Public Health|Arts in Health|Creative Health and Well-being

This module will provide an overview of new thinking on public health, which integrates the arts and sciences to address current health and social care issues....

The Art and Science of Public Health (BASC0055)

This module will provide an overview of new thinking on public health, which integrates the arts and sciences to address current health and social care issues. Sessions will consist of seminars combining lectures, group discussions and creative workshops. Topics will include an initial lecture on “The Art and Science of Public Health” and then specific lectures focusing on the application of arts and scientific approaches to public health, for example:

1.    public health systems and structures 
2.    behavior change theories
3.    arts in public health communication
4.    public health interventions for noncommunicable diseases
5.    creative approaches in public health
6.    arts in mental health promotion
7.    public health inequalities
8.    public health in the workplace
9.    participatory global public health
10.    co-designing health architecture
11.    public health and the environment

The method of delivery will comprise blended learning. Students will attend weekly one-hour lecture and two-hour interactive seminars led jointly by the course tutor and a range of guest contributors from both inside and outside UCL. The one-hour lecture with a guest contributor will consist of Q&As with the speaker followed by class discussion of the topic(s). There will also be one-hour weekly tutorials which will involve peer discussions, reflection on the course and additional support. Students will be required to participate in self-directed learning on Moodle involving reading for and completion of the health promotion video and case study assignments covering and expanding upon the lecture topics.
 

The dissertation is a 10,000-word piece of written-up research based on fieldwork, museum work, laboratory work, other forms of analytical work, or...