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LO1 Describe the key life stages across the lifecourse, and how they affect health and wellbeing.

Academic Year 2020–2021

Health and Wellbeing across the Lifecourse

Module summary content and aims:

Welcome to the Health and Wellbeing across the Lifecourse Module. We are looking forward to teaching and working with you on this module to further develop your knowledge and skills about health and introduce you to ideas about promoting health with individuals. This module will further deepen their thinking on the determinants of health by exploring health holistically across an individual’s life and across community groups, how health risks change over time, and the kinds of interventions that are used to protect and improve health and prevent disease across the lifecourse. The aim of this module is to introduce the concept of the ‘lifecourse’, exploring key theories of human development from pre-conception to old age and how health issues change over time. Students will reflect on the key influences on their own development and other members of their family. Key concepts and theories of health promotion and how an understanding of the lifecourse is useful in planning health promotion for different age groups will be explored. Key content:

• Key life stages across the lifecourse: preconception and pregnancy, infancy and early years, childhood and adolescence, working age and adults older people.

• Health determinants and health risks across the lifecourse.

• Nature vs. nurture.

• Medical, salutogenic, social and ecological models of health.

The most important thing you can do is to spend 2-3 hours every week reviewing the teaching session and doing some self-directed study following up on the key ideas of the session, for example-doing your own reading on the topic from different research papers, books, policy papers etc and through the materials provided in each week’s session (e.g. PowerPoint presentation and group work). Ask yourself whether you really understand what is discussed in the slides and the group work. Check out YouTube for a video on the session topic. Please ask your tutors for further support and explanation if you do not understand what is taught in the class. If you have any questions about the course or this module please do not hesitate to contact any one of the module team. You can also use the discussion boards to ask questions of lecturers as well as fellow students.

We hope you will enjoy the module learning outcomes to be assessed

At the end of this module, students will be able to:
LO1.Describe the key life stages across the lifecourse, and how they affect health and wellbeing.

LO2.Assess how determinants and inequalities influence people differently across the lifecourse.

LO3.Identify the opportunities for undertaking health promotion interventions at different life stages.

LO4.Recognise and discuss how different beliefs and perspectives about health, illness and wellbeing influence how people engage with health promotion interventions.

Summative 2 Written Assignment 2250 words

Assessment brief including criteria mapped to learning outcomes

Summative Assessment 2 Details [2nd part LO1 theoretical/conceptual, LO2, LO3, LO4]

Write an essay focusing on one stage in the lifecourse (eg. preconception and pregnancy, infancy and early years, childhood and adolescence, working age and adults older people).

Explain how the life stage is affected by the determinants of health, and individual and community beliefs and attitudes.

Describe the key diseases experienced in that life stage and how these impact on health.

Discuss the impact of nature, nurture, sociological, psychological and cultural theories which might impact on this health problem.

Describe the health promotion interventions used to prevent disease and protect and improve health.

Assessment task: 2250 words written essay (plus reference list) Weighting: 75% Turnitin submission box on Blackboard If you cannot use the Turnitin submission box for any reason you must email the essay to your group lecturer before the due date and time otherwise your essay mark may be capped at 40%.

Marking scheme:

 The University Quality Handbook Assessment Supplement.

 Assessment guidelines and good practice.

 Generic Marking Scheme – undergraduate courses

%

Descriptor

86 – 100

The standard achieved is exceptional and the work provides clear evidence that the knowledge, understanding and skills are at a level appropriate to the level of study. There is evidence showing that all the learning outcomes appropriate to that level are achieved with many at an exceptional standard.

76 – 85

The standard achieved is outstanding and the work provides clear evidence that the knowledge, understanding and skills are at a level appropriate to the level of study. There is evidence showing that all the learning outcomes appropriate to that level are achieved with many at an outstanding standard.

70 – 75

The standard achieved is excellent and the work provides clear evidence that the knowledge, understanding and skills are at a level appropriate to the level of study. There is evidence showing that all the learning outcomes appropriate to that level are achieved with many at an excellent standard.

65 – 69

The standard achieved is very good and the work provides clear evidence that the knowledge, understanding and skills are at a level appropriate to the level of study. There is evidence showing that all the learning outcomes appropriate to that level are achieved with many at a very good standard

60 – 64

The standard achieved is good and the work provides evidence that the knowledge, understanding and skills are at a level appropriate to the level of study. There is evidence showing that all the learning outcomes appropriate to that level are achieved with many at a good standard

55 – 59

The standard achieved is satisfactory and the work provides evidence that the knowledge, understanding and skills are at a level appropriate to the level of study. There is evidence showing that all the learning outcomes appropriate to that level are achieved with many at a satisfactory standard

50 – 54

The standard achieved is acceptable and the work provides evidence that the knowledge, understanding and skills are at a level appropriate to the level of study. There is evidence showing that all the learning outcomes appropriate to that level are achieved mostly at an acceptable standard

45 – 49

The standard achieved is acceptable and the work provides evidence that the knowledge, understanding and skills are at a level appropriate to the level of study. There is evidence showing that all the learning outcomes appropriate to that level are achieved though quite a few are only achieved at a basic standard

40 - 44

Marginal pass The standard achieved is basic and the work provides evidence that the knowledge, understanding and skills are at a level appropriate to the level of study. There is evidence showing that all the learning outcomes appropriate to that level are achieved mostly at a basic standard

35 – 39

Marginal fail The standard achieved is weak and the work provides evidence of insufficient knowledge, understanding and/or skills appropriate to the level of study, although some of the learning outcomes appropriate to that level are achieved

30 – 34

The standard achieved is very weak and the work provides evidence of insufficient knowledge, understanding and/or skills appropriate to the level of study. The evidence shows that some of the learning outcomes appropriate to that level are achieved OR that none is achieved but there is evidence that many of the learning outcomes may be almost achieved

20 – 29

The standard achieved is unacceptable and the work provides little evidence of the knowledge, understanding and/or skills appropriate to the level of study. The evidence shows that few, if any, of the learning outcomes appropriate to that level are achieved.

10 – 19

The standard achieved is unacceptable and the work provides very little evidence of the knowledge, understanding and/or skills appropriate to the level of study. The evidence shows that very few, if any, of the learning outcomes appropriate to that level are achieved

0-9

The standard achieved is unacceptable and the work provides negligible or no evidence of the knowledge, understanding and/or skills appropriate to the level of study. The evidence fails to show that any of the learning outcomes appropriate to that level are achieved


Learning materials

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Core Text:

Naidoo, J. And Wills, J. (ed.) Foundations for health promotion. 4th edn. China: Elsevier.

Frost, L. and McClean, S. (2013) Thinking about the lifecourse. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.

Essential Reading:

Larkin, M. (2013) Health and wellbeing across the life course. London: London: SAGE.

Green, L. (2010) Understanding the life course. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Kudzma, E. (2014) Health promotion throughout the lifespan. 9th edn. USA: Elsevier.

Recommended Reading:

Marmot, M (2010) Fair Society, Healthy Lives: Strategic Review of health Inequalities in England post 2010 www.marmotreview.org

Hubley, J. and Copeman, J (2nd ed.) Practical Health Promotion Cambridge: Polity Press

Wilson, F. Mabhala, M. and Massey, A. (2015) Health Improvement and Wellbeing Maidenhead: OU Press


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