PH 241-Case Studies and Special Issues in Health Promotion

Course Description:
This course has two major intentions. Firstly to expose students to a range of health promotion planning and evaluation instruments, techniques and methods. Secondly, and in conjunction with the first intention, to examine a range of health promotion programs and cases, particularly cases that do not fit in easily with a broad approach to health promotion studies.

• Prerequisite Courses: PH 141 or Instructor’s permission

A. PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOS):
The student will be able to:

1. Recognize, describe and discuss and research about the basic public health science facts and principles;
2. List, discuss and demonstrate the essential public health functions and their interrelationships at community and district level;
3. Describe, discuss and research adult, children and family health issues;
4. Discuss and demonstrate an understanding and practice of some generic public health competencies;
5. Demonstrate proper public health skills for public health practice in the community as a national public health officer;
6. Discuss and demonstrate community and cultural sensitivity in the health care environment;
7. Describe, discuss and research the health determinants and problems of adults, children and families;
8. Demonstrate proper cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and first aid techniques and other healing and patient care abilities;
9. Demonstrate the ability and discuss how to make a community diagnosis of the determinants of health in a community;
10. Identify and demonstrate good public health practice;
11. Have had work experience at a public health specialty at community and national levels.

B. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLOS) - GENERAL
The student will be able to:

1. Describe the basics of planning, implementing and evaluating health promotion programs
2. Apply a range of theoretical and practical skills needed to plan, implement, and evaluate health promotion programs in a variety of settings
3. Describe and discuss how basic health promotion activities fit into the overall activities of a specific population group or network
4. Draw up conclusions and lessons learned from the health promotion programs and cases, particularly those that do not fit in easily with a broad approach to health promotion studies

I = Introduced
D = Demonstrated
M = Mastered

C. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLOS) – SPECIFIC
The student will be able to:

General SLO 1: Describe the basics of planning, implementing and evaluating health promotion programs

General SLO 2: Apply a range of theoretical and practical skills needed to plan, implement, and evaluate health promotion programs in a variety of settings

General SLO 3: Describe and discuss how basic health promotion activities fit into the overall activities of a specific population group or network.

General SLO 4: Draw conclusions and lessons learned from the health promotion programs and cases, particularly those that do not fit in easily with a broad approach to health promotion studies

D. COURSE CONTENT

1. Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs
   This part introduces students to proceed in the planning, monitoring and evaluation of health promotion models and provides regional examples and accounts of how and in which circumstances these models are applied. The following topics will be introduced:
   
   1. Introduction to and rationale for project monitoring – monitoring instruments
   2. Planning health promotion programs: instruments, techniques and methods
   3. Implementing health promotion programs: instruments, techniques and methods
   4. Evaluating health promotion programs: instruments, techniques and methods
2. Special Issues Related to Health Promotion and Case Studies
   This part reviews a series of health promotion programs which have been run to promote health and wealth of different groups of people or communities. Special emphasis is placed on the context of the Pacific communities. Case studies of health promotion activities targeting specific population groups; various models of health promotion programs; comparisons of such programs from the planning, implementing and evaluating perspectives will be reviewed and discussed. Topics to be covered include:
   1. Introduction to the rights of the child
   2. Child health promotion and case study
   3. Introduction to youth studies
   4. Youth health promotion and case study
   5. Introduction to gerontology
   6. Health promotion for the elderly
   7. Women’s issues in health promotion
   8. Case studies in women’s health promotion
   9. Health promotion and poverty

1. Lectures: in-class lectures followed by group discussions and activities relevant to the topics presented

F. REQUIRED TEXT AND COURSE MATERIALS
McKenzie JF. et al. (2008). Planning, implementing and evaluating health promotion programs: A primer (5th ed.). San Francisco, California: Benjamin Cummings. (Or most recent edition)

G. REFERENCE MATERIALS
Cottrell RR., Girvan JT., McKenzie JF. (2009) Principles and foundations of health promotion and education (4th Ed.). San Francisco, California: Pearson, Benjamin Cummings. (Or most recent edition) Nutbeam D., Harris E. (2004). Theory in a nutshell (2nd Ed.). McGraw-Hill. (Or most recent edition). Selected readings on Case Studies - Health Promotion programs targeting different population groups and networks.

H. INSTRUCTIONAL COST
none

I. EVALUATION
none

J. CREDIT BY EXAMINATION
None