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Basics of Health Promotion (5 cr)

Code: XX00DP94-3006

General information


Enrollment

02.05.2022 - 18.10.2022

Timing

24.10.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

School of Health Care

Campus

Myllypurontie 1

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 50

Teachers

  • Teija Rautiola

Teacher in charge

Teija Rautiola

Groups

  • VOK
    Metropolian yhteiset valinnaiset opintokokonaisuudet

Objective

Students
- recognize concepts of health and health promotion
- recognize promotive and preventative approaches to health promotion at individual, community and society levels, salotogenesis
- recognize multilevel determinates of health and well-being and the socio-ecological model of health determinates
- recognize national and international strategies and programs of HP
- overview of national and international structure, organizations and actors (settings) of HP health promotion

Content

Health and health promotion concepts (WHO and other approaches). Health determinants (environment, media, regulations, consumer education, behaviour, etc.). Health promoting institutions. National health strategies. International health promotion organizations (WHO, IUHPE, EUHPA etc.), their health policies and strategies. Management, planning and assessment of health promotion activities. Independent work: studying the movement of Estonian and international health promoting institutions.

Location and time

The second period in spring 25.10.2022- 31.12.2022
virtual / online implementation.
Schedule and content plan: https://fi.padlet.com/teija_rautiola1/2pc5b8paxww9

Materials

The study material and links to the material are provided on Moodle platform:Campus Online Syksy 22, Terveyden edistämisen lähtökohdat ja toiminnan rakenteet yhteiskunnassa

Teaching methods

Virtual implementation, Moodle platform, OMA (Blog, Blogger)
Distance Learning and Counselling / Individual and Group Tasks
ti 25.10 klo 12.30-15.30 ZOOM: https://metropolia.zoom.us/j/63790921336
-participation in network counselling meetings,
-tasks eg. reading and article review ,

International connections

-

Completion alternatives

Agreed separately.

Student workload

5 ECTS / 135 h independent and working in small groups net-based work

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

pass/fail
Students are able to
-recognize the multidisciplinary knowledge and skills needed to promote health and well-being in municipalities, organizations, companies, the third sector etc.
- Identify health promotion activities, opportunities and challenges for cross-sectoral actions across sectors and levels and apply promotion and evaluation measures in the chosen sector (options for digitalization as well)
- demonstrate the skills or actions needed to develop, facilitate and sustain effective partnership

Content scheduling

Working on the script is in Moodle.

The timing plan and contents are also described in the padlet; https://fi.padlet.com/teija_rautiola1/2pc5b8paxww9

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Student
- knows and understands the key concepts of health and health promotion, as well as ethical principles, and is able to apply them
- knows and understands comprehensive and multilevel determinants of health, frameworks and models as socioecological model
- is familiar with the national and international strategies, programmes and agendas of health promotion (e.g. HiAP)
- is aware of HP organizational structures on national and international levels

Assessment methods and criteria

Acceptable performance for individual and team work, assignments in e-learning and guidance

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

opinjakson päättyessä opiskelija
- omaa monialaisia tietoja ja taitoja, joita tarvitaan kuntien, organisaatioiden, yritysten ja kolmannen sektorin kentällä terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin edistämiseen
- tunnistaa terveyden edistämistoimet, mahdollisuudet ja haasteet eri toimialoilla (myös digitointivaihtoehdot)
- osoittaa taitoja, joita tarvitaan tehokkaan kumppanuuden kehittämiseen, toteuttamiseen ja ylläpitämiseen.