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Basics of health-promoting care (3 cr)

Code: VÅV22HF01-3010

General information


Enrollment

15.06.2023 - 24.09.2023

Timing

25.09.2023 - 10.11.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Health and Welfare

Teaching languages

  • Svenska

Seats

10 - 46

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Nursing
  • Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing
  • Degree Programme in Midwifery

Teachers

  • Jaana-Sofia Tengström
  • Pia Nygårdas

Teacher in charge

Jaana-Sofia Tengström

Groups

  • USS23F-V
    Sjukskötare (YH), h23, flerform, Vasa

Objective

The student:
- has knowledge of theories and current research on health and sustainable development and can apply them in promotional, preventive and curative care
- understands the meaning of the different levels of prevention and can apply them as a process in the health promotion and prevention work
- can explain the basics of epidemiology and understand the determinants of health determinants in the health and disease panorama
- can identify health risks in patients and understand the importance of early support at the individual level
- can under supervision plan and implement interventions that promote health and functional ability together with individuals / groups in interprofessional teams
- has competence in care in various service environments within the health promotion work
- can treat clients / patients and relatives as experts in their own lives

Content

Principles of health and disease, public health and public diseases
Prevention levels
Epidemiology
Health determinants
Ethical issues in health education
Lifestyle factors and their impact on health, guidance on lifestyle issues, self-care and connection
Evidence-based health promotion and prevention measures and methods
Supervision of patients, motivational conversations
Health promotion in different service environments
Artificial Intelligence

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam
The student has a superficial knowledge of the subject (by heart reading)

Assessment criteria for written work
The student has followed the instructions and their knowledge of the other students' work is inadequate. The student shows limited substance knowledge, it can be essential.

The student shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' written work. The student has followed the instructions for the written work. They have a deficient knowledge of the substance also touching the essential.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam
The student can account for the literature, reflect and motivate his / her views

Assessment criteria for written work
The student has followed the instructions for the written work and shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' written work. The student master the substance of his work, but the application is limited

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam
The student shows in his answer an in-depth knowledge and maturity beyond the traditional

Criteria for evaluation of written work individually or in groups
The student has followed the instructions for the written work and shows that she has mastered the substance. They have read the other participants' written work and can ask relevant questions and lead a discussion at the seminar. The written work and the possible opponentship show something out of the ordinary (technical execution, oral presentation, mature reflections, independent working methods)

The student has followed the instructions for the written work and shows that she has mastered the substance. They have read the other participants' work and can ask relevant questions and lead a discussion at the seminar.

Qualifications

No prior knowledge required