Lecture: 4 hours/week
Class time will be used for lecture, group discussion, and group activities. Work outside of the classroom may include reading assignments and online discussion groups
- Terms and concepts
- Health promotion in Canada
- The history and context of health promotion in Canada
- The relationship between health promotion and population health
- Social determinants of health
- The healthy cities and communities approach to health
- Models and theories
- Systems approach
- Social theory
- Ecological model
- Behaviour change/interventions
- Behavioural theory
- Opportunities and challenges of a behaviour change approach to health
- Health equity
- Issues in healthy equity
- Decolonizing health promotion
- Health literacy
- Ethics in health promotion
- Planning a health promotion program
- Entry points for intervention
- Conducting a needs assessment
- Measurement and sampling
- Special topics (e.g., focusing on built environment)
- Implementing a health promotion program
- Developing a community of practice
- Program implementation
- Partnership and resources
- Social marketing
- Evaluating health promotion programs
- Goals, objectives, and outcomes
- Logic models
- Formative, process, outcome, and impact evaluation
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Define and discuss health, wellness, health education, and health promotion;
- Describe and discuss the primary determinants of health and behaviour change;
- Critically explore the concepts and theories of health promotion;
- Critically analyze health promotion approaches in health, social, organizational, and policy contexts;
- Apply the principles of research and evaluation in health promotion;
- Devise a health promotion intervention and an appropriate evaluation;
- Describe how vital statistics and epidemiological data are used for assessment and planning of health education and promotion.
Assessment will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. The instructor will present a written course outline with specific evaluation criteria at the beginning of the semester. Evaluation will be based on the following:
Tests 0-40%
Individual Assignments 0-20%
Applied Health Promotion Project 5-30%
Personal Reflection 0-20%
Group Assignments 0-30%
Participation 0-10%
Total 100%
This is a letter-graded course.
Consult the Douglas College Bookstore for the latest required textbooks and materials. Example textbooks and materials may include:
Cross, R. (current edition). Health Promotion: Global Principles and Rractice. CABI.
Pederson, A. P., Rootman, I., Frohlich, K. L., & Dupéré, S. (current edition). Health Promotion in Canada: New Perspectives on Theory, Practice, Policy, and Research. Canadian Scholars.
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