Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Gesundheitsförderung und Krankheitsprävention
6 CPWinterEN
Contents
• Understanding the Foundations of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention • Exploring Primary Prevention Techniques to Avoid Disease Manifestations • Implementing Secondary Prevention for Early Disease Detection • Tertiary and Quaternary Prevention: Managing Existing Conditions and Ethical Considerations • Developing Effective Health Promotion Strategies to Strengthen Individual Resources • Addressing the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases Through Lifestyle Interventions • Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of Effective Prevention Programmes
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to: • Conveying the basics and strategies, as well as understanding the differences and overlaps between disease prevention and health promotion • Knowledge of the concepts of primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary prevention • Ability to plan and implement measures to improve health at the individual and population level
Assessment
written exam 120 min
Literature (3)
- Health Promotion: Foundations for Practice" by Maggie Davies and Wendy Macdowall - A comprehensive textbook covering the principles, strategies and settings for health promotion.
- "Introduction to Public Health" by Mary-Jane Schneider - Includes sections on health promotion and disease prevention approaches at the population level.
- "Oxford Textbook of Public Health" edited by Roger Detels et al. - A definitive reference work with detailed chapters on health promotion and disease prevention concepts and interventions.
Remarks
No offer in winter semester 2026/27!
Source: BTU's module description · retrieved 16 Oct 2026Original