Course: Health Promotion Programs and Projects

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Course title Health Promotion Programs and Projects
Course code KAZ/PBZD@
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Cichá Martina, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Hřivnová Michaela, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
World Health Organization (WHO) - principle, strategy, functioning, control. Public health state authorities: public health authorities, legislation. Health promotion programs in an international context, controlled by WHO: Health 21 and Health 2020 and their modifications: Zdraví 21, Zdraví 2020; Health promoting school; Healthy city/town, Healthy region: principles and their philosophies, basic rules; examples of preventive programs and health promotion programs at schools. Examples of health promotion programs and projects, controlled by The National Institute of Public Health and other state or non-state organizations and institutions. Draft of a model project, made by students, focusing on health promotion, health education, and development of health literacy - its objectives (assumed effectivity), target audience, schedule, material and technical conditions, project evaluation etc. Transfer of particular health promotion/health education/ health literacy increasing programs and projects into the educational reality.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Attendace - 13 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 7 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 5 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
After passing the course, students should be able to: - Characterize the importance of projects, and their making, in health education as a crucial part of an educational process (at all types of schools and school facilities), - Explain the essence of the World Health Organization - principles and strategic intentions, - Characterize the specifics of health promotion programs with their general and partial objectives on both - national and international level (especially programs Health 21 and Health 2020), - State the particular examples of organizations, programs, and projects which lead to health promotion, health education, and development of health literacy of the particular population groups (main focus on pupils at a primary and lower secondary level of education), - Suggest their model project at a local level (for fulfilling the needs of a school), which intends to improve the level of health literacy of pupils (or at least minimize a risky lifestyle behavior of pupils and other groups of people), - Specify the utilization of health promotion/health education/health literacy improving programs and projects in educational reality.
Students gain an overview of the health promotion and health literacy increasing programs and projects in CR and abroad. Students gain competence in drafting their educational project, focusing on developing the health literacy of a target audience.
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Seminar Work

Full-time study: a combination of an oral and written form of verification of the acquired knowledge (colloquium), active participation in the seminars (minimum of 80% attendance), elaboration of a final paper on a given topic - rafting a project, self-study - preparation for the colloquium. Part-time study: a combination of an oral and written form of verification of the acquired knowledge (colloquium), active participation in the tutorials, a study of recommended sources, elaboration of a final paper on a given topic - rafting a project, self-study - preparation for the colloquium.
Recommended literature
  • HŘIVNOVÁ, M. a kol. Stěžejní aspekty výchovy ke zdraví. Olomouc: UP, 2010. ISBN 978-80-244-2503-0..
  • HŘIVNOVÁ, M. Lexikon dobré praxe: výchova ke zdraví a zdravému životnímu stylu v mateřské škole. Brno: Anabell, 2013. ISBN 978-80-905436-2-1..
  • http://www.euro.who.int/en/countries/czech-republic.
  • NEJEDLÁ, M. (ed.). Program Škola podporující zdraví. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7422-406-5..
  • Rozvoj zdravotní gramotnosti na období 2015?2020. Akční plán č. 12. Zdraví 2020 Národní strategie ochrany a podpory zdraví a prevence nemocí. [on-line]. Ministerstvo zdravotnictví, 2015. Dostupné na www: http://www.mzcr.cz/Admin/_upload/files/5/ak%C4%8Dn%C3%AD%20pl%C3%A1ny%20-%20p%C5%99%C3%ADlohy/AP%2012%20rozvoj%20zdravotn%C3%AD%20gramotnosti.pdf..
  • ŘEHULKA, E. Zdraví-učitelé-škola. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016. ISBN 978-80-210-8254..
  • STRNADLOVÁ, A. Tvorba a metodika k podpoře zdraví. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2011. ISBN 978-8097368-978-0..
  • www.szu.cz.
  • www.who.int.
  • Zdraví 2020 ? Národní strategie ochrany a podpory zdraví a prevence nemocí. Praha: Ministerstvo zdravotnictví České republiky, 2014. ISBN 978-80-85047-47-9..
  • Zdraví 21. Dlouhodobý program zlepšování zdravotního stavu obyvatelstva ČR. Zdraví pro všechny v 21. století. Praha: Ministerstvo zdravotnictví České republiky, 2003. ISBN 80-85047-99-3..
  • Zpráva o zdraví obyvatel České republiky. Praha: Ministerstvo zdravotnictví České republiky, 2014. ISBN 978-80-85047-49-3..


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Health Education: Teaching Focus (BB21) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Health education with focus on education (BB22) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Health education with focus on education (BB20) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Health education with focus on education (BB19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Health Education: Teaching Focus (BB20) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Health Education: Teaching Focus (BB19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Health education with focus on education (BB21) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Health Education: Teaching Focus (BB22) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter