PUBH202 Health Promotion

Overview

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.

About this paper

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: Assoc Prof Richard Egan

Undergraduate Administrator: undergrad.psm@otago.ac.nz

Teaching staff

Assoc Prof Richard Egan

Dr Bronwen McNoe (Senior Research Fellow)

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

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.
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Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete the paper will be able to:

• Discuss what is meant by health and health promotion
• Understand how te Tiriti o 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

Assessment details

• Assignment 1 = 20%
• Assignment 2 = 30%
• Examination = 50%

Timetable