Degree Module: Nature of Health
About...
You will explore a range of approaches and theories to support the need for a multidisciplinary response to health. You will gain an overview of relevant Scottish/UK health policy and social policies.
Level SCQF 7
Delivery Online
Access all of your learning or assessments via Brightspace, our virtual learning environment, or Google classrooms using a mixture of self directed study and online discussion boards.
Location Remote
Duration Available to study in semester one OR semester two (18 weeks), from September to January OR January to June.
Course content...
• Review a variety of definitions and official accounts of health – personal, lay and professional – and discuss concepts, influences and experiences that affect health and our understanding of it;
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the causes of health inequality and its impact at different life stages;
• Demonstrate an understanding of quantitative and qualitative methods of measuring health;
• Demonstrate the study skills necessary to apply knowledge of health theory to a defined task requiring investigation by locating, collecting, interpreting, evaluating and using information to develop a coherent argument written at the appropriate level.
What next...
- HNC Social Services
- HNC Childhood Practice
- HNC Soft Tissue Therapy
- HNC Coaching and Developing Sport
- HNC Fitness, Health and Exercise
- Health and exercise/ degree level study in care, health and wellbeing depending on additional qualifications and experience.
Entry requirements
Students should have one relevant A-C pass at Higher level.