Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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Coursework Only The reassessment will reflect the original assessments but will questions will be altered to reduce the risk of plagiarism. |
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Description The module aims to provide students with evidence-based knowledge and skills specific to health promotion at an individual and population level. The module will equip students with competencies relevant to the practice of health promotion in a variety of healthcare settings as outlined by the International Union of Health Promotion, the World Health Organization’s Ottawa Charter and the WHO-ASPHER Competency Framework for the Public Health Workforce. Students will be encouraged to apply their newly acquired knowledge to their specific role and the assessments will give students the opportunity to link theory to public health practice. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Critically evaluate the definitions of health and wellbeing with an emphasis on the lifecourse approach to health 2. Describe and critically appraise the biological, psychological, social and commercial determinants of health 3. Articulate and demonstrate in-depth knowledge of key concepts of health promotion and appraise ethical issues associated with health promotion and public health initiatives 4. Critically appraise the settings approach to health promotion 5. Critique and apply understanding of health promotion models including behaviour change models 6. Discuss and critically evaluate how nurses can influence national and global health promotion and public health policy and practice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
LO1Conceptualising health, illness and wellbeing The lifecourse approach to health The WHO conceptual framework of the lifecourse Positive and negative influences across the lifecourseLO2Exploration of the determinants of health Focus on social determinants of health Inequities in healthLO3Principles of health promotion Advocacy, enablement, mediation in health promotion Health LiteracyLO4Settings approach to health promotion Health promotion for marginalised groupsLO5Exploration of the application of health promotion models and approaches Health promotion strategies at individual and population level InfodemicsLO6Health promotion and public health policy Developing healthy public policy Intersectoral collaboration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indicative Reading List
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Other Resources 59517, Report, World Health Organization, 2020, WHO-ASPHER Competency Framework for the Public Health Workforce in the European Region, Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 59518, Report, Government of Ireland, 2017, Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Slaintecare, Dublin, Government of Ireland, 59519, Report, Marmot, M et al., 2021, Build Back Fairer: The Covid-19 Marmot Review, London, The Health Foundation, 59520, Report, World Health Organization, 2021, Health Promotion Glossary of Terms 2021, Geneva, WHO, 59521, Report, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, 2015, Post Registration Nursing and Midwifery Programmes: Standards and Requirements, Dublin, NMBI, 59522, Report, International Union for Health Promotion and Education, 2018, IUHPE Position statement on health literacy: a practical vision for a health literate world, Paris, IUHPE Global Working Group on Health Literacy, 59523, Report, Rosa, W., Hannaway, C., McArdle, C. et al, 2021, Nurses for Health Equity: Guidelines for Tackling the Social Determinants of Health, Qatar, WISH, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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