Module manager: Dr Katherine Markwell
Email: k.e.markwell@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2026/27
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This module will look at the theoretical background of health promotion and its applications to individual and community health. The module will cover themes such definitions of health and determinants of health (including health inequalities), theories and models of individual and community-level behaviour change. A key focus will be on multicultural aspects, and the role of the nutrition professional. The module will also review the planning and evaluation of targeted individual, community, and population nutrition-related interventions/approaches for health promotion. Ultimately this module aims to allows students to experience actively learning about working as a community or health promotion nutritionist.
The module aims to:
1) Enable students to discuss the factors that affect diet and nutritional needs, intake, and practices, including the importance of religious and cultural beliefs, socio-economic, geographical, and environmental factors.
2) Introduce students to the nature and application of theories of nutrition health education and behaviour change in the design of interventions and the promotion of public health messages.
3) Experience combining information from a variety of sources to develop and disseminate a health promotion intervention, which supports reflections on professional practice.
Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
1) Discuss the factors that affect diet and nutritional needs, intake, and practices, including the importance of religious and cultural beliefs, socio-economic, geographical, and environmental factors.
2) Identify and outline nature and application of theories of nutrition health education and behaviour change in the design of interventions and the promotion of public health messages.
3) Synthesise information from a variety of sources to develop and desseminate a health promotion intervention “event”.
4) Reflect and evaluate performance in promotion event on professional practice.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
1) Technical skills: subject specific knowledge, i.e., theory identification and application approach relevant to professional practice in nutrition, discussion, and synthesis of evidence-based including research.
2) Academic skills: reflection, critical thinking, presentation, academic writing, academic language, information searching, academic integrity (AS1-5,8,9)
3) Work ready skills: communication, time management, planning & organisation, teamwork/collaboration, problem-solving & analytical skills, creativity, critical thinking, interpersonal skills, core health literacies (WR1-3,5,8-10,13)
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldwork | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Lecture | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| Seminar | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Private study hours | 169 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 31 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
1- Students will have opportunities to obtain formative feedback on tasks and individual contributions during the group work and seminar sessions.
2- Class work tasks entries may receive peer and module leader feedback to assist development.
3- There are assessment tutorials within lecture time in which individual feedback on assessment development and ideas will be given.
4- Progress will be monitored through group assignment task and formative feedback will be given.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Group work | 70 |
| Coursework | Coursework | 30 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Digital submission. The resit for the health promotion event will be a written groupwork coursework or presentation format, outlining the proposal for a group education event including all stages - planning, goals, intervention resources and evaluation. Individual submission would usually only be granted in exceptional circumstances, e.g. mitigating circumstances meaning a different deadline was a required.
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Last updated: 30/04/2026
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