Program Overview

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David Murphy

Divya Ravikumar

Course Overview

The MA/Postgraduate Diploma programme is an internationally recognised qualification with the course content informed by the agreed competencies and professional standards for Health Promotion. The programme is an IUHPE (International Union of Health Promotion and Education) Accredited Health Promotion Course. This means that students who graduate from this course are automatically eligible to apply to become an IUHPE Registered Health Promotion Practitioner on the voluntary register. Graduates of the programme work in statutory services (e.g., Health Service Executive, local authorities), non-governmental organisations (e.g., Irish Heart Foundation, Dental Health Foundation, Irish Cancer Society), the private sector ( e.g., health insurance companies) and in the academic sector (e.g., University of Galway, Atlantic Technological University Sligo, University College Cork ), in a number of roles including dedicated Health Promotion Specialist posts. Past graduates are employed nationally and internationally, in posts in Ireland, UK, Australia, Canada and USA. Some graduates have gone onto further study in our doctoral programme (Further information on the PhD in Health Promotion is available by clicking here.)

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About the programme

Download: BROCHURE MA PG Diploma in HEALTH PROMOTION in process of updating

The Postgraduate Diploma in Health Promotion offers a taught programme of eight modules, delivered over two semesters to full-time students and over four semesters to part-time students. The MA course incorporates the taught component of the Postgraduate Diploma programme together with a minor dissertation based on original research, which is undertaken over the summer months with a submission date in late August.

A range of teaching and assessment methods are used, including interactive lectures, work placements, small group teaching, skills development, and contributions from practitioners in the field, in a blended learning format with in person and online teaching.

Academics that teach on the programme are research active in the Health Promotion Research Centre, a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion Research contributing to the WHO work programme.

Aims and objectives

The programme aims to provide students with professional education and training in the principles and practice of health promotion. Students will acquire knowledge and skills in the following:

Theoretical background to the concepts and principles of health promotion and the application of theory to practice

Determinants of physical, mental and social well-being.

Key factors influencing the promotion of positive health.

Application of a range of different health promotion approaches and strategies across diverse population groups, topics and settings.

Critical role of the research process and its application in the development of knowledge and best practice in health promotion.

Scholarships available

Find out about our Postgraduate Scholarships here.

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If you would like to meet us:

We participate in the University of Galway postgraduate open days which are run twice a year.

We put on our own course-specific open evening in Spring where you can hear about the programme, meet staff and other potential students.

You can make an appointment by email to meet a member of staff at University of Galway

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Applications are made online via the University of Galway Postgraduate Applications System.

The programme board evaluates each applicant’s academic record and relevant professional experience to date at the time of application and assesses the applicant’s level of motivation and suitability as per the Personal Statement submitted as part of the online application.

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Who Teaches this Course

Dr Margaret Hodgins BA (Mod), MA, PhD

Senior Lecturer

Áras Moyola

National University of Ireland Galway

University Road

Galway

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Prof Margaret Barry MA, PhD.

Established Professor of Health Promotion and Public Health

Discipline of Health Promotion

School of Health Sciences

NUI Galway

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Dr Verna McKenna MA, BA; PhD

Lecturer (Above the bar)

Discipline of Health Promotion

Aras Moyola

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Prof Colette Kelly BSc, MSc, PhD. View Profile

Dr Victoria Fallon-Hogan B.A., M.Sc., Cert. Ph.D View Profile

Prof. Saoirse Nic Gabhainn B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

Professor of Health Promotion

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Dr Martin Power BA., PhD., PGCert Teaching & Learning View Profile

Dr. Lisa Pursell BSc, Ph.D.

Lecturer Above The Bar

Health Promotion

Aras Moyola

NUI, Galway

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Dr Jane Sixsmith RGN, HV, DN, B.Sc., M.A. PhD. View Profile

Dr. Mary Lavelle B.A., M.A., Ph.D

Lecturer Above The Bar

Health Promotion

School of Medicine

NUI Galway

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Catherine Anne Field BSocSc, MSc, PhD View Profile

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Assessment is by means of

continuous assessment and an oral examination.