Health-Promoting Public Health Nursing

Structure Type:	Course
Code:	THO2S3
Type:	Compulsory
Level:	Bachelor
Credits:	3.0 points
Responsible Teacher:	Palo, Raija
Teacher Team:	Toukola, Marja ; Vierre, Else
Language of Instruction:	Finnish

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum	Semester	Credits	Start of Semester	End of Semester
TH-2015	3 spring	3.0	2018-01-01	2018-07-31
TH-2016	3 spring	3.0	2019-01-01	2019-07-31

Learning Outcomes

Students learn to develop promotive and preventive public health nursing in a variety of settings. Using foresight information, they work for the promotion of public health and for bridging the health gap between various groups. Students analyse evidence-based knowledge when they plan, implement and evaluate client-centred health promotion. They ground their work on the laws that govern public health nursing and on national and international social and health policy documents. Students know how to assess their clients' resources and factors that protect and strengthen the clients' health. Student help clients recognise their resources, required in the promotion of health, self-care and decision-making. Students are able to detect and support clients, families and communities in need of special support and at risk of marginalisation. Students know how to use the outreach approach to promote the health and wellbeing of clients, families and communities. Students are able to explain the meaning of culture in the promotion of health and wellbeing. They support and cooperate with clients and families from different cultural backgrounds to promote clients' health, wellbeing and ability to function. Students select and use action models which increase clients' participation at individual, group and community level. Together with other professionals and clients, students are able to renew and develop health promotion models and practices. They can explain ethical and legal issues pertaining to the use of communication technology at work. Students use and develop information and communication technology in an innovative, client-centred manner in cooperation with other professionals.

Student's Workload

Will be announced in the course implementation plan.

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

No previous studies required

The promotive and preventive approach as a foundation of public health nursing. Prevention of prevailing diseases and detection of risk factors at individual, group and community level. Indcators of health and wellbeing, epidemiological data. Health behaviours in the population, equality in health, health risks. Current research on health promotion and public health nursing. The most important laws for health and social services, health and social policy programmes, recommendations and guidelines, EU and WHO health political guidelines. Resource-oriented, empowering approach to work. The empowering process of clients (individuals, families, groups, communities), finding means of strengthening clients' resources, health literacy. Supporting clients' self-care and decision-making skills. Dialogue, the cooperative appraoch, client involvement. The nature of client relationships in public health nursing (e.g. continuity, long-term relationships). Social exclusion, risks and indicators of marginalisation. Client/community analysis, welfare reports. Community sense, networking, work among clients. Low threshold services (e.g. health counselling points, health kiosks, mobile units). Levels of culture. Psychosocial cultural factors. Cultural and ethical sensitivity in client work. Clients that represent different cultures, e.g. ethnic groups, youth cultures, immigrants. Multicultural networking in public health nursing. Client-centred use and development of action models and work methods. Client-centred use and development of innovative, technology-aided action models and work methods.

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures. Cooperative learning. Online learning. Workshops. Simulation. Study visit. Independent study.

Assessment Criteria

Assessment criterias written in the study entity of Advanced Public Health Nursing during the ending phase of the studies

Assessment Methods

Exam. Assignment.

Work Placement

The course consists of practical assignments and theoretical studies.

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