Module: Health Promotion

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Health Promotion
Module Code	NS390 (ITS) / HEA1017 (Banner)
Faculty	Science & Health	School	Nursing, PsyT & Comm Health
Module Co-ordinator	Kate Pleace
Module Teachers	Gillian Paul
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

The module will enable students to explore the concept of health promotion as a mechanism for health and social gain. It will enable them to develop knowledge, attitudes and skills to provide health promotion interventions to individuals and communities. It will be delivered by lecturers, interactive sessions and seminars.Students are expected to develop critical thinking skills and identify opportunities for their application. Students will be expected to analyse Irish Department of Health and HSE policies, strategies and documentation from different perspectives.

Learning Outcomes

1. Critically analyse the concept of health and health promotion.
2. Demonstrate a knowledge of the key principles of health promotion e.g.education, empowerment, enablement, health promotion in the community, health promotion ethics.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of policy development in health promotion from a national and international perspective.
4. Critically evaluate a selection of health promotion models and approaches.
5. Demonstrate an appreciation of the application of the appropriate approaches to different contexts.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	Interactive lecturers on health promotion
Independent Study	101	Self directed learning
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Concepts of health and health promotion.
Development of health promotion policy nationally and internationally Theories and models in health promotion, Models of Behaviour change

Measuring the health of populations
Needs assessment

Inequalities in health
Inequalities in health

Role of the health promoter
Planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion interventions

Ethics in health promotion
Rights of individuals

Epidemiology
Impact on health promotion

Health Promotion
Module will explore different aspects of health promotion and behavior change

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Completion of online activity	n/a	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Naidoo, J and Naidoo, J: 2016, Foundations for Health Promotion, 4th Ed, Bailliere Tindall, London,
World Health Organization (1986) Geneva: World Health Organisation.: 0, The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.,

Other Resources

54771, www.doh.ie, Department of Health, 0, Publications, Dublin, Department of Health, 54772, website, World Health Organisation, 0, Health Promotion, http://www.who.int/topics/health_promotion/en/, 54773, Website, Health Service Executive, 2019, Making Every Contact Count, HSE, https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/healthwellbeing/making-every-contact-count/, 54774, Website, Health Servcies Executive, 2020, Self Managment Support U/G curriculum, Dublin, Healthy Ireland, https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/healthwellbeing/undergraduate-curriculum-for-chronic-disease-prevention-and-management/self-management-support-undergrad-curriculum/,