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Health Promotion and Prevention
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:14.00
Study Course Accepted:30.08.2024 08:12:25
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SVUEK_109 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Information and Communication Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Aija Bukova-Žideļūna | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Institute of Public Health | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, Kronvalda boulevard 9, svek rsu[pnkts]lv, +37167338307 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 20 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 40 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basics in public health and epidemiology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Develop understanding and competence in theoretical and practical issues of health promotion and disease prevention. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Historical development of the concept of health promotion. Development of health promotion nowadays. Health promotion in Latvia. The WHO and international policy on health promotion. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | The concept of health in the health promotion, associated factors. Health promotion and health education. Health promotion and disease prevention. High-risk group and population based strategies. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Health promotion in Latvia. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | The concept of health in health promotion. Health promotion and health education. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Health promotion and prevention of diseases: similarities and differences. High-risk groups and population strategies for prevention of diseases and health promotion. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | The WHO Depositary: Publications, Database, Data and Information Search Opportunities. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Health promotion approaches. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Use of health promotion approaches in the health promotion programmes and improvement of public health. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Health promotion in different environments: at workplaces, schools, healthcare institutions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Involvement of the community in health promotion. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | A life-cycle approach to health promotion. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Theories applied in research and practice of health promotion. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Theories of individual, interpersonal and community health behaviour. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Cooperation partners and multi-sector cooperation in health promotion. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 15 | Health promotion programmes: analysis of public health, identification of health needs. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Health promotion programmes: planning of health promotion work, core elements of the plan/programme. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 17 | Strategy and plan for evaluating health promotion programmes. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 18 | Evaluation of health promotion programmes: selection of indicators. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 19 | Ethical principles in health promotion. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Selection and reading the literature. Defining issues. Presentation and analysis of health policy documents. Analysis of health promotion approaches and theories. Analysis of population/target groups, selection of necessary data for reasoning. Analysis of health promotion programmes. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The final assessment is a cumulative assessment consisting of: a) active participation during clases (completing all activities) – 20%. b) submission and presentation of independent work — 40%. c) submission and presentation of the final work – 40%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful completion of the course, students will: • define and distinguish between disease prevention levels; • identify and describe disease prevention strategies; • outline the concept and basic principles of health promotion; • describe key elements of health promotion; • list theoretical models used to promote health; • describe the main stages of health promotion programmes; • outline the main approaches to health promotion. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful completion of the course, students will: • apply the concepts used in health promotion; • assess differences between disease prevention, health education and health promotion; • compare and explain the advantages and disadvantages of a high risk and population strategy; • generalise and discuss the principles of application of the basic elements of health promotion in the development of health policy and programmes. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On successful completion of the course, students will: • justify the idea and role of the health promotion approach in the context of today’s public health issues; • discuss and justify the role of health promotion and disease prevention in improving public health; • assess the opportunities for the use of communication strategies in health promotion programmes. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Metodiskie materiāli veselības veicināšanā, SVEK, (2014). | ||||||||
| 2 | WHO Regional Publications, European Series, No. 92 Evaluation in health promotion. Principles and perspectives WHO, (2001). | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Blake D. Poland, Lawrence W. Green, & Irving Rootman. (2000). Settings for Health Promotion: Linking Theory and Practice. SAGE Publications | ||||||||
| 2 | Corcoran, N. (2013). Communicating health: Strategies for Health Promotion. London: SAGE Publications, Ltd | ||||||||
| 3 | Laverack, G. (2014). The pocket guide to health promotion. McGraw-Hill Education. | ||||||||
| 4 | National Cancer Institute (2005). Theory at a Glance – A Guide For Health Promotion Practice | ||||||||
| 5 | SPKC (2020). Latvijas reģionu veselības profils 2010-2019 | ||||||||
| 6 | WHO (1978). Declaration of Alma-Ata, International Conference on Primary Health Care, Alma-Ata | ||||||||
| 7 | WHO (1981). Global Strategy for Health for All by the Year 2000 | ||||||||
| 8 | WHO (2017). Interventions for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases | ||||||||
| 9 | WHO (1998). Life in the 21st century: a vision for all: report of the Director-General. | ||||||||
| 10 | WHO (2009). Milestones in Health Promotion Statements from Global Conferences | ||||||||
| 11 | WHO (2013). Promoting Health for All and Social Justice in the Era of Global Capitalism. A call to action by the People’s Health Movement at the 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion | ||||||||
| 12 | WHO (2019). Promoting health in the SDGs, Report on the 9th global conference for health promotion: All for Health, Health for All | ||||||||
