Sexual health promotion in different environmentsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You understand how illness and injury may affect persons' sexual health.
You are able to discuss sexuality with clients in different care and rehabilitation situations.
You are able to instruct clients in using products and aids that promote sexual health.
You recognise challenges related to attitudes towards sexual health promotion and you are able to influence the prevailing attitudes in your own workplace.

Content

How can illness and injury affect persons' sexual health?
How do you discuss sexuality with clients in different care and rehabilitation situations?
How can sexual health be promoted with the help of various products and aids?
How do the attitudes of individuals and the entire work community influence the promotion of clients' sexual health during care and rehabilitation processes?

Evaluation

Students can:
• use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
• assess information sources critically.
• work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.
• assess operations in client, user and target group situations.
• choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.
• promote teams’ goal-oriented operation.
• apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.