1. RSPH Level 1 Award in HEALTH AWARENESS

2. Award purpose To raise awareness of personal and public health and
To enable learners to make positive lifestyle choices for health and wellbeing
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3. Health Awareness Level 1
A single unit award at Level 1 on the
Qualifications and Credit Framework
10 ‘Notional learning hours’
Provides a foundation for:
-Knowledge & skills expansion
-Knowledge and skills advancement
-New ways of collaboration
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4. RSPH Level 1 Health Awareness C & G Level 3 Certificate for HT [VRQ]
e.g. RSPH Level 3
Nutrition for Healthier Food & Special Diets
C & G Level 3
Certificate for HT [VRQ]
e.g. RSPH Level 2 Award in Decontamination in Health & Social Care Settings
RSPH Level 2 Award
Understanding Health Improvement, or
Health Promotion
 e.g.
Expert Patient Programme
e.g.
Life check
e.g. Level 1 RSPH 
Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace
RSPH Level 1
Health Awareness
  HT2 (K1-7) NOS NHS KSF (HWB1) Health Literacy
‘Core Value’ Unit
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6. Learners
Provides a ‘core value’ unit for a variety of workplace settings :
Health and social care, including those preparing for careers in those sectors or as a foundation in support roles to professions
Education
Public services
Corporate settings
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7. Learners Health & lifestyle education for young people
Preparation for Local Involvement Network representatives (LINks) and Patient and Public Involvement groups
Learning for those accessing NHS Life Check
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8. Assessment -Multiple choice examination
One examination paper of 20 multiple-choice questions to be answered in 45 minutes
Pass - candidates must achieve 13 correct answers out of 20
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9. Learning Outcomes 1. Understand the meaning of ‘Health’
2. Understand the basic principles of public health
3. Understand the lifestyle choices affecting personal health and wellbeing
4. Understand how to manage personal health collaboratively with health service providers
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10. Learning Outcome 1 - Health & wellbeing - Concepts of ‘Health’ - Basic human needs
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11. ‘Foundations for achievement’
Health & Wellbeing
‘Foundations for achievement’
Health is made up of a number of factors which help people to achieve their maximum personal potential.
Health: The foundations for Achievement, Chichester : John Wiley
Seedhouse, D. (1986) in
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12. Health & Wellbeing Healthiness:
Wholeness or the integrity of the person, their inner strength and ability to cope.
Study of Health beliefs of elderly people living in Aberdeen concluded that people could consider themselves, or others, healthy even though they may be badly diseased
Rory Williams (1993)
‘Concepts of health; an analysis of lay logic’, Sociology 17, 2:
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13. Models of Health Scientific medical model
Holistic model (physical, mental and social wellbeing)
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14. Basic Human Needs Breathing Food Water Sex Sleep
Safety and security needs
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