Perspectives and Contexts of Health Promotion and Health Education

Catalog description

Pre- requisites: ADSS 6516, EDSA 6573 This hybrid course acknowledges the managerial challenges associated with the development and implementation of health education programs. The course prepares students to effectively design and implement health education programs to optimize performance an d resource allocation and achieve expected outcomes. This entails strengthening knowledge and skills to analyze key issues in human resources and the development of a culturally diverse workforce; budgeting; decision -making; identifying of internal/external funding sources; grant -writing; and promoting organizational change. Teaching strategies include interactive class exercises, interactive lectures, independent study and individual and group discussions with course instructor. At the end of the course, s tudents will create a proposal for health education services in various settings and populations.