Gwybodaeth Modiwlau

Module Identifier
ED31420
Module Title
HEALTH AND EDUCATION
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Dr Malcolm Thomas
Semester
Semester 2

Course Delivery

Delivery Type Delivery length / details
Seminars / Tutorials 10 Hours.
 

Assessment

Assessment Type Assessment length / details Proportion
Semester Assessment 2,500 words  Assignment:  50%
Semester Exam 3 Hours   50%
Supplementary Assessment All failed or missing elements of assessment to be re-taken or made good. 

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module, students should be able to:

  • understand the key concepts and models in health education;
  • understand how the health message is promoted by referring to a wide range of epidemiological studies;
  • demonstrate the influences of health education and promotion on society; and
  • examine the key roles of: schools, families, health care organization, and industry, to effectively promote health education.

Brief description

The last 20 years has witnessed an on-going debate as to what constitutes the best strategy for improving the health of the nation. Among the issues examined are: key concepts in health education; the influence of diet, exercise and physiological stress on health; indicators to good health; epidemiology and its role in health education; risky behaviours; health education and promotion; factors influencing the health promoting message; the influence of health promotion on society; health and academic performance; and health promotion in schools.

Aims

  • Extend the academic contents of the existing ten-credit module into a twenty-credit module;
  • Provide students with more time and opportunity to undertake a health-related survey;
  • Enhance the active participation of students in group-project work that will enable them to acquire key interpersonal and research skills.

Content

  • Introduction: an insight into the meaning of the terms 'Good Health' and 'Healthy Eating'
  • Key concepts and models in health education
  • Key concepts and models in health education
  • Nutritional disorders: their role in health education. The influence of diet, exercise and physiological stress on health
  • Indicators to good health
  • Epidemiology: its role in health education
  • Health education and promotion: identifying key models
  • The influence of health promotion on society
  • Factors influencing the health promotion message
  • Health promotion in schools.

Reading List

Supplementary Text
Bowling, Ann Measuring Health edition 2r.e. Open U.P. Primo search Dines, Alison Health promotion Blackwell Scientific Publications Primo search Downie, R.S. Health Promotion edition 2r.e. Oxf.U.P. Primo search Health of the Nation H.M.S.O. Primo search Keirle, K ; Thomas, M. (2000) Research in Science and Technological Education The influence of school health education programmes on the knowledge and behaviour of school children towards nutrition and health http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SEQ=20040115164145&PID=647&Search_Arg=Research in Science and Technological Education&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20&HIST=1 edition 18 part 2 pages 173-191 Carfax Thomas M, Benton D, Keirle K and Pearsall R (1998) Health Promotion International A review of the health promoting status of secondary schools in Wales and England http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=health+promotion+international&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 edition 13 part 2 pages 121-130 Thomas M, Benton D, Keirle K and Pearsall R (2000) The Welsh Journal of Education An investigation into the factors that prevent secondary schools becoming health promoting http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=welsh+journal+of+education&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 edition 9 part 1 pages 64-77
BOWLING, A (1991) Measuring Health: A review of quality of life measurement scales Milton Keynes: Open University Press Primo search DINES, A and CRIBB, A (eds) (1993) Health promotion concepts and practice. Blackwell Scientific Publications. Primo search DOWNIE, R S, FYFE, Carol and TANNAHILL, Andrew (1990) Health Promotion Models and Values. Oxford: Open University Press Primo search HMSO (1992) The health of the nation: a strategy for health in England. London: HMSO Primo search KEIRLE, K and THOMAS, M (2000) The influence of school health education programmes on the knowledge and behaviour of school children towards nutrition and health. Research in Science and Technological Education, 18(2), 173-190. Primo search THOMAS, M, BENTON, D, KEIRLE, K and PEARSALL, R (1998) A review of the health promoting status of secondary schools in Wales and England. Health Promotion International, 13(2), 121-129. Primo search THOMAS, M, BENTON, D, KEIRLE, K and PEARSALL, R (2000) An investigation into the factors that prevent secondary schools becoming health promoting. The Welsh Journal of Education, 9(1), 64-77 Primo search

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6