Social Action Approaches in Public Health

SHE level 11
SCQF credit points 15
ECTS credit points 7.5
Module code MMB725021
Module Leader Adeniyi Adeboye
School School of Health and Life Sciences
Subject Nursing
Trimester A (September start), B (January start), C (May start), A (September start), B (January start), C (May start)

Summary of content

Guided by the Social Determinants approach to health, this module aims to encourage and enable students to enhance their knowledge and understanding on how community development approaches aim to support communities to address health inequalities. In addition it will provide students with the skills to be able to critically analyse and evaluate the relationship between public health theory and its application to social action.
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Module details

Module structure

Activity Total hours
Lectures 21
Tutorials 12
Practicals 0
Seminars 0
Independent Learning 87
Assessment 30
Placement 0

Assessment methods

Component Duration Weighting Threshold Description
Course Work001 100 45 Essay (3000 words)