Cancer, Cancer Prevention and Health Promotion (5 cr)
Code: TH00BR24-3001
General information
Enrollment
02.12.2020 - 31.01.2021
Timing
01.01.2021 - 31.07.2021
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
3 op
Mode of delivery
40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
10 - 30
Degree programmes
- Master of Advanced Nursing Practice
Teachers
- Virpi Sulosaari
- Marjo Salmela
Groups
-
YKLASS20
Objective
· explain the basics of etiology and pathophysiology in cancer development
· critically estimate the incidence of cancer in Finland and Europe and identify the most common cancer causes and risk factors
· recognize the significance of cancer prevention from the point of view of public health and become familiar with the most essential methods used in cancer prevention
· take cultural context into account in cancer prevention
· explain the most essential methods used for cancer diagnosis
Content
· Cancer as a disease
· Etiology, frequency and heritability of cancer
· Incidence, dominance and mortality rate of cancer
· Costs caused by cancer
· Cancer prevention and health promotion
· Objectives of health promotion
· Cancer prevention with health promotion methods
· Cancer prevention as a part of NCD disease prevention
· Use of tobacco products, alcohol, nutrition and weight management, exercise and immobility, work-related exposure, inflammation, radiation (UV radiation - the sun, solarium, radon, electromagnetic radiation)
· Societal influence - cooperation with patient organisations
· Cancer screening, early detection and cancer diagnosis
· Cancer screening
· Early detection
· Cancer diagnosis methods
Materials
European Cancer Beating Plan 2020
EU4Health program 2021-2027
Ferley J. ym. 2018. Cancer incidence and mortality patterns in Europe: Estimates for 40 countries and 25 major cancers in 2018. European Journal of Cancer 103:356-387.
Teaching methods
Distance/contact teaching, group work, seminar
Student workload
Poster seminar and presentation
Active participation to group work during contact/distance teaching
Content scheduling
Cancer as a disease
• Etiology, frequency and heritability of cancer
• Incidence, dominance and mortality rate of cancer
• Costs caused by cancer
• Objectives of health promotion
• Cancer prevention with health promotion methods
• Cancer prevention as a part of NCD disease prevention
• Societal influence - cooperation with patient organisations
• Cancer screening, early detection, cancer diagnosis methods
Evaluation scale
H-5
Assessment methods and criteria
Participation to teaching approved/failed
Posterseminar 1-5