Health Promotion, Support for Self Management and Guidance in NursingLaajuus (4 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to analyse the health risks and threats to the populations’ health on community and individual level
• apply recommendations and research information related to the prevention of chronic illnesses when planning and implementing guidance on healthy lifestyles for patients and their families
• plan and implement interventions to promote health and functional capacity for individuals and significant others in utilising multiprofessional cooperation and networks
• plan, implement and evaluate resource-based guidance and online guidance that supports individual selfmanagement with varying pedagogical methods and with ethical justifications
• describe guidance and information related to the prevention and control of infectious diseases

Content

(4 ECTS; 6,8 Chinese credits)
Total 4 courses: 108 hours, 40 offline lessons; 6 online lessons; 64 hours independent work, group work, pair work,
practical work.

E1_ Key concepts of health promotion (1 ECTS credits; 1,7 Chinese credits) 27 hours: 12 offline lessons; 2 online lessons; 13 hours independent work, group work, pair work, practical work

The concepts of health promotion:
• health
• health literacy
• well-being
• health promotion
• salutogenesis
• self-efficacy and coherence
• supporting self-care

E2_ Factors affecting population’s health and health behaviour (2 ECTS credits; 3,5 Chinese credits) 54 hours: 16 offline lessons; 2 online lessons; 36 hours independent work, group work, pair work, practical work

Content:
• Starting points for health promotion in nursing
o Population's well-being, health and chronic diseases
o Health and welfare inequalities
• Lifestyles or health behavior
o nutrition, physical exercise and weight management
o alcohol, tobacco and snus
o sleep

E3_ Guidance competence
(0,5 ECTS credits; 0,85 Chinese credits) 13,5 hours: 6 offline lessons; 1 online lesson; 6,5 hours independent work, group work, pair work, practical work

Content:
• Coaching, client-centred individual counselling
• Motivational interviewing
• Transtheoretical Model and Stages of Change

E4_ Infectious diseases (0,5 ECTS credits; 0,85 Chinese credits) 13,5 hours: 6 offline lessons; 1 online lesson; 6,5 hours independent work, group work, pair work, practical work

Content:
• prevention, control and tracing of communicable diseases
• the legislation related to communicable diseases.

Materials

E1_ Key concepts of health promotion:

Literature: Landstad, B. J., Bårdsgjerde, K., E., Kvangarsnes, M., Tippett-Spirtou, S.E., Hole, T. 2024. Towards Sustainable Good Health and Well-being. The Role of Health Literacy. Springer.

E2_ Factors affecting population’s health and health behaviour:

Literature: Thompson, S., R. 2023. The essential guide to public health and health promotion. 2nd edition. Routledge.

E3_ Guidance competence:

Literature: Lorig K. et al. Living a healthy life with chronic conditions, 5th Edition.

E4_ Infectious diseases:

Literature: Potter P. et al. 2019. Essentials for nursing practice. Elsevier

Further information

E1_ Key concepts of health promotion:

Method:
• contact lessons
• independent work (reflection diary, test your knowledge)
• simulation

Lecturer: Emmaculate Tamankag: Master of Health care; Master of Teacher education

E2_ Factors affecting population’s health and health behaviour:

Method:
• contact lessons
• independent work (reflection diary, test your knowledge)
• simulation

Lecturer: Emmaculate Tamankag: Master of Health care; Master of Teacher education

E3_ Guidance competence:

Method:
• contact lessons
• independent work (reflection diary, test your knowledge)
• group exam

Teacher: Emmaculate Tamankag: Master of Health care; Master of Teacher education

E4_ Infectious diseases:

Method:
• contact lessons
• independent work (test your knowledge)

Teacher: Emmaculate Tamankag: Master of Health care; Master of Teacher education

Accomplishment methods

Assessment:
Pass-fail