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OSA02PK24HKI-SH Health and welfare promotion (3 cr)

Code: OSA0203A20S-3038

General information


Enrollment

11.10.2023 - 29.10.2023

Timing

22.04.2024 - 12.05.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 333

Degree programmes

  • BA in Health Care

Teachers

  • Julia Sahramäki

Groups

  • HKI-S23sh
  • 23.04.2024 12:00 - 15:00, OSA02 / Luento 1
  • 24.04.2024 08:30 - 11:30, OSA02 / Luento 2
  • 29.04.2024 08:30 - 11:30, OSA02 / Luento 3
  • 02.05.2024 08:30 - 11:30, OSA02 / Luento 4
  • 07.05.2024 09:00 - 11:30, OSA02 / Verkkotentti

Objective

Students
- understand the basis and ethical challenges of health promotion
- understand the nation’s state of health and wellbeing and related factors on the level of the individual and communities
- understand the connection of social decision-making and structures to health and wellbeing
- know how to utilise motivating health talk as an assistance method
- are familiar with the legislation and programmes related to the promotion of health and wellbeing

Content

- principles of health and sickness
- health promotion, different levels and operating methods, such as motivating health talk
- theories and models that explain health and wellbeing
- social dimensions of health and sickness in epidemiology and public health medicine
- factors behind health disparities and marginalisation
- the relationship between lifestyle and health
- norm, resource and information guidance of health promotion and wellbeing
- ethics of health promotion

Evaluation scale

0-5