Multiagency promotion of wellbeingLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You know the models and methods of lifestyle change.
You recognise the principles, actors and activities on promoting wellbeing and health. 
You are able to apply knowledge of the significance of nutrition, nature, exercise, rest and sleep in multiagency wellbeing and health promotion work.

Content

How can you promote lifestyle changes?  
What are the main requirements of wellbeing and health promotion work and what does it require from different actors?  
How can the expertise of different professions and actors be used in promoting multiagency wellbeing competence?  
How is wellbeing and health promotion work carried  out in a multiagency way according to ethical principles?

Evaluation

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations. 
b. assess information sources critically. 
c. work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field. 
d. assess operations in client, user and target group situations. 
e. choose appropriate models and methods and justify these choices. 
f. promote teams’ goal-oriented operation. 
g. apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.