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Module Number:
| 14110
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| Module Title: | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention |
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Gesundheitsförderung und Krankheitsprävention
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| Department: |
Faculty 2 - Environment and Natural Sciences
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| Responsible Staff Member: | -
Dr. rer. nat. habil. Rödiger, Stefan
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| Language of Teaching / Examination: | English |
| Duration: | 1 semester |
| Frequency of Offer: |
Every winter semester
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| Credits: |
6
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| Learning Outcome: | Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to:- Conveying the basics and strategies, as well as understanding the differences and overlaps between disease prevention and health promotion
- Knowledge of the concepts of primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary prevention
- Ability to plan and implement measures to improve health at the individual and population level
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| Contents: | - Understanding the Foundations of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Exploring Primary Prevention Techniques to Avoid Disease Manifestations
- Implementing Secondary Prevention for Early Disease Detection
- Tertiary and Quaternary Prevention: Managing Existing Conditions and Ethical Considerations
- Developing Effective Health Promotion Strategies to Strengthen Individual Resources
- Addressing the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases Through Lifestyle Interventions
- Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of Effective Prevention Programmes
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| Recommended Prerequisites: | none |
| Mandatory Prerequisites: | none |
| Forms of Teaching and Proportion: | -
Lecture
/ 4 Hours per Week per Semester
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Self organised studies
/ 120 Hours
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| Teaching Materials and Literature: | - Health Promotion: Foundations for Practice" by Maggie Davies and Wendy Macdowall - A comprehensive textbook covering the principles, strategies and settings for health promotion.
- "Introduction to Public Health" by Mary-Jane Schneider - Includes sections on health promotion and disease prevention approaches at the population level.
- "Oxford Textbook of Public Health" edited by Roger Detels et al. - A definitive reference work with detailed chapters on health promotion and disease prevention concepts and interventions.
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| Module Examination: | Final Module Examination (MAP) |
| Assessment Mode for Module Examination: | written exam 120 min |
| Evaluation of Module Examination: | Performance Verification – graded |
| Limited Number of Participants: | None |
| Part of the Study Programme: | -
Bachelor (research-oriented) /
Life Science and International Health /
PO 2025
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| Remarks: | The teaching is carried out externally by HC Ranja, MD, PhD. |
| Module Components: | - Lecture / 4 Hours per Week per Semester
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