Curricula

Objectives

The student
- understands the diversity of the human rights and sexuality in regard to sexual orientation, age and preferences;
- understands the scope of sexuality in society including myths, norms, laws, cultural aspects and social policies and institutions;
- uses the basic terminology of sexology appropriately;
- is familiar with human and sexual rights and ethics and is able to promote them in work-life;
- knows the basic goals and tools of promotion of human rights and sexual health and is able to implement them in work-life;
- knows how to address the basic sexual health problems and how to refer patients to the specialists

Content

- Sexual health promotion and human rights in individual and community levels
- Orietation to human rights including laws and agreements, teminology and education
- Orientation to sexual health including sexual diversity, terminology and sexual rights
- Basics of human sexuality through the lifespan
- Society and sexuality including myths, taboos, influences of culture and media, values, beliefs, relationships, legislation and social institutions
- Sexual and human rights violance including FGM, prostitution and human trafficking
- Skills in sexual health including the PLISSIT model, ethics, sexual reactions, sexual problems and sex aids

Learning materials and recommended literature

All the course material is available in the Optima platform. The material consists of articles and documents in Optima and in the internet.

Alternative completion methods

Different kind of individual tasks (essays,videos, presentation, multiple choise tests)

Student workload

Online and independent studies 135 h

Further information for students

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Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Prerequisites

AMK-tutkinto