range of health promotion strategies and action. It will introduce and provoke discussion of determinants of health at different levels, drawing on theory related to intervening at each level. It will introduce and encourage critical reflection on models for planning health promotion and approaches for evaluating health promotion. Examples of good practice will be used to illustrate and explore key issues, and a variety of current health promotion concerns will enhance the courses relevance to contemporary health promotion. |
| Course description |
This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the theoretical and empirical basis of health promotion, and enable them to plan and evaluate health promotion policies and programmes.
The course will be structured into the following topics:
1. Introduction to the course; Health Promotion, principles, aims and objectives
2. Individual and social determinants
3. Community-centred approaches
4. Evaluating Health Promotion and Health Promotion in action (case study)
5. Health Promotion in action (case study) and Students Presentations
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 75 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 22,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
76 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
a) Group presentation: focusing on key components involved in planning a health promotion intervention (25% of the overall grade for the course)
b) Written essay: focusing on critical reflection on the challenges of planning a health promotion intervention (75% of the overall grade for the course). |
| Feedback |
Students will receive formative or summative feedback on all assessed pieces of work. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the underlying principles, key concepts and relevant theories of health promotion
- Identify, define and critically compare key health promotion strategies and approaches within the field of public health.
- Plan the development, delivery and evaluation of an intervention to address a public health challenge and critically reflect on the process.
- Work collaboratively with peers to apply and communicate key health promotion principles and concepts.
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Reading List
A detailed reading list is available via the university library resource lists, including both core and further reading for each of the five weeks.
Several textbooks provide useful overviews on health promotion planning and/or evaluation including:
Green, J., Cross, R., Woodall, J., Tones, K. Health Promotion - planning and strategies (4th edition). 2019 SAGE.
Wills, J. Foundations for Health Promotion (5th edition). 2023, Elsevier Limited. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | public health,health promotion |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Helen Eborall
Tel:
Email: h.eborall@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Sam Chase
Tel:
Email: schase@ed.ac.uk |
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