Principles and practices in health promotion
Code
MF34
Department
Health Promotion
Credits
4
Teacher in charge
Isabel Loureiro
Teaching language
Portuguese and English
Objectives
At the end of this unit the student should demonstrate:
- Knowledge about the main components of the concept of health promotion and its history;
- Knowledge of the principles of health promotion as well as reflection about its practical applicability, both for intervention, policy making and individual and collective development;
- Apply the ecological planning and educational model PRECEDE-PROCEED to a health problem;
- Identify evaluation indicators for the impact of organization and political measures in a health promotion programme;
- Identify competence indicators of a community in their health management.
Prerequisites
Subject matter
- Historical evolution of health promotion. Values and Principles.
- Approaches according to the salutogenic and biomedical models
- Practical Implications of the Health promotion principles.
- Community intervention and participation. Needs diagnosis.
- Planning and evaluation of health promotion interventions.
- Health promotion and local authorities: social capital and social networks.
Bibliography
- Green, L.W. & Kreuter, M.W. (2005). Health Program Planning: an ecological and educational approach. N. Y.: MacGraw-Hill (4ª ed.).
- Durlak, JA (1998) Why program implementation is important. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, vol 17 (2) pp 5-18.
- WHO (1986). Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. Ottawa, Canada: WHO. Health and Welfare Canada.
- Hawe, P.; Shiell, A.; Riley, T. (2009) Theorising interventions as events in systems. American Journal of Community Psychology, 43, 267-276.
- Association of Public Health Observatories (2008) - The Good Indicators Guide: Understanding how to use and choose indicators. Coventry: NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
- http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=44584
- http://www.institute.nhs.uk
- http://www.apho.org.uk
Teaching method
- Seminars with debate ;
- Problem Based Learning);
- Application of the PRECEDE-PROCEED model to the health problem diagnosed.
- Develop a relevant diagnosis for public health, and understandable for Health Promotion;
- Contact with community members to discuss the potential to develop synergies amongst the different sectors, develop policy proposals to apply and towards community organization;
- Group Work.
Evaluation method
Oral and written presentation of the group work (50%)
Written test (50%)
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