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Health Promotion and Global Health (5cr)

Code: AV00DN02-3001

General information


Timing
01.09.2021 - 31.12.2021
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
0 cr
Virtual portion
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
Vanha_Open UAS and Continuing Education (vanhettu)
Campus
Ecampus
Teaching languages
English
Teachers
Tuulia Litmanen
Teacher in charge
Tuulia Litmanen
Course
AV00DN02

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Objective

Health promotion and Global Health
• You can apply the theories on health promotion and evidence-based methods in nursing individuals and communities.
• You can assess individuals’ and groups’ needs for health promotion.
• You can direct early support for those who need it.
• You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.
• You know how to plan and carry out interventions for promoting health and the ability to function for individuals and groups in multiprofessional cooperation, with a customer-oriented approach.
• You recognize current and new health threats also globally and you are able to include them in the health promotion of customers/patients.
Nutrition
• You know how to apply nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
• You know how to integrate nutrional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
• 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

• How are health and illness defined and what are the principles of health promotion?
• What is the significance of health promotion for national health?
• How is health promoted in different municipal fields?
• What is the meaning of the norm, resource, and information guidance in health promotion?
• How do the ethical principles of health promotion direct planning in social and health care and how do you take ethics into consideration in health promotion?
• What is the connection between lifestyle and health?
• How can risk behavior in health issues be recognized and prevented?
• How can wellbeing analytics and artificial intelligence be utilized in health promotion?
• What kind of registered information and statistics can be utilized in health promotion?
• How do you promote the health of a community?
• How do you follow and assess health promotion? How do you apply evidence-based information in health promotion?

Nutrition

• What are the national nutrional recommendations directed at different age groups?
• How do you apply the contents of nutrional recommendations in everyday food choices and eating?
• How do you carry out nutrition treatment and preventive dietary advice according to the Current Care recommendations?

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

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