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Advanced Studies in Health Promotion (5 cr)

Code: 7031505-3004

General information


Enrollment

02.07.2021 - 15.11.2021

Timing

15.11.2021 - 17.12.2021

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

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

10 - 30

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Nursing

Teachers

  • Jaana Uuttu

Scheduling groups

  • Pienryhmä 1 (Size: 5. Open UAS: 5.)

Groups

  • PSHTS19D
  • MSAISS19
  • PSHSS19A
  • PSHTS19B
  • PSHTS19C
  • PSHSS19B
  • PSHTS19A

Small groups

  • Pienryhmä 1

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

Teaching methods

Group work

Content scheduling

Health Promotion Event 2 cr in english

Evaluation scale

H-5