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Basic health promotion and nutritionLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: HY00EP38

Credits

5 op

Teaching language

  • Finnish

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

08.04.2024 - 21.04.2024

Timing

26.08.2024 - 13.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna

Campus

Ecampus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 200

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Niina Luukkonen
  • Pirjo Heimo
  • Alina Jurvanen
  • Johanna Koskenniemi
  • Sari Engelhardt
  • Sirpa Gardemeister
Groups
  • SHKT24KM
    Nursing, part-time studies
  • SHSA24KM
    Nursing, part-time studies
  • EHKT24KM
    Emergency Care, part-time studies
  • THMI24KM
    Health care, part-time studies
  • SHMI24KM
    Nursing, part-time studies

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

18.03.2024 - 28.03.2024

Timing

06.05.2024 - 31.07.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna

Campus

Ecampus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 200

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Niina Luukkonen
  • Pirjo Heimo
  • Alina Jurvanen
  • Sari Engelhardt
  • Johanna Koskenniemi
  • Sirpa Gardemeister
Groups
  • SHKT24KM
    Nursing, part-time studies
  • SHSA24KM
    Nursing, part-time studies
  • EHKT24KM
    Emergency Care, part-time studies
  • THMI24KM
    Health care, part-time studies
  • SHMI24KM
    Nursing, part-time studies

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

06.11.2023 - 17.11.2023

Timing

15.01.2024 - 26.04.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna

Campus

Ecampus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 200

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Niina Luukkonen
  • Jarno Hämäläinen
  • Pirjo Heimo
  • Alina Jurvanen
  • Sari Engelhardt
  • Johanna Koskenniemi
  • Sirpa Gardemeister
Groups
  • EHKT23SM
    Emergency Care, part-time studies
  • SHKT23SVM
    Nursing, part-time studies
  • SHSA23SVM
    Nursing, online/part-time studies
  • THKV23SP
    Health Care, full-time studies
  • SHMI23SVM
    Nursing, online/part-time studies

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

06.04.2023 - 21.04.2023

Timing

04.09.2023 - 01.12.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli

Campus

Ecampus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 200

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Niina Luukkonen
  • Jarno Hämäläinen
  • Pirjo Heimo
  • Sari Engelhardt
  • Johanna Koskenniemi
Groups
  • EHKT23KP
    Emergency Care, full-time studies
  • SHKT23KVM
    Nursing, part-time studies
  • THMI23KP
    Health care, fulltime studies
  • SHMI23KVM
    Nursing, online/part-time studies
  • SHSA23KVM
    Nursing, online/part-time studies

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

14.03.2023 - 31.03.2023

Timing

02.05.2023 - 31.07.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli

Campus

Ecampus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 200

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Päivi Lifflander
  • Aila Friis
  • Niina Luukkonen
  • Tiia Laukkanen
  • Pirjo Heimo
  • Sari Engelhardt
  • Johanna Koskenniemi
  • Sirpa Gardemeister
Groups
  • EHKT23KP
    Emergency Care, full-time studies
  • SHKT23KVM
    Nursing, part-time studies
  • THMI23KP
    Health care, fulltime studies
  • SHMI23KVM
    Nursing, online/part-time studies
  • SHSA23KVM
    Nursing, online/part-time studies

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

19.01.2023 - 15.05.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 60

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Salla Rinne
  • Sirpa Gardemeister
Groups
  • SHMI22SVM
    Nursing, online/part-time studies

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

19.01.2023 - 19.05.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 60

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Salla Rinne
  • Sirpa Gardemeister
Groups
  • SHMI22SM
    Nursing, part-time studies

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

09.01.2023 - 21.04.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Päivi Lifflander
  • Tiia Laukkanen
Teacher in charge

Sari Pölönen

Groups
  • SHSA22SM
    Nursing, part-time studies

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

09.01.2023 - 21.04.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Päivi Lifflander
  • Tiia Laukkanen
Teacher in charge

Sari Pölönen

Groups
  • SHSA22SVM
    Nursing, online/part-time studies
  • SHSA22SVMB
    Nursing, online/part-time studies

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

09.01.2023 - 21.04.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Campus

Ecampus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 50

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Sari Virkki
  • Sari Engelhardt
  • Johanna Koskenniemi
Teacher in charge

Sari Engelhardt

Groups
  • SHKT22SM
    Nursing, part-time studies

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

09.01.2023 - 26.05.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 50

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Emergency Care
Teachers
  • Jarno Hämäläinen
  • Sari Engelhardt
  • Johanna Koskenniemi
Teacher in charge

Sari Engelhardt

Groups
  • EHKT22SM
    Emergency Care, part-time studies

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

09.01.2023 - 26.05.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

2 op

Mode of delivery

60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 35

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Health Care
Teachers
  • Liisa Korpivaara
  • Johanna Koskenniemi
Teacher in charge

Liisa Korpivaara

Groups
  • THKV22SP
    Health Care, full-time studies

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

06.04.2022 - 22.04.2022

Timing

05.09.2022 - 15.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages
  • English
  • Finnish
Seats

10 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Päivi Lifflander
  • Sari Pölönen
Teacher in charge

Tuulia Litmanen

Groups
  • SHSA22KP
    Nursing, fulltime studies

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Materials

Study material can be found in Learn-system.

Teaching methods

Health Promotion 2cr.
Concepts of health promotion, community health promotion and global health 2 cr. Implemented in lectures, in English. The course also includes exchange students.

Employer connections

The course will participate in the Savonlinna Welfare Fair on September 24, 2022. 100% presence.

Exam schedules

Exam at the end of the course. Evaluation 1-5. The dates of the exam and assignments will be announced at the beginning of the course.

International connections

The course is open to students from several different countries.
Teaching is in english.

Student workload

2cr = 54h

Further information

Teachers:

Healt promotion: Sari Pölönen, sari.polonen@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment according to the competence objectives of the initial nursing student 3.
Evaluate numerically on a scale of 1-5.

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

06.04.2022 - 22.04.2022

Timing

29.08.2022 - 30.11.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 50

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Haija Kankkunen
  • Sirpa Gardemeister
Groups
  • THMI22KP
    Health care, fulltime studies

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

06.04.2022 - 22.04.2022

Timing

29.08.2022 - 18.11.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 50

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Johanna Koskenniemi
  • Sari Engelhardt
Teacher in charge

Sari Engelhardt

Groups
  • SHKT22KP
    Nursing, full-time studies

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

06.04.2022 - 22.04.2022

Timing

29.08.2022 - 11.11.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 50

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Emergency Care
Teachers
  • Jarno Hämäläinen
  • Johanna Koskenniemi
  • Sari Engelhardt
Teacher in charge

Sari Engelhardt

Groups
  • EHKT22KP
    Emergency Care, full-time studies

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

06.04.2022 - 22.04.2022

Timing

01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 50

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Aila Friis
  • Riitta Riikonen
  • Sirpa Gardemeister
Groups
  • SHMI22KM
    Nursing, part-time studies

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the basis and levels of health and welfare promotion.
You recognize the protective and strengthening factors of individual and community health and global health threats and challenges.
You can search and apply statistical information about the welfare of the population and draw conclusions about public health.
You understand the possibilities of welfare technology in health promotion.
You understand the consequence of health inequalities in the population and you can affect them.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You know how to apply Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can take into account sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Content

Health promotion
What is the basis of welfare and health promotion?
What are the levels of promotion and prevention of health?
What kind of factors protect and strenghten health?
How do you co-operate with the third sector in health and welfare promotion?
What are current global challenges and threats in health promotion?
How you can apply statistical information about the welfare of the population?
What opportunities there are in welfare analytics, health tchnology and artificial intelligence in health promotion?
What kind of consequences are in health inequality and how you can affect them?
How can you take into account ethics in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are Finnish nutrition recommendations for different age groups?
How you apply the contents of nutrition recommendations in dietary habits of the client?
How you can take into account sustainable development and ethics in dietary habits of the client?
How you apply nutrition care and preventive nutrition guidance on the basis of recommendations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites