On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Discriminate between the broad range of socio-political factors that influence the health of individuals and the community;
2. Critically analyse the implications of government policies on health promotion strategies;
3. Demonstrate the application of health promotion theories and models with individuals and communities;
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between a needs analysis and the planning and evaluation of health promotion strategies in primary health care;
5. Identify, develop and critique health education and health promotion strategies appropriate to primary health care practice;
6. Use social health and ecological perspectives to examine evidence-based health promotion strategies that can be implemented in health care practices;
7. Analyse current trends towards the implementation of health promotion at international, national and local levels;
8. Demonstrate ability to incorporate evidence-based approaches in health promotion strategies for collaboration across sectors and disciplines.

- The historical perspectives of health promotion in a primary health care framework;
- The relevance and application of health promotion in health care today;
- The social and ecological perspectives for conceptualising health;
- A primary health care approach for the development of health promotion;
- The implementation and evaluation of health promotion strategies at individual, family and community levels;
- Issues of power and control in health care and services;
- Health promotion and health education frameworks and strategies;
- evidence-based health promotion at local, national and international levels.