82094 - Community-Based Health Promotion

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student:

- knows the main theoretical models and approaches to risk prevention and health promotion;

- knows the main methodologies for investigating health needs;

- is able to identify suitable methodologies for prevention and health promotion interventions;

- has acquired some skills in the planning and evaluation of prevention and health promotion interventions.

Course contents

The course aims to introduce students to some intervention strategies and methods that are part of the professional skills of psychologists who work in the field of prevention and health promotion in a variety of contexts (e.g. schools, health services, neighborhoods, media ).

It consists of two teaching modules taught by the following teachers:

Module 1 - Prof. Elvira Cicognani 

Topics covered:

Health psychology: origins, reference frameworks (public health psychology and community health psychology) and theoretical models, scientific and lay perspectives on health and disease. Health and risk behaviours: explanatory models and processes

Health promotion: approaches, models and contexts of health promotion

The analysis of health needs and the planning and evaluation of interventions. The Precede Proceed model.

Module 2 Prof. Francesca Esposito 

Topics covered:

Health and power: critical health psychology and its main characteristics from the point of view of epistemological and methodological perspectives.

Health and migration; health and detention.

Participatory and creative action research methodologies aimed at promoting health and transformative change. Civil society activation processes to guarantee and affirm the right to health.

Readings/Bibliography

Module 1 Prof.ssa Cicognani

Zani, B. & Cicognani, E. (2000) Psicologia della salute, Il Mulino, Bologna. (cap. 1, 2, 3, 5)

Gremigni, P. & Gorini, A. (a cura di) (2022), Psicologia e salute, Carocci, Roma (Capitoli 1, 4, 5, 8, 18, 19, 21).

 

Module 2 - Prof.ssa Esposito

Testi principali (obbligatori):

Lykes, M. B. (2000). Possible contributions of a psychology of liberation: Whither health and human rights? Journal of Health Psychology, 5(3), 383–397. https://doi.org/10.1177/135910530000500312 [https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1177/135910530000500312]
Martín-Baró, I. (autore) Croce, M. e Di Lernia, F. (a cura di). (2018). Psicologia della Liberazione. Bordeaux edizioni. Capitoli: Prefazione; Introduzione; Psicologia della Liberazione (pp. 13-274).
Morison, T., Lyons, A.C., & Chamberlain, K. (2018). Critical health psychology: Applications for social action. In K O’Doherty & D Hodgetts (Eds.), SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Psychology (pp. 215-231). London: Sage.
Farmer, P. (1996). On Suffering and Structural Violence: A View from Below. Daedalus, 125(1), 261–283. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20027362
Bodini, C., Riccio, M., Paganoni, C., Gentilini, V. (2021). L’equità nel diritto alla salute: una ricerca-azione multimetodologica e interdisciplinare per il contrasto alle disuguaglianze nella città di Bologna [https://cris.unibo.it/handle/11585/827345] . In M. Castrignanò (Ed.), Sociologia dei Quartieri Urbani, (pp. 111 – 131), FrancoAngeli.
Podcast:“The Operative Word!”, Podcast of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology (edited by Dr Britta Wigginton, Dr Ally Gibson, and Dr Brett Scholz). In particolare, ascoltare: Issue 3, Volume 1, on “Power”: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theoperativeword/episodes/Volume-1-Issue-3-Power-e2i6bi/a-a6bucd

Testi per approfondimento temi trattati nel modulo (opzionali):

Salute e potere: la psicologia della salute critica

Chamberlain, K. (2018). Poverty, health, and health psychology: A critical perspective. Psicologia della Salute, 1, 5-18. https://doi.org/10.3280/PDS2018-001001
Murray, M. (2015). Introducing Critical Health Psychology. In M Murray (Ed.), Critical Health Psychology (Second edition) (pp. 1-16). Bloomsbury.
Riemer [https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/author/manuel-riemer/], M., Reich, S. M. [https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/author/stephanie-m-reich/], Evans S. D. [https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/author/scotney-d-evans/], N elson [https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/author/geoffrey-nelson/], G., Isaac Prilleltensky [https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/author/isaac-prilleltensky/], I. (2020). Community psychology: In pursuit of liberation and well-being (3rd edition). Red Globe Press.

Fine, M. (2016). Just methods in revolting times. Qualitative research in psychology, 13(4), 347–365. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2016.1219800
Prilleltensky I. (2012). Wellness as fairness. American Journal of Community Psychology, 49(1-2), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-011-9448-8
Stam, H. J.(2015). ‘A Critical History of Health Psychology and Its Relationship to Biomedicine’. In M Murray (Ed.), Critical Health Psychology (Second edition) (pp. 1-16). Bloomsbury.

La psicologia della liberazione e approcci decoloniali alla promozione della salute
Fanon, F. (2015). Pelle nera, maschere bianche. Edizioni ETS. Capitolo IV - Sul presunto complesso di dipendenza del colonizzato (pp. 87-107).

Ramugondo, E.L., Emery-Whittington, I. (2022). A Decolonising Approach to Health Promotion. In: Kessi, S., Suffla, S., Seedat, M. (eds) Decolonial Enactments in Community Psychology. Community Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75201-9_10t
Samah, J. (2021). Sumud. Resistere all'oppressione. Sensibili alle Foglie. Capitolo: Sulla Salute Mentale (pp. 25-49).

Salute e migrazione/detenzione

Esposito, F., Caja, E., e Mattiello, G. (2022). Corpi reclusi in attesa di espulsione: La detenzione amministrativa in Europa al tempo della sindemia. SEB27. Capitoli: Prefazione; L’aquila; Introduzione; Il confinamento della mobilità: Innovazioni e continuità nella storia della detenzione amministrativa in Italia; “Ormai non ci guarda più nessuno”: un confinamento nel confinamento; E dopo il lockdown, cosa?
Prilleltensky I. (2008). Migrant well-being is a multilevel, dynamic, value dependent phenomenon. American journal of community psychology, 42(3-4), 359–364. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-008-9196-6
Podcast Unchained Collective: “Immigration Detention the Hidden Costs”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/immigration-detention-the-hidden-costs/id1731118109

Ricerca-azione partecipata per promuovere il diritto alla salute

Centro Studi e Ricerche in salute Internazionale e Interculturale, Università di Bologna (2023). L’equità nel diritto alla salute: il contrasto alle disuguaglianze nella città di Bologna. Disponibile presso: https://centri.unibo.it/csi/it/progetti/tutti-i-materiali-della-ricerca-l-equita-nel-diritto-alla-salute
Consulting “The Public Science project”: https://publicscienceproject.org/about/

Teaching methods

• lectures
• analysis of papers and intervention projects
  

Assessment methods

The final test aims to evaluate the knowledge and skills acquired on the topics covered in the course. It will consist of:

(1) a written exam where you will be asked to develop an intervention project on a theme chosen from a list provided by the teacher (Module 1) and

(2) in preparing an essay at the end of module 2. The length of the essay must be 3000 words. The students will identify and agree with the teachers on the themes to be developed and will develop an essay plan during the lessons.

The final grade is given by the average of the votes of the two parts.

The overall evaluation (max 30), will take into account the following aspects: a) Originality in the choice of the theme and its relevance to the contents of the course; b) Level of knowledge and critical analysis of the scientific literature of reference and its application in the development of one's own arguments; c) the formal aspects of the documents produced. Honors may be awarded in the presence of a satisfactory evaluation of all the previous points.

To register the exam you must register on Studenti online.

Exam for students not attending classes

The exam will include two parts:

1)Written exam (6-8 open ended questions) (2 hrs), on the contents discussed in the course and compulsory readings.

2)Oral exam, on the readings of the course, in which it will be possible to increase the grade of max 2 points.

The final grade will be based on the following criteria: a)completeness of responses; b)capacity of critical analysis on the contents; c) capacity to establish connections among the theoretical concepts and to apply them to the analysis of concrete cases; d) formal characteristics of the outputs.

Students should register for the exam on Studenti online platform.

Erasmus students can take the exam in English.

Students with special needs are requested to contact the professor.

Teaching tools

slides (available on IOL online Platform), scientific papers, online bibliographic sources.

Office hours

See the website of Elvira Cicognani

See the website of Francesca Esposito