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Health Care Practice Among the Working Population and the Elderly (4 cr)

Code: UHV20HV08-3001

General information


Enrollment

01.12.2023 - 09.02.2024

Timing

19.02.2024 - 31.07.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

4 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Health and Welfare

Teaching languages

  • Svenska

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing

Teachers

  • Jaana-Sofia Tengström
  • Daniel Nenonen

Teacher in charge

Jaana-Sofia Tengström

Groups

  • UHV20D-Å
    Hälsovårdare (YH), h20, dagstudier, Åbo

Objective

The student:

Can plan, implement and evaluate the follow-up of the health of the employee and the work community and support the maintenance of work capacity and use a resource enhancing way of working

Can explain the principles of good interprofessional occupational health care

Can evaluate the effect of work, work society and the environment on health

Can plan, implement and evaluate the follow-up of the elderly's health and functional ability with resource enhancing methods at the individual and community level

Can work in interprofessional working groups and networks as well as realise health care in a home environment

Content

The service system and service environments within occupational health care

Legislation in occupational health and occupational health and safety

Principles for good corporate health practice

Business plans, workplace mapping and follow-up of the work community

Work health surveys

Resources, supporting and burdensome factors in the work community and work environment

Work-related illnesses and occupational illnesses

Worker protection and ergonomics

Resource enhancing methods in working life

Occupational health-related health care

Health care for the unemployed

Health care in home environment

The service system

Health surveys for the elderly, health care and service plans

Resource enhancing working methods

Health advice

The elderly's own resources and functional ability, early support for participation and opportunities for influence

The use of new technology in health care in the home environment

Family support and challenging clients, violence prevention and recognition

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

It is recommended that students have completed 180 credits