Health Promotion (5 cr)

Objective

Students
- understand the standpoint and principles of health promotion, including both risk prevention and health promotion
- understand the health determinants related to public health
- follow the public health of the Finnish population and identify changes in relation to it
- understand factors related to community health and know how to apply them to practice
- can apply health promotive approach to practice: bringing up health issues, supporting client’s health changes, motivational and solution-focused approach
- adhere to the ethical principles of health promotion
- can build their work on the foundation of immunization, are proficient in the theoretical aspects of vaccinating and adopt a positive attitude to vaccinating

Content

- standpoint and principles of health promotion: prevention and promotion
- the relation between public health and lifestyle habits to health
- prevention of lifestyle risk behaviours and accident risks
- early identification and focused support for those in need of it
- bringing up lifestyle habits and supporting lifestyle changes
- education promoting health
- ethics in health promotion
- development of community health
- basics of vaccination competence, including prevention of general infectious diseases

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"