Advanced Studies in Health PromotionLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

ADVANCED STUDIES IN HEALTH PROMOTION 5 ECTS TESY

Objectives
• Students will learn to use customer-driven and engaging methods in the promotion of health and well-being among individuals, groups and communities
• Students will learn to use resource- and health-oriented methods to promote the health of families and communities
• Students will learn to promote health, well-being, functional capacity and ability to work and deepen their knowledge of environmental impacts on health and well-being.
• Students will know how to provide empowering, evidence-based health advice to customers/patients.
• Students will master customer-driven methods to promote health and well-being.
• Students will master various group work methods and know how to supervise peer groups.
• Students will become more proficient in using electronic services for self-care support and counselling.
• Students will know how to use health care technology to promote health and well-being.
• Students will learn more about addressing problems and assessing the need for early intervention, counselling and care.
• Students will learn to handle special questions regarding individuals and communities in cooperation with multidisciplinary expert groups.
• Students will learn to apply their knowledge of environmental impacts on the health of communities.
• Students will be capable of multiprofessional team work and know how to plan, implement, document and evaluate health promotion programmes using health care technology.
• Students will learn to apply and assess their skills and knowledge in a practical expert assignment related to their professional studies as part of health promotion (development) projects.
• Students will deepen their skills in the promotion of health and well-being among special groups.

Content

Contents

What do I know? 1 ECTS
• Customer-driven approach and engaging method
• Resource- and health-orientation
• Environmental impacts on health and well-being
• Health disparities and inequality

What can I do? 2 ECTS
• Empowering patient advice
• Customer-driven health promotion methods
• Supervisory methods for groups
• Digital applications and social media

How do I act? 2 ECTS
• Addressing of problems and early intervention
• Special questions at the individual and community level
• Multi-agency
• Special groups in the promotion of health and well-being
• Project activities