Exploring Health and Healthcare Development: Challenges and Solutions

Learners will have the opportunity to explore the history of health and health care development and identify the significant moments that have shaped health and care today. There will be an insight into the challenges faced by differing populations accessing healthcare in the modern world. Learners will be required to propose a range of realistic solutions in response to contemporary health and care challenges to specific population groups. You will discover how health and associated campaigns have changed over time.

Learning Outcomes and Summary of Content

On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:

1 Define health, explain the importance of health in society, and identify the basic factors that influence health and health behaviour.

2 Demonstrate a basic understanding of a range of different measures of health and their relative strengths and weaknesses

3 Outline a basic history of health and health care development, identifying significant moments that have shaped health and care today

4 Describe a range of challenges to attaining and improving health in the modern world, for differing population groups.

5 Propose a range of realistic solutions in response to contemporary health and carechallenges for specific population groups

A variety of learning and teaching methods will be used, including formal lectures to introduce core and fundamental theories and concepts, supplemented with small group workshops and seminars. Learning activities will include role-plays, interactive problem-based group-work, peer learning and feedback, guest lectures and investigative learning through exposure to different client groups.

Description of unit, Aims and Learning Outcomes Define health, explain the importance of health in society, and identify the basic factors that influence health and health behavior

Demonstrate a basic understanding of a range of different measures of health and their relative strengths and weaknesses

Outline a basichistory of health and health care development, identifying significant moments that have shaped health and care today

Outline a basic history of health and health care development, identifying significant moments that have shaped health and care today

Describe a range of challenges to attainingand improving health in the modern world, for differing population groups.

Outline the demographics of England population. Identify Health challenges of specific population groups in England. Describe the challenges for improving the health of specific population groups in England.

Describe a range of challenges to attaining and improving health in the modern world. Debate, (Modernity Of health challenges). Discuss! ( First world health challenges.) Group Discussion.

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