This qualification is aimed at organisations with an interest in the health and wellbeing of their workforce and customer/client groups. It provides an ideal way of equipping key staff with basic health advice and methods of support which they can then use to inform and assist colleagues and/or customers.
Candidates will learn:
- The importance and benefits to public health of promoting health and wellbeing in the workplace and community settings.
- The factors that facilitate and create barriers to health improvement.
- The principles of behaviour change and maintenance and of how to apply them in helping people to make changes.
- The responsibilities associated with handling confidential and sensitive information.
- Methods that may be used to evaluate a programme to promote healthier lifestyles.
Structure
The Level 2 Award in Understanding Health Improvement is a single unit qualification. All outcomes are assessed.
Total guided learning hours
10 guided learning hours are normally appropriate for a course of study for this award (including the assessment time).
Prerequisites
There are no pre-course entry requirements. It is recommended that candidates for this Award have good oral communication skills, basic standards of literacy and numeracy and an ability to relate to people from a wide variety of backgrounds.
Examination entry requirements
Candidates must have attained the knowledge outcomes detailed above, prior to taking the examination.
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