Duration
20h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in public health (120 ECTS) (ERASMUS MUNDUS EuropubHealth+) | 3 crédits | |||
| Master in public health (120 ECTS) (new programme) | 3 crédits | |||
| Advanced Master in Health Data Management | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course focuses on the practice of communication in public health; based on communication concepts and theoritical models, it presents the use of communication strategies to inform, raise awareness and influence individual and collective health choices
Content
- Challenges of public health communication
- Communication. Conceptual bases
- Communication and behavior change
- Communication strategies and methodological proposals
- Particular contexts in public health communication: risk communication, crisis communication, acceptability communication
- Communication tools
- Evaluation in public health communication
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
After the completion of the course, the students should be able to:
- master the basic concepts of communication and their incidence in the processes of communication in public health
- identify issues of communication in various public health contexts
- demonstrate understanding of ethical values central to publc health communication
- apply methods and tools appropriate to different contexts and audiences
- plan a public health communication initiative
- evaluate communication strategies and programs in public health
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
no particular prerequisite
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- class teaching with power point support
- 3 group works : 4 students groups (preferably to modify for each work); these works will be initiated during the courses and supervised during their realisation by email exchanges + videoconference; one work will concern the design of a communication approach in a specific context of public health (communication plan)
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Face-to-face course
Works monitoring: emeil and/or videoconference
Recommended or required readings
- required: ppt support of the course available on myULiege
- optional: portefolio of additional documents available on myULiege
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- Remote
written exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
The evaluation will concerns the 3 works produced during the 4-months period. The final result will be the mean of the 3 works
Work placement(s)
no stage
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Detailed organisational information will be communicated via MyULiege
Contacts
mvonfrenckell@uliege.be
GSM: 0496 21 44 62