Promotion and Health Education

Code: PED01615L

2.5 ECTS

Duration: 8 weeks/65 hours

Scientific Area: Education Sciences

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, Spanish

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Presentation

Good levels of education generate competent and tend to be prosperous societies. Health promotion and education is one of the determining factors for achieving a good level of education.

Sustainable Development Goals

Saúde e bem-estar - Assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar para todos, em todas as idades.

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

- Explain the concepts of health promotion and health education in the world we live
- Know the ABC model
- Understand the model of empowerment in health education
- Select methods and procedures in health education
- Select theories and models with applicability in health education that best fits the problem
- Planning an intervention in health education based on practical guides

Module I - Health and Education
Module II - The ABC model: a radical approach to health education
Module III - The model of empowerment in health education
Module IV - Methods and procedures
Module V - Planning for health education

Teaching Methods

Assessment of learning will focus on the theoretical and practical components. All students who attend 75% of the classes can be submitted to the Continuous Assessment Scheme. This regime is carried out by means of an individual written test (60%) and the provision of a practical test (40%).
Students who opt for the Examination Scheme, or being obliged to do so, will carry out a practical test (40%) through an individual written test (60%).
Worker-student students should contact the teacher during the first two weeks of classes, in order to be aware of the evaluation regime to which they will be obligated and to be scheduled the moments of the tests.