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Study Course Description
Prevention, Health Promotion and Education
Course Code
SVI_007
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Public Health
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Mārtiņš Zvackis
Structure Unit Manager
Anda Ķīvīte-Urtāne
Structural Unit
Institute of Public Health
Contacts
Riga, 9 Kronvalda boulevard, svek@rsu.lv, +371 67338307
About Study Course
Objective
The study course aims to enhance students' knowledge and skills in health promotion, health education and preventive medicine, emphasizing their role in preserving and improving public health, to raise awareness about strategies for changing health behaviors among various population groups, as well as to develop students' skills to create, implement and evaluate health promotion programs/plans.
Preliminary Knowledge
Public health, Social medicine, Psychology, Ethics, Sociology.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Name and describe the terms most commonly used in preventive medicine, health education and health promotion.
2.Name and explain differences between prevention levels.
3.Identify and explain the principles for establishing prevention and health promotion programmes.
4.Describe health promotion theories and examples of their use in different environments and target groups.
5.Describe the principles of the organisation of preventive and health promotion work.
Skills
1.Carry out a societal analysis setting priorities and target groups for prevention and health promotion work.
2.Recognize and analyze patterns of health behavior change and their use.
3.Select and explain the most appropriate health promotion strategy.
4.Develop and structure a health promotion programme, formulating objectives, activities and evaluation indicators.
5.Able to use the place Standard tool for environmental assessment in health promotion work.
Competences
1.Able to argue and discuss the necessity of health promotion work and assess options for solving the problem.
2.Plan, adapt and integrate health promotion activities in different environments using health promotion approaches and theories.
3.Analyse the usefulness of the methods chosen for health promotion work.
4.Generalize and analyze the results of prevention and health promotion work.
5.Analyse the adequacy of the environment in the context of health promotion and develop reasonable recommendations for health promotion based on the findings.
Assessment
Individual work
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1.
Individual work |
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Test
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Independent work |
30.00% from total grade
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10 points
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Working in groups |
50.00% from total grade
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10 points
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Examination
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% from total grade
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1.
Examination |
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10 points
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Class attendance, participation in group work and presentations (20%). Development and submission of independent works (30%). Development of a health promotion project in small groups and presentation (50%). |
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Concepts used in health promotion, disease prevention and health education, common and different fields. Advances in health promotion: a historical view and modern trends. Health promotion policy internationally (WHO), in Europe and Latvia, key policy documents.
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Concepts used in health promotion, disease prevention and health education, common and different fields. Advances in health promotion: a historical view and modern trends. Health promotion policy internationally (WHO), in Europe and Latvia, key policy documents.
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Class/Seminar
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Location
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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Health promotion and disease prevention levels (primary, secondary, tertiary, quartan prevention). Individual, High risk groups and population strategies in Prevention (kick individuals and kick populations theory), addressing a variety of health promotion challenges.
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3
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Topics
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The concept of health literacy and its usefulness in health promotion.
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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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The integrated approach to health and assessment of health needs in health promotion work: public analysis, key elements and sources of information to be used. Best practice portals.
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Location
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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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A health-promoting environment. Place Standard tool as an environmental assessment tool and its use in health promotion.
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3
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Topics
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Use of the Place Standard tool in practice - assessment of a health-enhancing environment.
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3
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The nature-nurture debate and its role importance in understanding health-affecting behaviors.
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Lecture
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Health behaviour models and their use in health promotion work.
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Lecture
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Health behaviour models and their use in health promotion work.
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Auditorium
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3
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Planning of health promotion work, key elements of the project. Setting goals and priorities for health promotion: from strategic planning to practical implementation. Analysis of local municipality health promotion plans.
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3
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Topics
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Planning of health promotion work, key elements of the project. Setting goals and priorities for health promotion: from strategic planning to practical implementation. Analysis of local municipality health promotion plans.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test (Semester)
Part 2
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Class/Seminar
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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Evaluation of health promotion work, including programmes/projects. Evaluation tasks, implementation phases and methods used — conceptual mapping and other evaluation indicators.
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Lecture
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Recent approaches to changing health behaviour (COM-B model) and their use in health promotion work.
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On site
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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Practical use of health promotion theories at work. Integrating health behavior change theories into developing health promotion programs and using them to solve a variety of problems when working with different target groups.
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3
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Topics
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Multi-sectoral cooperation in health promotion. Diversity of cooperation partners, Community involvement and cross-sectoral cooperation models (HealthyBoost, etc.).
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3
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Topics
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Health promotion campaigns and the role of social media in health promotion and disease prevention. Use of digital technologies in health promotion work.
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3
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Commercial and political determinants in the context of health promotion. Ethical principles in health promotion practices and their solutions.
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3
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Health promotion in educational institutions: the role of these institutions in enhancing the health and well-being of learners while fostering a healthy environment.
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Promoting health in workplaces and healthcare facilities: approaches to improving the health of workers and patients and building a safe environment.
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Location
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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Advocacy of health promotion interests, advocacy issues and the importance of reasoning. Organisation and implementation of English debates.
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Location
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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Presentation of a health promotion project.
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On site
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Auditorium
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3
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Topics
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Presentation of a health promotion project.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Jane Wills. Foundations for health promotion. (2022) 5th Edition
2.
Developing practice for public health and health promotion. (2010). 3nd edition, Jennie Naidoo and Jane Wills, Bailliere Tindall. (akceptējams izdevums)
3.
Gottwald, Mary, Goodman-Brown, Jane. A Guide to Practical Health Promotion. (2012). Open University PressMcGraw-Hill Education McGraw-Hill House Shoppenhangers. USA First published. (akceptējams izdevums)
4.
O'Cathain, A., Croot, L., Duncan, E., Rousseau, N., Sworn, K., Turner, K. M., Yardley, L., & Hoddinott, P. (2019). Guidance on how to develop complex interventions to improve health and healthcare. BMJ open, 9(8), e029954.
5.
Haugan, G., & Eriksson, M. (Eds.). (2021). Health Promotion in Health Care – Vital Theories and Research. Springer.
6.
Glanz, K., Rimer, B. K., & Viswanath, K. "V." (Eds.). (2015). Health behavior: Theory, research, and practice. 5th Edition. Jossey-Bass/Wiley.
7.
Bartholomew Eldredge, L. K., Markham, C. M., Ruiter, R. A. C., Fernández, M. E., Kok, G., & Parcel, G. S. (2016). Planning health promotion programs: an Intervention Mapping approach. 4th Edition. Jossey-Bass Inc.
Additional Reading
1.
Māris Baltiņš. (2003). Lietišķā epidemioloģija. Zinātne. 283-297.
2.
Cragg, Liza, Nutland, Will. (2015). Health Promotion Practice. Open University PressMcGraw- Hill Education McGraw- Hill House Shoppenhangers, USAFirst published.
3.
de Leeuw E. (2024). Health beyond borders: the future of health promotion. Scandinavian journal of public health, 14034948241288272. Advance online publication.
4.
Pronk, N., Kleinman, D. V., Goekler, S. F., Ochiai, E., Blakey, C., & Brewer, K. H. (2021). Promoting Health and Well-being in Healthy People 2030. Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP, 27(Suppl 6), S242–S248.
5.
OECD (2022). Promoting Health and Well-being at Work: Policy and Practices, OECD Health Policy Studies, OECD Publishing, Paris.
6.
Pulimeno, M., Piscitelli, P., Colazzo, S., Colao, A., & Miani, A. (2020). School as ideal setting to promote health and wellbeing among young people. Health promotion perspectives, 10(4), 316–324.
7.
Waltz, T.J., Powell, B.J., Matthieu, M.M. et al. (2015). Use of concept mapping to characterize relationships among implementation strategies and assess their feasibility and importance: results from the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) study. Implementation Sci 10, 109
8.
Barry M. M. (2021). Transformative health promotion: what is needed to advance progress?. Global health promotion, 28(4), 8–16.
9.
Kehoe, T. J., May, A., Holbrook, C., Barker, R., Hill, D., Jones, H., Moodie, R., Varnava, A., & Westmore, A. (2023). The past as present in health promotion: the case for a 'public health humanities'. Health promotion international, 38(6), daad163.
10.
Michie, S., van Stralen, M.M. & West, R. (2011). The behaviour change wheel: A new method for characterising and designing behaviour change interventions. Implementation Sci 6, 42.
Other Information Sources
1.
PVO mājaslapas informācija par veselības veicināšanu
2.
Uzvedības maiņas teorijas (interneta resurss)
3.
The Behavioural and Cultural Insights (BCI) Hub
4.
A guide to tailoring health programmes: using behavioural and cultural insights to tailor health policies, services and communications to the needs and circumstances of people and communities.
5.
Health 2020. A European policy framework and strategy for the 21st century (2013)
6.
Sabiedrības veselības pamatnostādnes 2021.-2027.gadam.