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Epidemiological knowledge in health promotion (5 cr)

Code: TE00CT83-3003

General information


Enrollment

15.08.2020 - 04.09.2020

Timing

26.08.2020 - 18.12.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Master's Degree Programme in Health Promotion

Teachers

  • Anja Terkamo-Moisio

Teacher in charge

Anja Terkamo-Moisio

Groups

  • TEKT20SY
    Health promotion, master studies

Objective

You can recognize and describe the concepts of epidemiology.
You can look for knowledge in epidemiology, select and interpret parameters describing health behavior, and based on them, draw conclusions in the state of health and wellbeing of the population.
You can interpret the parameters related to national diseases and health and wellbeing problems and use them for the prioritization of promotive and preventive interventions.
You can estimate the health needs of the population, communities, and individuals based on epidemiology.

Content

What are the basic concepts of epidemiology?
How to interpret and utilize statistic of mortality, the prevalence of illnesses, accidents, risk factors and risk behavior in the population?
How to recognize and estimate risk factors and risk groups related to health and wellbeing problems and national diseases?
How to assess the health and wellbeing needs of the population, community or individual?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Basic knowledge of national diseases and health problems.