| CODE | PHE5112 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Physical Activity and Health Promotion | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute for Physical Education and Sport | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit focuses on different health promotion approaches to improving health and physical activity while applying theory to practice to influence health behaviour. Various models of behaviour change will be presented and their use in physical activity interventions will be discussed. Case-studies of interventions in primary health care, the community and workplaces will be presented for discussion. Interventions targeting different age-groups including young people, older people, senior citizens and persons suffering from mental health problems will be reviewed and students will be guided through the stages of developing their own intervention. This study-unit will include analysis of various national and European policies and strategies aiming to promote physical activity together with success stories from EU member states of the World Health Organisation European region. Students will also be guided through planning, designing, and conducting evaluations of complex interventions using the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) guidance document and also to use the RE-AIM framework for this purpose. Study-Unit Aims: - To present different health promotion approaches to improving health and physical activity; - To develop students' ability to apply theory and models of behaviour change to develop interventions; - To increase students' understanding of how national and international policies are contributing towards the promotion of physical activity; - To familiarise students with different stages required to design interventions; - To develop students' ability to critically evaluate different interventions aimed at increasing physical activity in persons of different age-groups and in different settings. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - List the main determinants of health; - Define the role of physical activity in promoting health; - Identify different health promotion approaches to improving health and physical activity; - Identify different models of behaviour change and how they can be applied to interventions; - List different ways to promote physical activity with various age-groups and in different settings; - Identify various models of evaluation of physical activity interventions. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Apply models and theories of behaviour change to practice; - Critically discuss the strengths and limitations of various interventions aimed at increasing physical activity; - Design an intervention to increase physical activity in a particularly target group; - Evaluate policies aiming to increase physical activity; - Work in collaboration with other entities to implement an intervention; - Evaluate an intervention using a process evaluation approach and other frameworks. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Dugdill L, Crone D & Murphy R (Eds) (2009). Physical Activity and Health Promotion: Evidence-based Approaches to Practice. New Jersey, Wiley-Blackwell. - Moore GF, Audrey S, Barker M, et al. Process Evaluation of Complex Interventions: Medical Research Council Guidance. BMJ 2015: 350: h125. Supplementary Readings: - World Health Organisations (2015). Physical Activity Strategy for the WHO European Region. Copenhagen, WHO. - World Health Organisations (2018). Promoting Physical Activity in the Health Sector. Copenhagen, WHO. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Adam Brian Evans Andrew Decelis (Co-ord.) Sara Flory |
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