Health Promotion
Course
In Dunsland Cross
Description
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Type
Course
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Location
Dunsland cross
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Start date
Different dates available
Health Promotion: A Distance Learning Course by BSY This Health Promotion course is a distance learning course designed to provide students with a comprehensive overview of health promotion to enhance their existing health skills. Whatever area of therapy students are involved in, ranging from natural health to professional healthcare, a basic understanding of health promotion will be invaluable and aid in a student's continued professional development. We are all targeted by government campaigns to prevent concerning areas such as stress, diabetes, or obesity, and as such health promotion is relevant to everyone's life and health needs. We are all encouraged to take our own responsibility for wellbeing and to adopt a healthier lifestyle. Learn how in this health promotion course!
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Subjects
- Public
- Media
- Planning
- Public Health
- Skills and Training
- Government
Course programme
The course syllabus is structured as follows:
- Lesson One
- Concepts of Health
- Introduction
- Health and Wellbeing
- How We Define Health
- Responsibility for Health and Wellbeing
- Main Models of Health
- Health Promotion - A Definition
- Factors That Affect Health and Wellbeing
- Social Class and Patterns of Health
- Health Inequalities and Government Policy
- Concepts of Health
- Lesson Two
- Measuring Health for Health Promotion and Education
- Introduction
- Quantitative Research
- Qualitative Research
- Research Ethics
- Undertaking the Research
- Selecting Participants and Recording the Data
- Census and Epidemiological Data
- Public Health Data
- The World Health Organisation (WHO)
- Measuring Health for Health Promotion and Education
- Lesson Three
- Health Promotion Models and Approaches
- Introduction
- Screening Programmes
- Health Promotion Approaches
- Health Promotion Models
- Politics and Rights
- Health Promotion Models and Approaches
- Lesson Four
- Health Services and Service Provision
- Introduction
- Historical Overview
- Service Provision and Organisation
- Reflective Practice, Evidence-based Practice and Reorientation
- The Health Promoters
- Promoting Health via the Health Care Sector
- Public Health and Health Promotion Contributor
- Health Services and Service Provision
- Lesson Five
- Personal Skills and Behaviour Change
- Introduction
- Theories and Models of Behaviour Change
- Counselling Techniques for Health Promoters
- Behavioural Changes
- Personal Skills and Behaviour Change
- Lesson Six
- Public Health Policy/Community Action
- Introduction
- Recap on Public Health Provision
- Defining Healthy Public Policy (HPP)
- Health Impact Assessment (HIA)
- The Emergence of Healthy Public Policy
- Healthy Public Policy and Health Promotion
- Public Health Policy/Community Action
- Lesson Seven
- Media Routes for Health Promotion
- Introduction
- Overview of Modern Media
- Media Effects and Models
- The Role of Mass Media in Health Promotion
- Scope and Limitations of Media in Health Promotion
- Media Routes for Health Promotion
- Lesson Eight
- Contexts and Settings for Health Promotion
- Introduction
- Health Promotion in the Workplace
- Health Promotion in Schools
- Health Promotion in Hospitals
- Health Promotion in Neighbourhoods
- Health Promotion in Prisons
- Contexts and Settings for Health Promotion
- Lesson Nine
- Assessing Health Needs
- Introduction
- How Are Needs Assessed?
- Why Assess Health Needs?
- Health Needs Assessment Information
- Prioritising Need
- Risk Assessment
- Planning and Review
- Assessing Health Needs
- Lesson Ten
- Planning Health Promotion Campaigns
- Introduction
- Venues for Health Promotion Activities
- Leadership and Planning
- Collecting and Analysing Data from Health Promotion Activities
- Questionnaire Design
- Which Approaches to Use?
- Using a Range of Media for Health Promotion
- Planning Your Own Campaign
- Health Promotion Planning Models
- Quality Assurance
- Planning Health Promotion Campaigns
Additional information
Expenses
For information on the cost of this training course, please contact BSY.
Instalment plans are available.
Health Promotion