WEEK8

Week 8 Learning Content

Health is created and lived by people within the settings of their everyday life; where they learn, work, play and love. Health is created by ensuring that the society one lives in creates conditions that allow the attainment of health by all it’s member. Often times, home and workplace settings can have a negative impact on an individuals health. That being said, settings can also be used to promote health as they are vehicles to reach individuals, to gain access to services, and to synergistically bring together the interactions throughout the wider community.

 

 

Week 8 learning outcomes:

1. Understand the need for the healthy settings approach
2. Understand the importance of the workplace as a setting for health
3. Apply the three levels of determinants in the workplace

8.1 Overview & and health promoting settings

 

8.2: Workplace as a health promoting setting

 

•What is the link between work and health?

•Demonstrate an understanding of the three levels of determinants that influence health at work

•Macro

•Meso

•Micro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Learning activities

 

Addressing Health Disparities Is a Place-Based Issue.pdf

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Bad jobs, bad health_.pdf

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