Health-Promoting Nursing

Structure Type: Course
Code: THO1C5
Type: Compulsory
Level: Bachelor
Credits: 5.0 points
Responsible Teacher: Palo, Raija
Teacher Team: Maijala, Virpi ; Majasaari, Hilkka
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum  Semester  Credits  Start of Semester  End of Semester
TH-2015   1 autumn   5.0   2015-08-01   2015-12-31  

Learning Outcomes

Students understand principles of health promotion and know how to act according to the values of health promotion. They understand the economic perspective of health promotion. Students are able to apply existing knowledge of the population's health challenges
on individual and community level. Students know how to plan, implement and evaluate individual, group and community-level health promotion methods. They are able to prevent risk factors, which might impair the individual's, family's or community's health and ability to function. Students know how to use the client's experiential knowledge in the care of health and diseases. Students can describe the strategies of important national and international health and social policy programmes from the perspective of health promotion.

Student's Workload

Will be announced in the course implementation plan

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

No previous studies required.

Contents

Levels of health promotion (individual, community, society) and forms of action (prevention, promotion). Ethics and principles of health promotion. The role of client's life history, lifestyle and situation in care. The Chronic Care Model and motivating interview in health promotion. Family development stages. The client's personal, situation-specific and external health factors. Resource and solution-based approach to health promotion. The link between health and health practices, prevention of risk behaviour, anticipation of health risks. Legislation for the promotion of health and wellbeing, national guidelines and policy programmes; international and national recommendations and strategies.

Recommended or Required Reading

Will be announced in the course implementation plan

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Introductory lectures. Drama. Simulation-based exercises. Online learning. Study visits. Seminar. Independent assignments individually and in pairs.

Assessment Criteria

Will be announced in the course implementation plan

Assessment Methods

Assignment in small groups. Individual assignment. Seminar assignment.

Work Placement

Theoretical course

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