Epidemiological knowledge in health promotion (5 cr)

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

Students can
a.evaluate and make critical use of epidemiological data in the field of promotive and preventive work
b. be responsible for operations and develop them independently and systematically in health promotion
c.use new strategic approaches related to epidemiological data, health behavior and health promotion projects
g.communicate and interact in demanding international contexts related to epidemiology, national diseases and health problems in the population

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Basic knowledge of national diseases and health problems.