Health Promotion (U04309)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : BMS-4-HePro

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

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Permission of the Curriculum Approval Officer.

? Costs : None

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Medical Sciences (Biomedical Sciences), (School of Biomedical Sciences, Schedule T)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
23/09/2008	14:00	16:00			Biomedical Seminar Room 3, BMTO, Medical School, Teviot Place

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	14:00	17:00	Med+Vet

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.