| CODE | CLS1327 | ||||||
| TITLE | The Promotion of Health and Wellbeing at Work | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Centre for Labour Studies | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study of the promotion of health and wellness at work provides a wide view of the occupational determinants of health, including the prevention of ill health, promotion of healthy lifestyle habits; promotion of health concepts; relevant legislation, and their application at the workplace. Study-Unit Aims: The study-unit aims to introduce students to the promotion of health and wellness at work, and its role within occupational health and safety. The unit will provide knowledge on the key concepts and principles of health promotion, whilst enabling students to develop, implement and evaluate health and wellness programs within the place of work. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Define the following: health; health determinants; holistic concept; investment for health; health promotion versus health education; - Evaluate the value of the biopsychosocial model of health promotion and the WHO/EURO Ottawa charter; - Conduct a situational analysis of the challenge of health promotion in Malta and its workplaces; - By means of group work and case studies, analyse the role, objectives and methods of communication and campaigning in health promotion; - Identify how health promotion needs in relation to specific interventions are identified by means of a situational analysis; - By means of an analytical final assessment, analyse the following topics relevant to health and wellness promotion in the workplace: lifestyle and health risks at work; biological and genetic factors; smoking; exercise; nutrition and fitness; alcohol; sexual practices; sleep; stress; marital status; violence; - Evaluate the topic of substance abuse at work through class discussion and final assessment including: prevalence of substance abuse; origins and biology of addictive behaviour; community based sanctions focusing on substance misuse; ethical and societal considerations; inventory of drugs of abuse and their effects; signs, symptoms, basic facts and effects of alcohol and other drugs; policies and strategies in substance abuse; - Analyse Prochaska and Di Clemente鈥檚 model of change by means of case studies on the creation of services to help people change, including on the topics of: Tobacco; Overweight; GU Clinic; Health Education Initiatives; - Discuss and apply relevant legislation and regulation pertaining to health promotion at work within the above learning outcomes. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Communicate workplace health and wellness principles effectively to stakeholders including employees and employers; - Conduct situational analysis in order to identify occupational health promotion needs; - Develop, implement and evaluate health promotion initiatives for a variety of topics within occupational settings; - Work with relevant individuals such as occupational doctors, human resource department, worker representatives to influence workplace health promotion policies. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Bauld, L. et al. (2005). Promoting Social Change: The Experience of Health Action Zones in England. Journal of Social Policy, 34(3), 427-445. - Blas, E. & Sivasankara Kurup, A. (2010). Equity, social determinants and public health programmes. Geneva: World Health Organisation. - Crombie, I.K. et al. (2005). Closing the Health Inequalities Gap: An International Perspective. Copenhagen: World Health Organisation. - Dahlgren, G. & Whitehead, M. (2006) Levelling up (part 2): a discussion paper on European strategies for tackling social inequities in health. Studies on social and economic determinants of population health, No. 3. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe. - Nutbeam, D.; Harris, E.; Wise, M. (2010): Theory in a Nutshell: A Practical Guide to Health Promotion Theories. - Wilkinson, R. & Marmot, M. (2003). The social determinants of health - the solid facts (2nd Ed). Denmark: World Health Organisation. - World Health Organisation. (2008). Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health: final report of the commission on social determinants of health. Geneva: World Health Organisation. Supplementary Readings: - Ewles, L. & Simnett, I. (2010). Promoting Health: A Practical Guide. Edinburgh: Ballierre Tindall. - International Labour Organisation (1999). Management of alcohol- and drug- related issues in the workplace. Geneva: ILO. - Stahl, T. et al. (2006). Health in All Policies Prospects and potentials. Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Health Department, Finland & European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Helsinki. Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/social_determinants/strategy/Marmot-Social%20determinants%20of%20health%20inqualities.pdf. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Maryanne Massa |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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