Health Promotion in the South African Context Training

Learning Outcomes

• Define health promotion within the South African context, including its historical development and key principles.
• Analyze the social determinants of health and their impact on health promotion in South Africa.
• Apply appropriate health promotion models and theories to address health challenges in local communities.
• Evaluate health promotion programmes against national policies and ethical guidelines.
• Design a basic health promotion intervention tailored to a specific South African community.
• Demonstrate effective communication strategies for health promotion across diverse cultural groups.

Target Audience

This course is designed for healthcare workers, community health workers, social workers, and anyone involved in health education or promotion within South African communities. It is also suitable for professionals in non-governmental organisations and government departments focusing on public health.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment. However, a basic understanding of healthcare or community work is advantageous.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practical sessions enable learners to apply health promotion planning and communication skills in simulated community contexts. These hands-on activities reinforce theoretical concepts and build competence in developing and delivering health promotion interventions.

Practical Activities

• Community Needs Assessment Simulation — Learners work in groups to conduct a mock community needs assessment using a structured tool, analysing data to identify priority health issues. (2h)
• Designing a Health Promotion Message — Each group develops a culturally appropriate health promotion message and selects suitable communication channels for a target community. (2h)
• Facilitating a Health Promotion Session — Learners deliver a short health promotion session to peers, using participatory methods and receiving feedback on facilitation skills. (2h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.