Workplace health promotion

Subject:

Workplace health promotion

Module:

Health Promotion

Holder of subject:

Dr Metoda Dodič Fikfak, Associate Professor

Education providers:

• Dr Metoda Dodič Fikfak, Associate Professor

Contact hours - lectures:

50

Contact hours - seminar:

40

Contact hours - other forms of study:

20

Individual student work:

140

ECTS:

10

Level of study:

Second Bologna cycle study program Health Promotion

Semester:

Summer

Language:

• To acquire knowledge about workplace health promotion, its development, differences and similarities with complementary fields, and about different strategies and approaches within WHP.
• To know and understand WHP features and values.
• To understand that WHP mostly applies to changes of working, social and natural conditions, that either cause diseases or promote and enable health.
• To know how to use different WHP strategies and approaches in diverse working environments.
• To know how to choose an adequate WHP strategy / strategies combination for the defined work-related problem.
• Internalization of WHP values: social justice and equity, inclusion, empowerment, and respect for all the employees.

Mandatory  and recommended references:

Mandatory references:

• Urdih Lazar T et al, ur. Promocija zdravja pri delu. Ljubljana: Univerzitetni klinični center Ljubljana, Klinični inštitut za medicino dela, prometa in športa (v tisku).
• Stergar E, Urdih Lazar T, ur. Priročnik za svetovalce za promocijo zdravja pri delu: Čili za delo. Ljubljana: Univerzitetni klinični center, Klinični inštitut za medicino dela, prometa in športa; 2006.
• Korzeniowska E, Puchalski K, ur. Nižje izobraženi delavci na poti k zdravju – izzivi za zdravstveno vzgojo. Lodž: Inštitut za medicino dela Jerzyja Noferja (Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. J. Nofera); 2010.
• Urdih Lazar T (ur.). Promocija zdravja pri delu: definicije, metode in tehnike. Ljubljana: Univerzitetni klinični center, Klinični inštitut za medicino dela, prometa in športa, 2013.
• Stergar E, Urdih Lazar T. Zdravi delavci v zdravih organizacijah. Priročnik za promocijo zdravja pri delu v velikih in srednje velikih podjetjih in organizacijah. Ljubljana: Univerzitetni klinični center, Klinični inštitut za medicino dela, prometa in športa, 2012.
• Green J, Tones K. Health promotion: planning and strategies. 2nd ed. London: Sage; 2010.
• Green LW, Kreuter MW. Health Promotion Planning. An Educational and Environmental Approach. 2nd ed.  London: Mayfield Publishing Company; 2000.
• Hanson A. Workplace Health Promotion. A salutogenic approach. Bloomington: AuthorHouse, 2007.
• Baart P et al. Workplace Health Promotion. An Integral Part of Good Business Practice. Woerden: Dutch for Centre Workplace Health Promotion and the Netherlands Institute of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; 2003.
• Baker JL, Coleman BL, Sormin S. Workplace  Health Promotion: Assessing Employees’ Health-Related Needs. St. Thomas, Ontario: Elgin-St. Thomas Health Unit; 2002. Pridobljeno s spletne strani: http://www.mtpinnacle.com/pdfs/workplace-health-promotion.pdf.
• BKK  Bundesverband. Models of good Practice. Essen: Federal Association  of Company Health Insurance Funds (BKK Bundesverband), European Information Centre; 1999.
• European Network for Workplace Health Promotion. ENWHP Toolbox: A European collection of methods and practices for promoting health at the workplace. Woerden: Netherlands Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; 2004.
• European Network for Workplace Health Promotion. Recommendations for Promoting Workplace Health Action. Essen: Federal Association of Company Health Insurance Funds (BKK); 2001.
• European Network for Workplace Health Promotion. Criteria and Models of good Practice for Workplace Health Promotion in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). Essen: Federal Association of Company Health Insurance Funds (BKK); 2001.
• European Network for Workplace Health Promotion. Quality Criteria of Workplace Health Promotion. Essen: Federal Association of Company Health Insurance Funds (BKK); 1999.
• Nutbeam D, Harris E. Theory in a Nutshell. Sydney: National Centre for Health Promotion; 2006.
• Smith BJ, Tang KC, Nutbeam D. WHO Health Promotion Glossary: new terms. Pridobljeno  s spletne strani http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/about/HP%20 Glossay%20in%20HPI.pdf 13. 9. 2013.
• Siegel M, Doner L. Marketing Public Health: Strategies to Promote Social Change. Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2004.
• Naidoo, J., and Wills, J. Practising Health Promotion: Dilemmas and Challenges. London: Balliere Tindal-Royal College of Nursing, 1998.
• The Health Communication Unit. Overview of Health Communication Campaigns. Toronto: Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto, 1999.
• http://www.thcu.ca/infoandresources/health_communication.htm.
• Spletna stran http://www.cilizadelo.si.

Conditions for the inclusion in the study:

Required courses:

• Inequalities and determinants of health;
• Health promotion basics; methods;
• Needs assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion programmes;
• Research methods and evidence based work.

Assessment methods:

• written examination – 50 %,
• project development and presentation – 50 %.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, individual work, work in pairs, group work, visit to a company.