Morbidity and health policy in Finland
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | KFG11B007 |
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| Level: | Bachelor |
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| Credits: | 3.0 points |
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| Responsible Teacher: | Hietaniemi, Elina |
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| Teacher Team: | Lahti, Marita |
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| Language of Instruction: | Finnish |
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Learning Outcomes
Students will acquire basic knowledge of the illnesses and health behaviours of Finns, and of current health political challenges. Students will have command of the central concepts associated with epidemiology, they will be familiar with the methods of measuring and compiling statistics on the population's health/illness, and practise reading health statistics. Students know how to utilize online material on health and health policies.They will be aware of the main contents of important health political target and action programmes. Students will also be familiar with the core contents of health-care policy legislation and know the structure and functions of the health service delivery system at different levels.
Student's Workload
Will be announced at the beginning of the course.
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
No previous studies are required.
Contents
- Basic epidemiological concepts
- Measuring health, statistics in Finland, important registers and publications
- Life management and health behaviour problems in Finland
- Hereditary diseases, new and old prevalent diseases
- Morbidity in Finland in light of statistics
- Environmental and community-related health problems
- Global health problems
- Important health programmes: HFA-21, KASTE, and the government's health promotion policy
- Health-care legislation (e.g. Acts listed in the 2008 registration guidelines by the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health and the 2011 Health Care Act ) and their core contents.
- the role of public health organizations in Finnish health policy
Recommended or Required Reading
- Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. National Development Plan KASTE 2012-2015
- Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. The Social and Health Review 2010. (Online)
- The Health Care Act, Sickness Insurance Act and other important laws.
- WHO: Health for All 21
- Online material pertaining to the measurement of health and to Finnish health care services
- Other material provided by the teacher
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
- Lectures
- Independent information seeking from health/sickness/health service statistics, health political laws and systems
- Pair work
- Group work
Assessment Criteria
Grading will be announced during the course.
Assessment Methods
- Active participation
- Pair work
- Examination
- Numerical grading 1-5
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