EMHPA Handbook 2022-2024

University of Southern Denmark in Odense
Internship in “Best practice in childhood physical activity and health”
Facts
Credits: 15 ECTS.
Teaching semester: Fall/Winter 2023.
Specific conditions
The teaching language is English.
The course is structured as an Intensive Program (IP) with a condensed teaching period that lasts
three weeks.
Objectives of the module
The objective of this IP is to provide master level students with research based knowledge and
insight on the field of health enhancing physical activity in relation to children.
In this way, the students are enabled to use their competences achieved for the purpose of
treating a variety of issues in an independent, critical and constructive manner.
Competences
When finalizing the course the students will be able to:
• participate in the development and implementation of interventions and programs aiming at
prevention and health promotion among children and youth.
• communicate and undertake interdisciplinary initiatives on subjects, methods, and theories of
special relevance for the area of childhood health and physical activity.
• deliver high quality work in relation to the multidisciplinary area of childhood health and
physical activity.
• analyze and assess the influence of core determinants of health enhancing physical activity in
relation to children and youth.
• carry out appraisals and counsel on the basis of best available evidence on the relative
effectiveness of various health promotion and disease preventive interventions in relation to
children and health enhancing physical activity.
• identify best practice in order to develop and implement effective and sustainable
interventions targeting the area children and health enhancing physical activity.
Content of the Course
Dealing with best practice issues related to the development, implementation and evaluation of
physical education and other PA initiatives targeting special populations (e.g. schoolchildren,
ethnic and obese children) the program focuses on:
• The academic rationale for the inclusion of sport, exercise, fitness and related health issues in
the public health domain.
• State-of-the-art scientific data on the physiological, epidemiological, psychological,
sociological and social factors underpinning ‘best practice’ issues in children’s participation in
PA and sport .
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