Health PromotionLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

Students are familiar with international and national documents steering health promotion. They understand that health promotion is a process that provides people with an opportunity to increase and improve the control of their health. Working in a health-promoting manner means focusing on health instead of illness. Activities emphasise clients? full involvement and mobilisation of their resources. Students understand the complexity of health and the fact that there are also some factors influencing health that lie beyond an individual?s control.
Students become familiar with various instruction methods used in physiotherapy and become capable of implementing different types of instruction situations.

Content

Documents steering health promotion
The health promotion process at individual and community levels
Promotive and preventive perspectives of health promotion

Qualifications

Basics of Physiotherapy
Client-Centred Rehabilitation 1