Health Promotion and Global Health (5 cr)

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