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| Programme title: | Health Promotion |
| Apply: | direct to the University via the NHS Business Unit |
| Start (pt): | September |
| Mode: | part-time |
| Duration: | 1 semester |
| Location: | to be confirmed |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Health & Social Sciences |
Health promotion, and the associated efforts put into education, community development, policy, legislation and regulation, are equally valid for prevention of communicable diseases, injury and violence, and mental problems, as they are for prevention of no communicable diseases. (WHO 2006).
Health promotion strategies are not limited to a specific health problem, nor to a specific set of behaviours. The World Health Organisation (WHO) applies the principles of, and strategies for, health promotion to a variety of population groups, risk factors, diseases, and in various settings.
The department of health (2000) defines health promotion as being about enabling people to have more control over their health, increasing their choices and improving tier health. Globalisation has put both public health and health promotion on the international agenda for health.
Nurses and health professionals need to be able to facilitate effective health promotion improvements with the full understanding of the nature of health and health promotion strategies.
Your learning will be supported through a student centred work focused learning approach. The unit is evidence based and related to current local and national agenda’s.
There will be opportunities for you to engage in a variety of learning experiences. In this way you will be encouraged to relate back to your own practice the key learning outcomes of the unit. This process will be supported by lecturer facilitation, including the delivery of key presentations around the learning outcomes, as well as specialist sessions. You will also be required to plan how to meet the unit learning outcomes relating them to your own practice through the completion of the required assignments.
Additionally your learning will be supported via tutorials, group work, E-learning via BREO and E-learning library resources. You will be able to bring your reflections on experiences in practice to enable integration of theory to practice.
A major part of the learning experience will occur through self directed study, this requires time to reflect, analyse and evaluate experiences from theory and practice, including the client’s journey through care.
You will critically review and evaluate an aspect of health promotion that has significant value to the health of a specific client group. The review must include the role of the nurse and other health professionals. 3000 words
Available to all health and social care professionals / workers currently working or placed within a practice environment related to this unit.
Contact NHS Business Unit for Fees.
See Unit Delivery Schedule for dates.
For more details about the content of this unit please contact Eileen Beesley, Director of International Health Care Programmes
E: eileen.beesley@beds.ac.uk
T: 01582 743056
How to apply:
Please contact the NHS Business Unit or download an application form from the website.
E: nhs-business-unit@beds.ac.uk
T: 01582 743048
F: 01582 743704
