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HU Credits:
3
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Public Health - International Prog.
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
English
Campus:
Ein Karem
Course/Module Coordinator:
Gina Leib
Coordinator Office Hours:
By arrangement with Coordinator
Teaching Staff:
Ms. Gina Leib
Course/Module description:
An introductory course in Health Promotion and Health Behaviour
Course/Module aims:
•To familiarize the students with the basic terminology of health, health education and health promotion.
•To familiarize the students with the conceptual differences between health promotion and health education.
•To facilitate knowledge about health promotion principles and practice around the world.
•To facilitate a common understanding about how health promotion is constructed, maintained and reinforced.
•To facilitate knowledge and awareness of the determinants of health and their connection to health and health behavior of the individual, groups and communities and the complexities involved in effecting health behavior change.
•To facilitate knowledge of commonly used models and theories which predict, explain and form behavior.
•To facilitate an understanding of the processes involved in planning, implementing and evaluating a health promotion program.
•To facilitate the planning of a small scale health promotion program for changing individual or group health behavior in one's own communities.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
•To understand the basic terminology of health, health education and health promotion.
•To be familiar with the conceptual differences between health promotion and health education.
•To have gained knowledge about health promotion principles and practice around the world.
•To have developed a common understanding about how health promotion is constructed, maintained and reinforced.
•To be aware of the determinants of health and their connection to health and health behavior of the individual, groups and communities and the complexities involved in effecting health behavior change.
•To have a basic knowledge of commonly used models and theories which predict, explain and form behavior.
•To have gained an understanding of the processes involved in planning, implementing and evaluating a health promotion program.
•To have planned a small scale health promotion programme for changing individual or group health behavior in one's own communities.
Attendance requirements(%):
80%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lectures, Discussions, Group Work, Group Presentations, Multimedia
Course/Module Content:
Introduction: Health, Health Education and Health Promotion History of Health Education and Health Promotion, Definitions and Charters of Health
Models of Health Promotion Determinants of health
5 action areas
HP around the world
Ecological approach
HP for individuals, groups and communities
General and cultural factors affecting HB Ones own health behaviour
Developing personal skills – behaviour change models SLT, HBM, HLOC
Transtheoretical Model – individual, group and community
Planning Models : Precede-Proceed and Intervention Mapping
Practical HB theory
What is a Community? Definitions/ Levels of participation/ Models
Community Development and Community Building
Health Promotion Settings
Required Reading:
1. WHO Health Promotion Glossary: new terms
Smith BJ, Tang KC, Nutbeam D Health Promotion International
2006 Dec;21(4):340-5.
http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/content/21/4/340.full.pdf+html
2. Health literacy as a public health goal: a challenge for contemporary health education and communication strategies into the 21st century.
Nutbeam D. Health Promotion International Vol.15, No.3 2000 pp 259-267`
3. The Health Belief Model Can Guide Modern Contraceptive
Behavior Research and Practice
Stidham Hall K. J Midwifery Womens’ Health 2012;57:74–81
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1542-2011.2011.00110.x/pdf
4. In Search of How People Change
Prochaska J.O, DiClemente C.C, Norcross J.C
American Psychologist Vol. 47, No. 9, Sept 1992
5. What is a Planning Model? An introduction to PRECEED-PROCEED
Crosby R, Noar SM, J Public Health Dentistry 2011 Vol 71, supplt S7-S15
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-7325.2011.00235.x/pdf
6. Using Intervention Mapping to Develop a Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program for Hispanic Farmworkers: Cultivando La Salud
Fernández ME, Gonzales A, Tortolero-Luna G, Partida S, Bartholomew LK.
Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 6, No. 4, 394-404 (2005)
Additional Reading Material:
1. Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
Abstract from First International conference on Health Promotion
WHO, Geneva 1986 http://www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/ottawa_charter_hp.pdf
2. Health Promotion Glossary WHO 1998
http://www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/hp_glossary_en.pdf (25 pages)
3. Theory at a Glance U.S National Cancer Institute 2005
http://www.cancer.gov/PDF/481f5d53-63df-41bc-bfaf-5aa48ee1da4d/TAAG3.pdf (52 pages)
4.Health Behavior: Theory, Research, and Practice Glanz K, Rimer BK, Viswanath K (eds) (2015). Jossey- Bass. 5th edition
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 60 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 30 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 10 %
Preparation/Participation in Class
Additional information:
None
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