PH432 : Awareness & Health Education

Department

Department of Public Health

Academic Program

Bachelor in public health

Type

Compulsory

Credits

03

Prerequisite

Overview

1

Course code and title

PH432- Awareness and Health Education

2

Course coordinator

Dr. Sarra Mohamed Ahmed Aabu maeza

3

Course type

Specialized course

4

Prerequisites code

5

Department /Division offering the course

Public Health

6

Departments teaching the course

Public Health

7

Total credit hours

3 credit- 5hrs /week

8

Language of instruction

English

9

Level of course (Year/Semester)

2nd Year/ Fourth semester

10

Date of specification approval by Council

2009-2010

Intended learning outcomes

A. Knowledge and Understanding

A.1

Define terms relevant to health education

A.2

Identify the philosophy, goals, and approaches of health education

A.3

Use principles and process of health education in health and sickness

A4

Identify the principles of counseling.

A5

Provide health education to individuals, families, and other specific groups within the community, such as women of reproductive age, youth, and adolescents, based on identified needs.

B. Intellectual Skills

B.1

Discuss the objectives and different scopes/areas of health education

B.2

Discuss the process of health education

B.3

Explain the teaching learning process

B.4

Discuss factors affecting the learning process

C. Professional and Practical Skills

C.1

Apply the concept of adult learning in teaching community health workers and the public at large.

C.2

Plan a health education program and counseling sessions to family with developmental health needs or crisis.

C.3

Apply the methods of health education (instructional methods).

C4

Apply health education techniques and strategies of teaching and learning process to achieve change in individual’s behavior.

C5

Design how to use and produce health education media

D. General Transferable Skills

D.1

Apply the acquired skills that help to work as a health team member in the different public health scopes.

D.2

Evaluate the developed health education sessions and programs according to targeted client modification change in health behavior.

D.3

Plan health education programs

Teaching and learning methods

1. Illustrated lectures and group discussion.

2. Lecture discussion.

3. Student seminar /presentation

Methods of assessments

s.n.

Assessment Method

Due (week)

Weight (%)

Notes

1

Midterm exam

Week fifth and tenth

20%

Written

2

Oral exam

3

Practical exam

Week fourteen and sixteen

20%

4

Final exam

Week seventeen and eighteen

50%

Written

5

Assignments/HWs

Week four and week twelve

10%

Quizzes

Total (%)

100%

Course References

Type

Title

Publisher

Edition

Author

Availability

Lecture notes

Community Health Nursing,

Lippincott, New york

5 th edition

Lippincott,

Swanson ,Y.M.(2001)

Textbook

Client Education: Theory and Practice

Mosby Books,St. Louis

3rd Ed.

Babcock,D.M and Miller .M.A.(2002)

Reference books

Health: The Basics

San Francisco, CA Pearson Ed. Inc..

(10th edition). (2013).

Donatelle, Rebecca

Periodicals

WHO report series

Journal of Health Education

Websites

WWW.UNICEF.ORG

Other

Notes edited

course coordinator