| CODE | IHC1015 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Health Promotion - Approaches and Methods | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| EQF/MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Faculty of Health Sciences | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Aim The module aims to increase the students' understanding of Health Promotion within their own role as health professionals. It will give an insight into the key concepts and basic principles of Health Promotion, while introducing practical skills necessary for development, implementation and evaluation of Health Promotion initiatives. Health Promotion specialists will discuss how the theory addresses the practice of Health Promotion, using real life experiences. Objectives: Upon completion of this module, the students should be able to: - define the scope of health promotion - identify models of health promotion - identify the key features and values that shape health promotion practice - understand how health promotion differs from related concepts, such as disease prevention and population health - design a health promotion strategy within the context of various health professions - implement and critically evaluate a health promotion strategy within a setting. Content: - Health Promotion theories and basic principles - Charters influencing Health Promotion practice - Approaches to Health Promotion - Determinants of health - Factors that have a bearing on health including but not limited to, the social, behavioral, economic and environmental conditions - Design of Health Promotion interventions - Marketing Health Promotion - Process evaluation - Evaluation of outcomes |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Roderick Bugeja |
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