Proactive development of health promotion and evaluation models (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Content scheduling

- Determinants of health and inequality in terms of health promotion (1/3 of the course, 45 h)
- Models of intervention planning and evaluation (2/3 of the course, 90 h)

Objective

Purpose of the course
The purpose of the course is to increase your understanding of the principles of health and well-being promotion. In addition, the purpose is for you to understand the importance of systematic planning and evaluation in promoting population health, as part of the health and well-being promotion activities of public, private and third sector actors.

Course competencies:
Proactive development (You know how to lead the development of new, future-oriented solutions and produce new information using various research and development methods)
Learning to learn (You promote your own and your work community's continuous learning and development of expertise by utilizing knowledge from different fields and the opportunities of digitalization)
Sustainable development (You develop sustainable and responsible practices in your work and support sustainable change in your work community and society)

Course objectives:
After completing the course, you will be able to apply health promotion models and approaches in the development, coordination, planning and evaluation of health promotion activities of individuals and communities, as well as public, private and third sector organizations, taking into account the perspective of sustainable development.

Content

You will learn to utilize evidence-based health promotion planning and evaluation models as part of the evaluation and development of health promotion programs and interventions.

In the course, you will learn to identify the determinants of health that affect individual and population health, such as socioeconomic status, environmental conditions and lifestyles. You will learn to understand how, by considering the determinants of health, we can develop more effective health promotion strategies.

You will learn to recognize health inequalities and differences in health status between different population groups that are due to social, economic and environmental factors.

You will also learn to recognize the levels of health promotion activity (individual, community and society) and to plan effective and comprehensive measures for health promotion.

Location and time

On-line course. Moodle online learning platform is open 25.8.2025.

Webinars at Zoom:
1. Fri 5.9.2025 at 9-14
2. Wed 24.9.2025 at 15.30-17.30
3. Wed 8.10.2025 at 15.30-17.30
4. Wed 5.11.2025 at 17-18
5. Thu 5.12.2025 at 8.30-15.30

Materials

Green, J., Cross, R., Woodall, J. & Tones, K. 2019. Health promotion: planning and strategies. 4nd edition. United Kingdom: SAGE. (Health and health promotion, Assessing health and its determinants, Health promoting planning - a strategic approach, Evaluation)

Kemm, J. 2014. Health Promotion. Ideology, Discipline, and Specialism. Oxford University Press.

Green, L. W., Gielen, A. C., Ottoson, J. M., Peterson, D. V., Kreuter, M. W., & Fielding, J. E. (2022). Health Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation: Creating Behavioral, Environmental, and Policy Change. Johns Hopkins University Press.

IUHPE Accreditation / Practitioners, www.iuhpe.org

WHO: Determinants of health

United Nations: Sustainable development

Other relevant material will be agreed in the beginning of the course.

Teaching methods

On-line course. Moodle as an online learning platform. Webinars at Zoom.
This course includes webinars and guided independent studying.
Webinars: pre-assignments, group work, peer discussion, lectures. Partly flipped learning.
Independent study contain: learning materials, learning assignments and written learning assignment (individual) and presentation (PechaKucha), written self-assessment.

International connections

Part of learning materials are in English.

Completion alternatives

On this course you can use studification in accordance with JAMK's degree regulations.

Student workload

- webinars 18 h and pre-assignments 24 h
- Independent study (reading course material, learning assignments) 93 h
- Total 135 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Sufficient 1
The student recognizes models and approaches for promoting health in the coordination, planning, and evaluation of health promotion activities for individuals and communities, as well as public, private, and third sector organizations.

Satisfactory 2
The student can describe models and approaches for health promotion in the development, coordination, planning, and evaluation of health promotion activities for individuals and communities, as well as public, private, and third sector organizations. The student recognizes content relevant to expertise in health promotion.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good 3
The student can apply key models and approaches of health promotion in the development, coordination, planning, and evaluation of health promotion activities for individuals and communities, as well as public, private, and third sector organizations taking into account the perspective of sustainable development. The student can evaluate their own expertise in health promotion and its development.

Very good 4
The student can critically apply models and approaches of health promotion in the development, coordination, planning, and evaluation of health promotion activities for individuals and communities, public, private, and third sector organizations taking into account the perspective of sustainable development. They can integrate information from various sources and critically evaluate materials related to health promotion planning and evaluation. They can also critically evaluate their own expertise in health promotion and its development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent 5
The student can creatively apply models and approaches of health promotion, based on research, in the development, coordination, planning, and evaluation of health promotion activities for individuals and communities, public, private, and third sector organizations taking into account the perspective of sustainable development..The student can creatively develop their expertise in health promotion.

Further information

The grade for the course is determined by a written learning assignment, which is assessed on a scale of 0-5 according to the course evaluation criteria. The learning assignment is presented orally using the PechaKucha method (the presentation is required as part of the course completion).

Intermediate tasks are assessed as pass/fail (not considered as part of the numerical assessment of the course, a pass is required). At the end of the course, the student prepares a written self-assessment, which is also evaluated as pass/fail (not considered as part of the numerical assessment of the course, a pass is required).

Peer assessment is utilized as part of the evaluation of the intermediate task and the oral presentation of the learning assignment.