Modiwl NHS-4430:
Networks Health & Well Being
Social networks and communities for Health and Wellbeing 2023-24
NHS-4430
2023-24
School of Health Sciences
Module - Semester 1 & 2
20 credits
Module Organiser:
Diane Seddon
Overview
Topics may include:
- Social gerontology - an oveview
- What is a community? Definitions and concepts of community.
- Representations of community: complexity and diversity.
- Understanding community - social support, obligation, conjugal roles and social networks
- Communities and identity
- Research approaches to community studies
- Social network typologies, health and wellbeing
- Fraility
- Older life and social network
- Social networks and mental wellbeing
- Research approaches
Learning Outcomes
- Critically evaluate and analyse approaches to understanding and utilising social networks in social gerontology and their contribution to improving the support of older people.
- Critically evaluate and analyse the mechanisms for developing resilience within communities and its relevance in social gerontology.
- Demonstrate an in depth knowledge and understanding of how communities and social networks relate to health and wellbeing for older people.
- Demonstrate an in depth knowledge of the concepts of community and key theories underpinning community studies
Assessment method
Coursework
Assessment type
Crynodol
Description
Critically analyse the relevance of community and social networks to health and wellbeing in older life
Weighting
70%
Assessment method
Coursework
Assessment type
Crynodol
Description
Learning Pods Reflection
Weighting
30%