Health Promotion (MA)

The Postgraduate Diploma in Health Promotion offers a taught programme of eight modules, delivered over two semesters to full-time students and over four semesters to part-time students. The MA course incorporates the taught component of the Postgraduate Diploma programme together with a minor dissertation based on original research, which is undertaken over the summer months with a submission date in late August.

The programme aims to provide students with professional education and training in the principles and practice of health promotion. Students will acquire knowledge and skills in the following:-

• Theoretical background to the concepts and principles of health promotion and the application of theory to practice
• Determinants of physical, mental and social well-being.
• Key factors influencing the promotion of positive health.
• Application of a range of different health promotion approaches and strategies across diverse population groups, topics and settings.
• Critical role of the research process and its application in the development of knowledge and best practice in health promotion.

Subjects in this course includes:-

• Required HP504: Dissertation
• Required HP832: Research Methods
• Required HP846: Foundations of Health Promotion
• Required HP847: Health Promotion Practice
• Required HP848: Determinants of Health
• Optional HP852: Re-Orienting Health Services
• Optional HP150: Evaluation of Health Promotion Programmes
• Optional HP849: Promoting Healthy Behaviour
• Optional HP850: Promoting Mental Health & Well Being
• Optional HP853: Supportive Environments for Health
• Optional HP845: The European Dimension in Health Promotion
• Optional HP6106: Workplace Wellness
• Optional HP6101: Cardiovascular Health and Diabetes Prevention
• Optional HP140: Mental Health Promotion