Expertise in Public Health and Prevalent Diseases (10cr)

Objective

Students are able to recognise and define public health challenges in the Finnish population and apply preventive evidence-based counselling, care and rehabilitation methods. Students know how to apply current care guidelines on prevalent diseases.
Students can argue for the importance of patients'/clients' self-care support, motivation and compliance in responding to various prevalent diseases.
Students know how to use various patient counselling methods.
Students are aware of the roles of the third sector and experts by experience in supporting patients'/clients' self-care.

Content

Public health visions
Prevalent diseases and challenges in counselling, care and rehabilitation
New guidelines on the prevention of prevalent diseases
Challenges in self-care support
Various counselling methods

Materials

Terveydestä hyvinvointia 2020 - hyvinvoinnista terveyttä. THL:n strategia vuosille 2011-2020.
Reivinen J., Vähäkylä L. (toim.) Kansanterveys, yksilön hyvinvointi. 2012. Gaudeamus.
Koskenvuo K. (toim.) 2003. Sairauksien ehkäisy . Duodecim.
Turku R. 2007. Muutosta tukemassa. Valmentava elämäntapaohjaus. Edita.
Koivunen K. 2017. Asiakas- ja ihmislähtöisyys sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollossa. http://www.oamk.fi/epooki/2017/asiakas-ja-ihmislahtoisuus -sosiaali-ja-terveydenhuollossa/?ccm_paging_p_b1802=2

Teaching methods

Various innovative, participatory learning methods. Independent work. Written assignments.

Student workload

10 cr= 80 hours of contact time, 180 hours of independent work

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to recognise contemporary evidence-based guidelines and challenges pertaining to the promotion of public health and to the prevention of prevalent diseases and different counselling methods.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to apply contemporary evidence-based guidelines pertaining to the promotion of public health and to the prevention of prevalent diseases and to use different counselling methods.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to evaluate and respond to challenges pertaining to the promotion of public health and to the prevention, care and rehabilitation of prevalent diseases with the help of evidence-based knowledge and different counselling methods.