Global Health Promotion (5cr)
Code: V1500-3003
General information
- Enrollment
- 24.05.2021 - 30.05.2021
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.08.2021 - 31.12.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Virtual proportion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Campus
- Laurea Tikkurila
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 0 - 32
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Global Health and Crisis Management (SYV7), Laurea Tikkurila
- Teachers
- Elsi Haverinen-Mottaghi
- Study unit
- V1500
Learning outcomes
The student is able to
- apply evidence based knowledge, theories, models and methods in global health
- analyze and syntheses the preventive manner global health topics
- create new and safe approach to global health services
Teaching methods
(Online) lectures, individual assignments and final pair/group work. The outcomes of the pair/group work will be presented during the Tikkurila campus international week 2021. The course contents integrated to the Global Health Communication course.
Learning materials and recommended literature
Mandatory course book to read: Nutbeam, D., Harris, E. & Wise, M. 2010. Theory in Nutshell, A practical guide to health promotion theories. (some copies available in library)
Bekalu, A. M., Bigman, A. C., McCloud, F. R., Lin K, L. & Viswanath, K. 2018. The relative persuasiveness of narrative versus non-narrative health messages in public health emergency communication: Evidence from a field experiment. Preventive Medicine 111, 284-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.11.014
Koplan, J.P., Bond, T.C., Merson, M.H., Reddy, K.S., Rodriguez, M.H., Sewankambo, N.K., Wasserheit, J.N. and Consortium of Universities for Global Health Executive Board. 2009. Towards a common definition of global health. Lancet 373(9679):1993-5.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(0 9)60332-9/fulltext
Kumar, S., & Preetha, G. (2012). Health promotion: an effective tool for global health. Indian journal of community medicine: official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine, 37(1), 5–12. https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.94009
French, D.P., Cameron, E., Benton, J.S., et al. (2017). Can communicating personalized disease risk promote healthy behavior change? A systematic review of systematic reviews. Ann BehavMed. 2017;51:718–729.
McDermott, M.S., Oliver, M., Iverson, D., et al. (2016). Effective techniques for changing physical activity and healthy eating intentions and behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Br J Health Psychol. 21:827–841.
Evaluation scale
H-5