Explore the concepts of social and behavioural theories, models and frameworks in the context on infectious disease prevention.
You will learn how theories and models underpin frameworks to help understand the behaviour change process, demonstrate how they are integrated and discover and apply the World Health Organization's principles and steps for applying a behavioural perspective to Public Health.
Duration: 60-90 minutes.
Audience: Public Health professionals from European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries working in the field of infectious diseases prevention and control and interested in developing behavioural and/or social sciences interventions.
Objectives:
- Define and distinguish the concepts of behavioural theories, models and frameworks.
- Explain the key components of the World Health Organization’s principles and steps for applying a behavioural perspective to public health, as well as the advantages of using this framework in the design, implementation and evaluation of interventions for behaviour change.
- Explain how models and theories are important for underpinning frameworks to help understand the behaviour change process and their potential role in the context of infectious disease prevention and management.
- Demonstrate how theories, models and frameworks can be integrated and applied to prevention and control of infectious disease.
Participation: This is a PILOT, once completed, the course will be open for public enrolment.