Basics of Health Promotion (5 ECTS)
Code: XX00DP94-3004
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.09.2020 - 11.10.2020
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 19.10.2020 - 20.12.2020
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 ECTS
- Virtual portion
- 5 ECTS
- Mode of delivery
- Online
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 8 - 50
Learning outcomes
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.
Teaching methods
Virtual implementation, Moodle platform, OMA (Blog, Blogger)
Distance Learning and Counselling / Individual and Group Tasks
KIck-off 19.10 klo.12.30-16 ZOOM: https://metropolia.zoom.us/j/68994613145
-participation in network counselling meetings,
-tasks eg. reading and article review ,
Location and time
The second period in spring (9.3.2020-28.5.2020)
virtual implementation
Learning materials and recommended literature
The study material and links to the material are provided on Moodle platform.
Alternative completion methods of implementation
Agreed separately.
International connections
-
Student workload
5 ECTS / 135 h independent and working in small groups net-based work
Assessment methods and criteria
Acceptable performance for individual and team work, assignments in e-learning and guidance
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