Power and Empowerment in Health Promotion
In health promotion, balancing the rights and responsibilities of the individual, the community, the health promoting agencies and the state is a major concern. And issues of power, education and empowerment are of primary importance. For example, health promotion programmes aimed at behaviour change are often criticized as individualistic and dis-empowering. This module seeks to critically explore such issues.
Key topics
>Experiential and deep learning vs surface learning
>Theories of Paulo Freire regarding education as stimulus for change – relevance to health promotion
>Theories of Michel Foucault regarding knowledge as power and bio power
>Debates around power and health, power and health promotionImplications of an empowering health promotion practice
>Power and empowerment practice in community development and participation
>Power and empowerment among marginalised groups
Assessment
There are a number of formative assessments that you complete as part of your study and forward to your academic tutor for grading and comments.
You’ll also take a summative assessment at the end of your module that determines your final mark
Summative Assessment Breakdown
40% Essay
60% Presentation and Write-up
Please note there are additional assessment fees for each module.