COURSE INFORMATION:
- Grade 12 or OSSD Equivalent
- Mature Student
- Textbook:
Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Health; James F. McKenzie – Brad L. Neiger – Rosemary Thackeray
Health Promotion in Canada – Critical Perspectives on Practice, 3rd edition-Canadian Scholar’s Press
Principles of Health Promotion and Education 6th Edition 2015 Pearson Education
Health: The Basics – Sixth Canadian Edition, Rebecca J. Donatelle; Pearson Publishing 2005
Other Compulsory Fees: Inclusive
Course Hours: 60 Hours
Course Intake: Every Monday
Department: PT – Continuing Education
Registration: Nativetc.com
COURSE OVERVIEW
This course will build on Health Communication Basics. Students will explore communication theory, health literacy, and social marketing.
TRAINING LOCATIONS
North Bay Campus or Online – www.nativetc.com
Part 1: Illustrate knowledge of communicating health information basics
Part 2: Demonstrate the process to develop a health communication strategy with clear messages that are appropriate to the intended audience’s health literacy
Part 3: Illustrate the use of social marketing in health promotion
Part 4: Demonstrate advanced writing skills
Skill Competencies: Demonstrate communicating health promotion information effectively with diverse audiences using appropriate approaches and technologies.
Knowledge Competencies: Identify how to communicate health promotion information effectively with diverse audiences using appropriate approaches and technologies.