SUBJECT

Health Development and Preventive Programmes in Education

practical

master

Faculty of Education and Psychology

3

Semester 3

Autumn semester

Aim of the course

The main purpose of the course is to provide the students with appropriate in depth knowledge in the below thematic areas:

• conceptual background and framework of public health and health promotion related issues;
• the different conceptual perspectives of health promotion and their evolution;
• the relationship between drug prevention and health promotion;
• trends and tendencies in health promotion – the Hungarian and the international situation;
• actual and realistic opportunities of public education institutions related to health promotion
• the main action fields and features of health promotion interventions;
• intervention planning, monitoring and evaluation – main theoretical considerations and their practical implementation

Learning outcome, competences

knowledge:

• has got a deeper understanding regarding the social determinants of health and illness;
• properly understands the basic procedures relevant in modifying human behaviour with special respect to the organisational circumstances of a public education institutions
• has an understanding regarding planning and developing health promoting interventions, as well as monitoring and evaluating. them

attitude:

• is open towards the interdisciplinary handling/tackling of the emerging problems
• is taking into consideration the culturally sensitive aspects of health related problems and is willing to apply this approach whilst dealing with them.

skills:

• is able to develop complex health promotion related interventions whilst working in small groups
• is able to take into consideration and exploit the special perspective of a psychologist whilst working on modifying the behaviour of the target group
• is able to formulate critical and well substantiated comments on health promoting interventions and express sound recommendations in this regard.

Content of the course

Topics of the course

• Development of theories and practices in the field of public health – health promotion.
• Milestones of the development process from the bio-medical approach to the bio-psycho-social interpretation of health and the different anthropologies and theories underpinning health related behavioural changes.
• Emerging categorisation of prevention interventions; problem centred and target group oriented approaches. The setting approach will be discussed in details.
• The needs of the public education institutions and the existing prevention/health promotion programmes: demand and supply side. The criteria of choosing and developing appropriate prevention programmes, with special emphasis on the properties of the organisation and the target group (students and teachers).
• Methodologies related to the practical implementation of health promoting programmes at school level.

Learning activities, learning methods

During the course a mixed approach will be applied: lectures combined with interactive discussions and with students’ presentations on relevant scientific articles and practical experiences. After and related to the presentations in-depth discussion of the topics will be ensured.

Evaluation of outcomes

Learning requirements, mode of evaluation, criteria of evaluation:

requirements

• Written essay in group to check the theoretical knowledge of the participants.
• Written assignment (in 5-7 pages) on a pre-agreed topic presented and discussed during the semester

mode of evaluation: practical mark

criteria of evaluation:

• theoretical and practical knowledge obtained during the semester
• the spirit of the course

Compulsory reading list

• Paksi B., Demetrovics Zs. (szerk): Drogprevenció és egészségfejlesztés az iskolában. NDI. L’Harmattan, Budapest, 2010.
• Európai drogprevenciós minőségi standardok, Nemzeti Kábítószer Adatgyűjtő és Kapcsolattartó Központ, 2012 (http://drogfokuszpont.hu/wp-content/uploads/prevencios_minosegi_standardok_HU.pdf

Recommended reading list

• Felvinczi K. (2009): Az iskola lehetőségei az egészségfejlesztésben. Az egészségfejlesztés kritériumai (p. 42-59) In.: Máté Zsolt, Szemelyácz János (szerk.) :Az iskolai szociális munka kézikönyve INDIT, Pécs
• Meleg, Cs. Egészséget támogató iskolai környezet, Új Pedagógiai Szemle, 2005 november
• Aaron Antonovsky (1996):
• Redefining Public Health: Epidemiology and Social Stratification, with Sir Michael Marmot (Conversations with History) http://www.uctv.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=6920