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Education and Communication in Environmental Health

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Base Knowledge

Not aplicable.

Teaching Methodologies

This course will combine expository and participatory methodologies with active learning methodologies, promoting the integration of theory and practice. The student assumes a central role in the learning process, being encouraged to develop autonomy, critical thinking, creativity, and communication skills fundamental to professional practice in Environmental Health.

This approach contributes to training professionals capable of communicating scientific information effectively, promoting behavioral change, and developing health education interventions based on scientific evidence and adapted to the needs of the populations.

Learning Results

The student should acquire knowledge of:
– Training contexts and training techniques
– Development and adaptation of training and community awareness programs
– Communication and training techniques in environmental health
– Development of training and awareness dossiers
The student should acquire skills to:
– Develop programmatic and action dossiers in training and awareness
– Develop awareness and capacity-building actions in health
– Develop communication actions in health
The student should acquire skills to:
– Carry out communication and capacity-building actions in environmental health
– Prepare pedagogical plans and dossiers
– Train and inform populations and workers

Program

– Initial Pedagogical Simulation
– Communication and entertainment groups
– Teaching Objectives
– Evaluation of learning
– Teaching Resources
– Planning training
– Session Plan
– Educational Simulation Final
– Monitoring and evaluation of training
– Draft Educational Intervention
– Trainer: system settings and profile
– Educational Intervention

Curricular Unit Teachers

Ana Maria da Conceição Ferreira

Grading Methods

Continuous Assessment

Includes small group work sessions with tutorial support and the completion of group dynamics exercises and others, with guidance.

The pedagogical simulations will be video-recorded for later viewing and intervention.

Continuous Assessment:

- TP Matrix (Group Work) - 40%
- P Matrix (Individual Work) final pedagogical simulation + pedagogical dossier - 60%

Exam:
- TP Matrix (Training Plan) - 40%
- P Matrix (pedagogical dossier + final pedagogical simulation) - 60%


    Internship(s)

    NAO

    Bibliography

    Primary Bibliography

    1. Glanz, Rimer & Viswanath’s Health Behavior: Theory, Research, and Practice
      • Glanz, K., Rimer, B. K., & Viswanath, K. (2015). Health Behavior: Theory, Research, and Practice (5th ed.). Jossey-Bass.
    2. Health Promotion Planning: An Educational and Ecological Approach
      • Green, L. W., & Kreuter, M. W. (2005). Health Program Planning: An Educational and Ecological Approach (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill.
    3. World Health Organization
      • World Health Organization. (2021). Health Promotion Glossary of Terms 2021. Geneva: WHO.
    4. Communicating Risks and Benefits
      • Fischhoff, B., Brewer, N. T., & Downs, J. S. (2011). Communicating Risks and Benefits: An Evidence-Based User’s Guide. U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
    5. World Health Organization
      • World Health Organization. (2017). Communicating Risk in Public Health Emergencies: A WHO Guideline for Emergency Risk Communication (ERC) Policy and Practice.
    6. Environmental Health: From Global to Local
      • Frumkin, H. (2016). Environmental Health: From Global to Local (3rd ed.). Jossey-Bass.
    7. Health Communication: From Theory to Practice
      • Schiavo, R. (2014). Health Communication: From Theory to Practice (2nd ed.). Jossey-Bass.
    8. World Health Organization
      • World Health Organization. (1986). Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.

    Secondary Bibliography

    1. Health Literacy: From A to Z
      • Osborne, H. (2013). Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message (2nd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
    2. Social Marketing: Influencing Behaviors for Good
      • Lee, N. R., & Kotler, P. (2019). Social Marketing: Influencing Behaviors for Good (6th ed.). Sage Publications.
    3. Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere
      • Cox, R. (2013). Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere (3rd ed.). Sage Publications.
    4. The Routledge Handbook of Health Communication
      • Thompson, T. L., Parrott, R., & Nussbaum, J. F. (Eds.). (2011). The Routledge Handbook of Health Communication (2nd ed.). Routledge.
    5. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
      • UNESCO. (2020). Education for Sustainable Development: A Roadmap.
    6. European Environment Agency
      • European Environment Agency. Relatórios periódicos sobre ambiente, saúde e comunicação de risco ambiental.
    7. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
      • ECDC. Guias e documentos técnicos sobre comunicação de risco e literacia em saúde.
    8. Methods in Community-Based Participatory Research for Health
      • Israel, B. A., Eng, E., Schulz, A. J., & Parker, E. A. (2017). Methods in Community-Based Participatory Research for Health (3rd ed.). Jossey-Bass.
    9. Designing and Conducting Health Surveys
      • Aday, L. A., & Cornelius, L. J. (2011). Designing and Conducting Health Surveys (3rd ed.). Jossey-Bass.