Health Promotion and Health Improvement
University of HuddersfieldUniversity of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH
Course overview
Health promotion aims to promote the health and wellbeing of individuals and groups within the community and the wider population. It includes a wide spectrum of social and environmental practices and interventions that are directed at protecting individual’s health and improving their quality of life. This course is aimed at health and social care practitioners who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills in order to effectively incorporate health promotion activities into their role.
Across the module you will cover a range of topics related to health promotion and health improvement including: the definitions of health promotion; communication and marketing of health promotion and interventions; health promotion approaches; behaviour change and theoretical frameworks for change across a range of health behaviours; ethical dilemmas around health promotion; impact evaluation of effective interventions; community development and principles of building community capacity; global contextualisation of health improvement; global challenges in health promotion and evaluation.
Key highlights
- Designed for health and social care practitioners enhancing their role
- Covers behaviour change and theoretical frameworks across health behaviours
- Explores communication and marketing of health promotion interventions
- Includes impact evaluation of effective health interventions
- Examines community development and building community capacity
- Considers global challenges and ethical dilemmas in health promotion
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:1 — to include subject; or above
Scholarships
The Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship
Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship Scheme provides a fee waiver of at least 50% on full-time or part-time research degrees, some schools may offer 100%.
Careers this course leads to
- Health Promotion Specialist
- Health Improvement Practitioner
- Public Health Practitioner
- Community Health Development Worker
- Health and Wellbeing Coordinator
Cost of study
UK/Home: £740 | International: £18,700
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Huddersfield, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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