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Health Promotion Program Development

Critical Thinking

Course Description

Health promotion program development in community, worksite, and hospital settings. Emphasis given to program content, strategies, overall planning, and implementation.


Athena Title

Health Promotion Program Devel


Prerequisite

HPRB 3700 and HPRB 5410W


Pre or Corequisite

HPRB 5010


Semester Course Offered

Offered fall and spring


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Student Learning Outcomes

  • Students will be able to describe different models of program planning.
  • Students will be able to apply an appropriate planning model in the development of health promotion programs.
  • Students will be able to describe the major social psychological and educational theories of health behavior.
  • Students will be able to design a health promotion program plan based on identified community health needs.
  • Students will be able to identify instructional strategies for different populations.

Topical Outline

  • Introduction
  • Intervention Plan Overview
  • Health Education/Promotion
  • Ethics
  • Models
  • Theory
  • Planning Process
  • Mission Statement/Rationale
  • Goals/Objectives
  • Needs Assessment
  • Data Collection
  • Grant Writing
  • Budget
  • Marketing
  • Timeline Development
  • Implementation Strategies
  • Coalitions/Work Groups
  • Resource Management/Time Management
  • Information Management/Personnel Management
  • Power
  • Leadership
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Reporting
  • Final Report Writing

Institutional Competencies

Critical Thinking

The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.



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