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Course syllabus - Developing Interventions to Promote Health and Prevent Ill-health
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
FHA078
Valid from
Autumn semester 2020
Education level
Second cycle
Progressive Specialisation
A1F (Second cycle, has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements).
Main area(s)
Science of Public Health
School
School of Health, Care and Social Welfare
Ratified
2020-02-10
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
Planning health promotion programs : an intervention mapping approach
4. ed. : San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 2016 - xviii, 678 s.
ISBN: 978-1-119-03549-7 LIBRIS-ID: 18575898
Intervention research : developing social programs
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009 - ix, 211 p.
ISBN: 978-0-19-532549-2 LIBRIS-ID: 11589661
Other Materials
More literature (e.g. articles, web sources or text from book chapters) of maximum 200 pages can be added. Further information will be provided at the course start and on course Canvas.
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Books
Planning health promotion programs : an intervention mapping approach
4. ed. : San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 2016 - xviii, 678 s.
ISBN: 978-1-119-03549-7 LIBRIS-ID: 18575898
Intervention research : developing social programs
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009 - ix, 211 p.
ISBN: 978-0-19-532549-2 LIBRIS-ID: 11589661
Articles
Increasing vegetable intakes: rationale and systematic review of published interventions
European journal of nutrition, 55(3), 869-896, 2016
Life Skills Training: A competence enhancement approach to tobacco, alcohol, and drug abuse prevention. In L.M. Scheier (ed)
Handbook of Adolescent Drug Use Prevention: Research, Intervention Strategies, and Practice, American Psychological Association ISBN: 978-1-4338-1899-8, 2015
Family-based interventions for substance use and misuse prevention
Substance use & misuse, 38(11-13), 1759-1787, 2003
A multihealth behavior intervention integrating physical activity and substance use prevention for adolescents
Prevention Science, 6(3), 213-226, 2005
Objectives
The objective of the course is for the student to acquire further in-depth knowledge of how interventions at the local level can be developed and implemented to promote sustainable healthy living habits and to prevent ill-health and disease.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, students shall be able to:
1 explain and apply definitions and concepts for sustainable living habits and health-promoting work.
2 explain and apply definitions and concepts for unsustainable living habits and preventive public health work.
3 account for and motivate how interventions can be developed, implemented and evaluated
4 suggest how evidence-based interventions can be carried out at the local level
5 assess and reflect on how local interventions are carried out in relation to scientific theories, models and concepts related to sustainable living habits and health-promoting work
Course content
Sustainable living habits and health-promoting work: definitions, basic concepts and theories
Preventive public health work to counteract unsustainable living habits: definitions and concepts
Theories and models related to health-promoting work at the local level
Development and implementation of interventions to promote health at the local level
Evidence-based preventive efforts at the local level
Evaluation of interventions to promote health at the local level
Current research in prevention and health promotion
Specific requirements
30 credits of Master's courses in Public Health Sciences, of which 7.5 credits are in Promoting Sustainable Living Habits and 7.5 credits in Methods for Studying Health, or the equivalent. In addition Sv B/Sv 3 and En B/En 6 are required. For courses given in English, exemption is made from Sv B/Sv 3.
Examination
INL1, Written assignment, 4.5 credits, relating to learning outcomes 3-4, grades Fail (U), Pass (G) and Pass with Distinction (VG).
SEM1, Seminar, 1.5 credits, relating to learning outcome 1, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).
SEM2, Seminar, 1.5 credits, relating to learning outcome 2, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).
For a VG on the course as a whole, a VG on INL1 and a G on SEM1 and SEM2 are required.
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail