Health promotion work methods (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Content scheduling

Moodle-platform will open 20.1.2024.

The course starts as contact teaching on campus on Sat 20.1.2024 at 9.00-14.00.

After this online and webinars on Tue 5.3.2024 at 12.30-15.30 and on Tue 26.3.2024 at 9.00-14.00.

Objective

Purpose of the course:
The purpose of the course is that you understand the starting points of health promotion and, as a health promotion expert, you will be able to utilize various health promotion work methods and assess factors affecting health behavior.

Course competencies:
Proactive development (You can lead the development of new, future-oriented solutions and produce new information using various research and development methods)
Learning to learn (You promote your own and your work community's continuous learning and development of expertise by utilizing information from different fields and the possibilities of digitalization)
Working in working life (You have the skills to develop and lead a work community and to reform working life)

Course objectives:
After completing the course, you will recognize the starting points of health promotion and be able to structure health behavior and health promotion work methods. You will be able to implement guidance and counseling based on research evidence in different areas of health behavior. You are able to utilize knowledge and skills in individual, group and peer guidance situations and recognize the importance of expertise. You are able to utilize digital methods in health behavior guidance and counseling.

Content

Course content:
You will learn about the starting points of health promotion. You will learn the basics of structuring health behavior and health promotion work methods. You will become familiar with research-based guidance and counseling in different areas of health behavior and the utilization of digital methods in health behavior guidance and counseling.
You will learn both information and skills related to individual, group and peer guidance and you will learn what experiential expertise is as part of health promotion activities.

Materials

Patja, K., Absetz, P. & Rautava, P. (toim.) 2022. Terveyden edistäminen. Duodecim. (e-kirja) (soveltuvin osin)

Green, J., Cross, R., Woodall, J. & Tones, K. 2019. Health Promotion. Planning and strategies. 4th edition. SAGE. (soveltuvin osin)

Michie, S., West, R., Campbell, R. ym. 2014. ABC of Behavior Change Theories. An Essential Resource for Researchers, Policy Makers and Practitioners. Great Britain: Silverback Publishing. (e-kirja) (soveltuvin osin)

Other relevant material will be agreed in the beginning of the course.

Teaching methods

The course starts as contact teaching on campus. After this, the course is online. The online learning environment is Moodle, webinars in Zoom.

This course includes webinars and guided independent studying. Webinars: pre-assignments, group work, peer discussion and lectures. Partly flipped learning.

Independent studying: learning materials, pre-assingnments before webinars, written learning assignment (group work) and its presentation (video) and reflective written self-assessment of the development of your competencies.

Employer connections

You can connect working life development projects to part of the learning tasks of the course.

International connections

The course utilizes learning material in English.

Student workload

Contact teaching at campus: 5h
Webinars 3h+5h=8h
Two pre-assingnments (independent studying) before webinars: 18 h
Independent studying and written learning assignment (group work) and its presentation (video) 104 h

Total 135 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Avoidant1: The student recognizes some theories, models and methods of health behavior. He knows the key health promotion methods in his own area of expertise. The student knows how to apply health promotion methods in his own area of expertise when planning activities that promote the health and inclusion of customers.

Satisfactory 2: The student knows key health behavior theories, models and methods, and knows how to use them in his written works. The student knows how to apply and evaluate health promotion methods in their own area of expertise to promote the health and inclusion of clients.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good 3: The student masters the central theories, models and methods of health behavior in his area of expertise. The student is able to apply, evaluate and develop them in a structured manner in his own area of expertise to promote the health and inclusion of customers and stakeholders.

Very Good 4: The student manages and knows how to apply, based on research evidence, the central health behavior theories, models and change techniques in his area of expertise creatively in different situations. The student is able to apply, evaluate and develop health promotion methods critically and based on research evidence in their own area of expertise to promote the health and inclusion of clients and stakeholders. He can critically evaluate material related to health promotion methods.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent 5: The student has comprehensive control and knows how to innovatively apply, based on research evidence, the central health behavior theories, models and change techniques in his area of expertise in order to promote the health and inclusion of clients and stakeholders. In addition to a commendable level of competence, the student demonstrates readiness to create new or multidisciplinary perspectives in health promotion. The student independently develops the competence of his own work community or field.

Further information

Grade of the course (0-5) consists of the written learning assignment (group work) and its presentation (video) in accordance with the assessment criteria. Two pre-assignments before webinars: peer-review. Written self-assessment: approved/complement.