NMHS32450 Health Promotion and Sociology

Academic Year 2020/2021

All the lectures for this module will be online. The aim of the module is to enable students to engage with and critique contemporary health promotion practice at the micro and macro levels. This is achieved by gaining an understanding of the broad determinants of health and well-being through the layers of influence as outlined in the social-ecological model. Approaches and strategies to maximise health and well-being for individuals and populations will be critically evaluated through a sociological lens.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to:
Describe and critique concepts of health, wellbeing and health promotion.
Describe and critique health promotion interventions and strategies to addressing the following key public health issues; tobacco, nutrition, physical activity and alcohol from a socioecological perspective.
Critically discuss national health promotion strategies and policies, health literacy and motivational interviewing.
Describe sociological critiques of health promotion discourses and practices.
Explain, through the concept of medicalisation, sociological arguments that health promotion regulates humans’ mental and physical status at various stages of the life course.
Describe and critique how good health is not just a matter of individual behaviour but also is shaped by socioeconomic status and gender.

Indicative Module Content:

Health and Health Promotion concepts
Socio Ecological Model
Health literacy
Motivational Interviewing
Tobacco
Alcohol
Physical Activity
Nutrition
National Health Promotion strategies and policy
Sociology of health promotion
Medicalisation
Social determinants of health
Gender, family and health
Sociology of mental illness

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

25
Autonomous Student Learning

91
Online Learning

9
Total

125
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
All lectures for this module will be online. They will be delivered synchronous or asynchronous or as podcasts. Other teaching and learning strategies used include directed learning activities and You Tube clips. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Students are required to submit a 1,200 assignment based on the Sociology section of the module in week 13. Week 12 n/a Graded No

50
Assignment: Students are required to complete a 1,200 word assignment based on the Health Promotion section of the module. Week 8 n/a Graded No

50

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will receive feedback for the assignments online in Brightspace. Feedback for the Health Promotion unit assignment will be provided individually via a rubric. Group generic feedback will be provided for the Sociology module assignment with brief individual feedback also.