4 Year Nursing Degree Programme (BSc Cur)

NU1S01 -Health Promotion and Research (5 ECTS)

Learning Outcome

Following completion of this module the student should be able to:

Unit 1 Health Promotion

• Define the concept of health, wellness and health promotion and discuss the factors (physical, psychological, social, behavioural, cultural and environmental factors) influencing health of the Irish population.
  
• Identify the relevant Irish health care policies and describe the current health status of the Irish Population and how health is measured.
  
• Outline the local, national and international health promotion policies.
  
• Discuss the health of disadvantaged groups and how recent health care policy aims to reduce these health inequalities.
  
• Discuss the approaches to health promotion in the different settings (school, workplace, hospital, community).
  
• Critically discuss how the nurse can apply the approaches to health promotion to the healthcare setting, for any population group.

Unit 2 Research

• Outline the steps of the research process and the need for evidence based practice in nursing.
  
• Summarise and identify the characteristics of qualitative and quantitative research method design.
  
• Demonstrate competence in the performance of a literature search using the following database: Cinahl.
  
• Demonstrate competence in the use of the School of Nursing & Midwifery Harvard Referencing Guidelines

Unit 3 Study and Writing Skills

• Reference a journal article, a book, a chapter in an edited book and a government publication using the School of Nursing & Midwifery referencing guidelines.
  
• Discuss what is academic writing and how plagiarism can be avoided.

Module Learning Aims

The aim of this module is to introduce the student to research and the theory underpinning
health promotion and the role of the nurse in health promotion. The module is presented in three units
of study, as follows:

• Unit 1 Health Promotion,
  
• Unit 2 Research.
  
• Unit 3 Study and Writing Skills

Recommended Reading List

Essential Reading

Unit 1

• All Ireland Traveller Health Study Team (2010) All Ireland Traveller Health Study; Summary of Findings School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science UCD
  
• Department of Health (2013) Healthy Ireland; A Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013- 2025. Department of Health, Dublin.
  
• Department of Health (2013) Positive Ageing- Starts Now! The National Positive Ageing Strategy. Department of Health, Dublin.
  
• Department of Health & Children (2011) State of the Nation's Children Ireland 2011. The Stationery Office, Dublin
  
• Department of Health & Children (2013). Health in Ireland Key Trends 2013. The Stationery Office, Dublin.
  
• Department of Health & Children (2010) Changing Cardiovascular Health: National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010 – 2019 Government Publications,, Dublin.
  
• Department of Health & Children and Health Services Executive (2009). The National
  
• Guidelines on Physical Activity for Ireland. The Stationery Office, Dublin.
  
• Health Services Executive (2007) National Intercultural Health Strategy 2007- 2012 Health Services Executive, Dublin.
• Linsley P., Kane, R. & Own S. (eds) (2011) Nursing for Public Health, Promotion, Principles and Practice Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  
• Naidoo J. & Wills J. (2009) Foundations for Health Promotion 3rd Edition Balliere Tindall, Edinburgh.
  
• Piper S. (2009) Health Promotion for Nurses, theory and practice Routledge, London. Richardson, N. & Carroll, P. (2008) National Men's Health Policy 2008- 2013, Department of Health & Children, Dublin.
  
• Ryan, D., McNamara, P. & Deasy, C. (2006) Health Promotion in Ireland, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin
  
• Williams, J., Greene, S., McNally, S., Murray, A. & Quail, A. (2010) Growing Up in Ireland National Longitudinal Study of Children; The Infants and their Families; Infant Cohort Report 1, Office of the Minister for Children & Youth Affairs, Dublin.
  

Unit 2

• Gerrish K & Lacey A (2010) The Research Process in Nursing 6th Edn. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford.
  
• Moule P. & Goodman M. (2009) Nursing Research: An Introduction. Sage Publications: London.
  

Unit 3

• Cottrell S (2013) Palgrave Study Sills. The Study Skills Handbook 4th Edn. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.
  
• Creme P., Lea M.R. (2008) Writing at University: A guide for students 3rd Edn. Open University Press, Maidenhead.
  
• Gillett A., Hammond A., Martala M (2009) Inside Track. Successful Academic Writing Pearson, Harlow.
  
• Harrison M., Jakeman V. & Paterson K., (2012) Improve Your Grammar. Palprave MacMillan Basingstoke.
  
• Osmond A. (2013) Academic Writing and Grammar for Students. Sage, London.
  
• Taylor D. B. (2013) Writing Skills for Nursing & Midwifery Students. Sage, London.

* Additional readings will be given for each unit of learning.