Health Promotion 2B (ORAL20002)

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• Work effectively with individuals and groups to improve health literacy and promote their oral health;
• Plan, deliver and evaluate oral health education for community groups;
• Use culturally sensitive approaches in communication and health promotion;
• Apply ethical principles to the practice of oral health therapy
• Use a research framework to plan for the oral health therapy research project undertaken in third year.

Comprehend:

• The characteristics of health education programs and their evaluation;
• The role of health education as a component of health promotion;

and the principles of:

• Teaching methodologies and their application to health education;
• The evaluation of health education interventions; and
• The role of regulations, ethics and education in influencing the practice of oral health therapy.

Demonstrate:

• The capacity to communicate with people and the community to identify and address health education needs;

and an understanding of:

• The techniques for planning, delivery, and evaluation of a variety of health education activities; and
• policies that shape oral health therapy practice
• the legislation governing the practice of oral health therapy
• ethical principles and their application.

Appreciate:

• The dimensions of health education and health promotion within the delivery of dental, medical, allied health, and educational services; and

The concepts of ethical and professional practice and the responsibilities of health practitioners in the community.

Generic skills

On completion of this subject, students should have developed skills in:

• Conflict resolution and management of people;
• Preparation of research proposal;
• Planning, delivery and evaluation of programs; and
• Professional practice and ethics.