Advanced Studies in Health PromotionLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

ADVANCED STUDIES IN HEALTH PROMOTION 5 CR 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 credit
- 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 credits
- Empowering patient advice
- Customer-driven health promotion methods
- Supervisory methods for groups
- Digital applications and social media
How do I act? 2 credits
- 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
- Projects