The course aims at familiarizing the student with the concept, methods and practices of health promotion evaluation, and at the implementation of this knowledge in population and community interventions.
Learning outcomes
After passing the course the student has acquired the essential skills for public health intervention evaluation. The student is familiar with main approaches used in evaluation research; knows how to evaluate public health interventions done with different methods; is aware of and capable of using principles of economic evaluation; and knows how to choose and implement optimal methods in evaluating measures and programmes used to promote population and community health.
Contents
Challenges of public health and measures to meet them; evaluation as concept; methods of evaluation and choosing optimally between them; economic evaluation as a special form of evaluation; and a course paper done in small groups.
Teaching methods
Teaching method
Contact
Online
Lectures
Independent work
Exercises
Teaching language
English
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Participation in course work
In
English
Written exam
In
English
Exercise(s)
In
English
Course entering exam; lectures with final exam; tutored practice sessions leading to a course paper produced in groups
Evaluation
and evaluation criteria
Numeric 1-5.
The whole course and lecture exam will be evaluated on the scale 1-5; course entering exam and study paper on the scale passed/failed
Further information
Offered every other year, next time in spring 2015.