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SY 201202-001 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Course Code
SY 201202-001

Course Name
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Credits
3.00

Target Audience
Nursing studentsin the 2nd year of study

Prerequisites

SY 101102
SM 101202

Objectives

The student understands how public health and health promotion is influenced by factors in society and the local community.
The student understands the importance of empowerment in public health promotion.
The student understands the role and responsibility of the nurse in preventive and promotive public health-services.
The student is able to evaluate health promotion from the perspective of a professional nurse.

Topics

Public health and health promotion.
The health concept.
The relation between living-conditions, way of life and health problems.
The nurse's responsibility and function in the preventive and promotive public health-services.
Methods in preventive and promotive public health-services.
Promotive and preventive health services to different age groups.

Instruction

Lectures, project-work, observation in practice

Evaluation

Written assignment

Grades
Pass/Fail

Revised date
2006.06.16