Module SPRT3141: SPORTS POLICY AND HEALTH PROMOTION

Department: Applied Social Sciences (Sport)

SPRT3141: SPORTS POLICY AND HEALTH PROMOTION

Tied To

• C601: Sport

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• Enable students to develop their health promotion knowledge base creating a sophisticated conceptual framework of different perspectives and determinants of ill health.
• Enable students to critically evaluate the role of physical activity in the promotion of health.

Content

• This module will have two distinct parts. The first of these will place health in its broadest context and consider key strategic issues relating to both health promotion and health education. The second will narrow the focus to physical activity and its role in promoting health.
• At the outset students will examine fundamental concepts of health and health promotion, developing knowledge of the changing concepts of health education. This will include a central examination of the determinants of health, examining the meaning of inequality and its impact on health promotion as well as identifying and applying models of health promotion.
• The focus will then turn to the specific area of the promotion of physical activity and its potential impact on positive health outcomes. Initially the students will be made aware of the importance of an active lifestyle in contemporary society. Consideration will be given to recent government policy and research in the area. Students will complete a detailed analysis of the exercise requirements for the promotion of health in adults, adolescents and young children and will examine potential determinants of physical activity. Close scrutiny will be given to the challenges and barriers facing government policy relating to sport and physical activity.
• The module will conclude with a consideration of the risks associated with regular participation in physical activity and sport. Injury prevention and rehabilitation of the injured athlete will be a key component of this study area.
• The practical component of this module will be centred upon a residential outdoor experience. The emphasis will be placed upon the use of the outdoors to develop challenging and healthy activity.

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of different approaches and models of health promotion and critically analyse the role of health education within this context.
• Discuss the changing concepts of health education.
• Critically analyse the role of health education in promoting aspects of health.

• Undertake a detailed analysis of the exercise requirements for the promotion of health in adults, adolescents and young children and be able to analyse potential determinants of physical activity.
• Evaluate the risks associated with regular participation in physical activity and sport and the potential of outdoor and adventurous activities in developing challenging and healthy activity patterns.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Teaching and learning will be centred round lectures and seminars. The lectures will address key principles, research, issues and programmes in sport and health.
• Seminars will allow opportunities for students to reflect and critically analyse government policy in greater depth.
• Students will have the opportunity of placing their theoretical knowledge in the context of an outdoor environment through a three-day study visit.
• Assessment will be through a 2,500 word assignment that will require students to research a relevant aspect of policy on sport and health in some depth. Also there will be a two hour examination which will require students to review their study within the module and answer specific questions that reflect they key learning outcomes of the module.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Non-compulsory 1,000 - 1,500 word assignment.