Global Health Promotion (5 op)

Tavoitteet

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

Oppimateriaali ja suositeltava kirjallisuus

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.

Toteutustapa

(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.

Arviointiasteikko

H-5