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| SANT0510-1 | Psycho-social dimensions of health and health promotion in physiotherapy
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| Duration : | 25h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Philippe Mairiaux |
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| Substitute(s) : | Pierre Somville |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | The course deals with the following aspects:
A) Part common to the various bachelor studies
* the Belgian health system and the role of health professions : introduction to some basic concepts in health economics ;
* the history of medical practice: general outline with a view to highlighting the historical roots of some present-day currents of thought;
* basic concepts (health, disease, healthy vs. unhealthy...): critical review of such concepts' meanings and discussion of three fundamental dimensions of disease (physical, cultural and social viewpoints);
* sociological analysis of the role of disease and medical professions in society; Parsons, Freidson, Becker and Goffman's models;
* social health gradients: nature, extent, evolution and explanatory hypotheses for understanding the persistence of inequalities in view of disease and death despite medical progress;
* a look at the day to day reality of professional practice in medical sciences : contributions of other Faculty members (general practitioners, specialists, pharmacists,...)
B) Specific part for BAC1 in Physiotherapy
* Prevention and health promotion : definitions
* Introduction to the main models of behaviour change
* Application to the topic of physical activity promotion, or to the prevention of low back pain |
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| Course objective : | The course generally aims at eliciting thinking about the purposes of medical sciences as well as the very concept of health and its implications on the role of kinesitherapists as health professionals, while integrating a health protection and promotion approach.
Specific objectives:
- understanding the explicit and implicit roles our society imposes on medical sciences;
- initiation to the biopsychosocial model of health
- understanding of major health determinants
- understanding the preventive and health promotion paradigms
- initiation to the mechanisms underlying behavioural changes.
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| Organization : | The course involves 16 lessons of 1h 45 duration.
The fist 11 lessons are commun to other bachelor students (medicine, dental sciences, biomedical sciences, pharmacists) while the 5 others are specific to physiotherapy students. |
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| Written notes : | Lecture notes: two volumes are available at the InterCopy copy shop (Sart Tilman).
- Reference works and recommended reading:
- Adam Ph. & Herzlich C. (1994) Sociologie de la maladie et de la médecine. Nathan Université nr. 69.
- Aïach P. & Cebe D. (1994) Les inégalités sociales de santé. La Recherche 261, 25: 100-109.
- Evans R.G., Barer M.L., Marmor T.R. (1996) Etre ou ne pas être en bonne santé. John Libbey Eurotext, Paris.
- Malherbe J.F. (1997) Pour une éthique de la médecine, collection Catalyses, ARTES-FIDES, 3rd edition. |
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| Assessment : | Written multiple-choice test with certainty indexes. (with the SMART technical support) |
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| Contacts : | Philippe MAIRIAUX, Junior Lecturer
Occupational Health and Health Education
School of Public Health, Sart Tilman B23, B-4000 Liège
Email: ph.mairiaux@ulg.ac.be
For the module devoted to PT students : Pierre-René SOMVILLE, pr.somville@chu.ulg.ac.be
Secretary: Mrs ESCHWEILER
Phone: 04 366 25 03 - fax: 04 366 28 89
Email: stes@ulg.ac.be |
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