Health PromotionLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

Students can explain the central concepts, approaches and premises of health promotion.
Students can apply client- and resource-oriented health discussion to support the lifestyle change of clients. They can describe the change process of lifestyle change and provide examples of it.
Students are able to utilise various documents and data in education promoting health in a client-oriented way.
Students identify health challenges of the population and can describe demographic health differences. They are familiar with the methods meeting the major health challenges of the population.
Students can name the central laws regarding health promotion and explain the most important strategies, national and international programmes. They are able to implement the vaccination programme.

Content

Central concepts and approaches to health promotion
Premises of health promotion
Client- and resource-oriented discussion methods
Phase change model supporting lifestyle change
Data and documents of health promotion
Health of the population and demographic differences in health
Principal methods for identifying health needs of the population and meeting health challenges
Society and health promotion; central laws, strategies, national and international programmes related to health promotion
Vaccination programmes

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students can explain the central concepts, approaches and premises of health promotion to a certain extent.
Students can describe the phases of the change process related to a lifestyle change to a certain extent.
Students use client- and resource-oriented discussion methods to support clients in their lifestyle change.
Students utilise different documents and data in their education to promote health.
Students identify health challenges of the population and demographic health differences to a certain extent.
Students are able to choose methods to meet the health challenges of the population.
Students can name some laws related to health promotion and explain strategies, national and international programmes to a certain extent.
Students are able to implement the vaccination programme.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students can explain the central concepts, approaches and premises of health promotion.
Students can describe the phases of the change process related to a lifestyle change.
Students use client- and resource-oriented health discussion to support clients in their lifestyle change in an appropriate way.
Students utilise different documents and data in their education to promote health in a client-oriented way.
Students identify major health challenges of the population and the demographic differences.
Students are able to choose appropriate methods to meet the major health challenges of the population.
Students can name most of the laws promoting health of the population and explain the strategies, national and international programmes.
Students implement the vaccination programme.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students can explain the central concepts, approaches and premises of health promotion in a versatile way.
Students can describe the entire change process and its phases related to a lifestyle change and provide examples of them.
Students use client- and resource-oriented health discussion to support clients in their lifestyle change in a client-oriented and context-sensitive way.
Students utilise various documents and data in their education to promote health in a client-oriented and context-sensitive way.
Students identify health challenges of the population and demographic health differences in a versatile way.
Students are able to choose appropriate methods to meet the health challenges of the population in a context-sensitive way.
Students can name the laws related to health promotion comprehensively and explain strategies, national and international programmes in a versatile way.
Students implement the vaccination programme in a client-oriented way.