Postgraduate certificate (Health Promotion [Wellness Workplace])

Course Overview
Postgraduate Certificate in Health Promotion in Workplace Wellness has been jointly developed by NUI Galway and the Departments of Health, and Business, Enterprise and Innovation under the Healthy Ireland Framework. The course is suitable for a variety of professions and settings. It is particularly suited to those working in Health Promotion, Human Resources, Management, Public Health, Nursing, Occupational Health and Safety, and the ever-growing corporate wellness industry.  

The program guides students through the stages of effective intervention design, such as needs analysis,  planning, implementation, and evaluation. This will be embedded in an understanding of the fundamentals of Health Promotion and framed around real world experience and examples. Course participants will gain skills and competencies for the effective implementation of evidence-based Health Promotion interventions and project management. Specialists in workplace health and wellbeing will become essential agents of change within organisations throughout the world.

The programme comprises three modules.

The first two modules include participation in workshops and self-paced instructional materials with assignments for independent study, while the third module focuses on project work. 

1. Concepts and Principles of Health Promotion

This module includes:

• Definitions of health and Health Promotion
• Health Promotion programme development
• Current issues and discourse in Health Promotion policy and practice
• Communication training and facilitation skills. 

2. Specialism Module

This module includes:

• Creating a healthy work environment
• Organisational culture change
• Psychosocial health interventions
• Corporate social responsibility. 

3. Project Development

• Students are guided through the process of de-signing an intervention in the area of workplace Health Promotion.

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