Learning Outcomes

Course Content

Teaching Learning Strategy

Assessment Strategy

Able to learn basic concepts of Public health as well as will be able to define health and public health, core                                                                                                                                                                                           functions of public health, public health approach, Mission, vision of public  health, essentiality of “IEC” in Public Health etc.

Introduction to Public Health Information Education and Communication:

Lecture, discussions, group works

Assignment, quiz, problem solving

Able to define Health education and its aims as well as will be familiar with different methods and materials of  health education, can explain stages of Health Education, where & how health education can be happened

Methods of Health Education:

Lecture, discussions, group works

Assignment, quiz, problem solving

Will be familiar with Importance of networks and community, social marketing, and Seven ‘C’s of health communication 7 C’s of communication and its use in public health

Importance of networks and community, social marketing, and Seven ‘C’s of health communication

Lecture, discussions, group works

Assignment, quiz, problem solving

Able to know about physiological, psychological, the impact of stress, gender , dialect, jargon , and  cultural barriers of  communication and will be able to solve these problems

Barriers to Health Communication

Lecture, discussions, group works

Assignment, quiz, problem solving

Able to define peer and will  be able to know about peer education, aims of peer education, benefits of peer education, criteria for selection of peer educators, support to peer educators, what to supervise in peer education, Aladin Framework etc..

Peer Education

Lecture, discussions, group works

Assignment, quiz, problem solving

Will be able to know about Introduction to Behavioral science, concepts, components and its scope &  utilization

Introduction to Behavioral science

Lecture, discussions, group works

Assignment, quiz, problem solving

Able to know about Behavior Change Communication , its necessity, process and steps of BCC, Conceptual Examples of BCC activities, Different names of BCC, What can BCC do, Hierarchy of Communication Effects,  Introduction to Materials Development, Main Idea, Steps for Developing Materials

Behavior Change Communication

Lecture, discussions, group works

Assignment, quiz, problem solving

Able to learn SBCC Definition, Core elements, Benefits, Steps for designing & Implementing SBCC programs, Key characteristics of High quality SBCC

Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC)

Lecture, discussions, group works

Assignment, quiz, problem solving

Able to learn Health Promotion, WHO Principles of Health Promotion, Preventable health problems related to lifestyle, Health Sectors, Non-Health Sectors, Important areas for consideration in Health promotion.

Health Promotion

Lecture, discussions, group works

Assignment, quiz, problem solving

Able to define determinants of health, will be familiar with  Policymaking, Social factors, Health services, Individual behavior, Biology and genetics,  Determinants of Prevention

Determinants of Health

Lecture, discussions, group works

Assignment, quiz, problem solving

Able to define as well as will learn about Monitoring & Evaluation, Monitoring process, Monitoring and Planning, Different levels of Monitoring, Reasons for carrying out an Evaluation, Tools of Evaluation. Differences between Evaluation & Monitoring

Monitoring and evaluation of Bangladesh

Lecture, discussions, group works

Assignment, quiz, problem solving