2023
Education for Health
Name: Education for Health
Code: PED11186M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Education Sciences
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
- Explain the concepts of health promotion and health education in the world we live in
- Know the ABC model
- Understand the model of empowerment in health education
- Select methods and procedures in health education
- Select models and theories with applicability in health education that best fits the problem
- Know the theme of prevention and tobacco control.
- Acquire practical first aid in schools
- Plan an intervention in health education based on practical guides
- Know the ABC model
- Understand the model of empowerment in health education
- Select methods and procedures in health education
- Select models and theories with applicability in health education that best fits the problem
- Know the theme of prevention and tobacco control.
- Acquire practical first aid in schools
- Plan an intervention in health education based on practical guides
Contents
- Education and health.
- Factors that determine the level of health and disease in the world today.
- Paradigms of health promotion.
- Environment and Health.
- Health promotion and education.
- Emerging fields in health education.
- Health in the post transactional societies in the twenty-first century.
- Healthy Living and evolution of disability.
- The ABC model and the model of empowerment in health education
- Theories and models in health education.
- Perception of risk communication and prevention.
- Group work and the development of preventive behaviors.
- Habits of risk and prevention: Prevention of diseases of our time with a healthy diet; Body and health: determinants and implications of body dissatisfaction; Prevention and mental health promotion; Neuroscience as a meeting point for the prevention and treatment of addiction; Transmitted diseases; The school and some health problems in childhood; Risks, accident rates and injuries.
- Factors that determine the level of health and disease in the world today.
- Paradigms of health promotion.
- Environment and Health.
- Health promotion and education.
- Emerging fields in health education.
- Health in the post transactional societies in the twenty-first century.
- Healthy Living and evolution of disability.
- The ABC model and the model of empowerment in health education
- Theories and models in health education.
- Perception of risk communication and prevention.
- Group work and the development of preventive behaviors.
- Habits of risk and prevention: Prevention of diseases of our time with a healthy diet; Body and health: determinants and implications of body dissatisfaction; Prevention and mental health promotion; Neuroscience as a meeting point for the prevention and treatment of addiction; Transmitted diseases; The school and some health problems in childhood; Risks, accident rates and injuries.
Teaching Methods
In the theoretical issues, it is the exposure of the themes, appealing to students' prior knowledge and the transferability to situations in their future professional reality. In the practical component, followed by independent research methodologies and communication training, presentation of papers with the group. There is scope for community intervention, with strong know-how in preventing smoking. The assessment includes these three fields: a written test (knowledge) - 50 %; evaluating the content, resource produced and communication (oral presentation) - 15%, peer evaluation (community intervention) - 35%.
Teaching Staff
- Jorge Manuel Rodrigues Bonito [responsible]
- Jorge Manuel Rodrigues Bonito [responsible]
