Introduces health promotion principles, practice and evidence through such strategies as education, community development and healthy public policy, with particular relevance to promoting the health of New Zealand adolescents and young adults.
| Paper title | Health Promotion |
|---|---|
| Paper code | PUBH202 |
| Subject | Public Health |
| EFTS | 0.15 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $988.95 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 108 points
- Restriction
- HEAL 202
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Eligibility
Suitable for undergraduates from all disciplines interested in ways to promote the health of communities and populations throughout New Zealand.
- Contact
Convenor: Dr Richard Egan richard.egan@otago.ac.nz
Undergraduate Administrator: undergrad.psm@otago.ac.nz- Teaching staff
Teaching Fellow to be confirmed.
- Paper Structure
The paper covers three main sections:
- Foundations of health promotion
- Programme planning and evaluation
- Actions to improve health, including developing personal skills, creating health-promoting social and physical environments, strengthening community action to improve health and advocating for healthy public policy at all levels of civil society
Assessment:
- Assignment 1: 20%
- Assignment 2: 30%
- Examination: 50%
- Teaching Arrangements
Thirty-three lecture presentations and nine tutorials
- Textbooks
Textbooks are not required for this paper; a course book and key readings are placed on Blackboard.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary perspective, Critical thinking, Ethics.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will be able to:
- Discuss what is meant by health and health promotion
- Understand how the Treaty of Waitangi and ideas of social justice and ethics contribute to the practice of health promotion in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Understand the planning and evaluation process for health-promoting actions
- Understand the principles behind different health promotion actions
