Learning outcomes:

Health promotion and Global Health:

You can apply the theories on health promotion and evidence-based methods in nursing individuals and communities.
You can assess individuals’ and groups’ needs for health promotion.
You can direct early support for those who need it.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.
You know how to plan and carry out interventions for promoting health and the ability to function for individuals and groups in multiprofessional cooperation, with a customer-oriented approach.
You recognize current and new health threats also globally and you are able to include them in the health promotion of customers/patients.

Nutrition

You know how to apply nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in preventing and nursing national diseases.
You know how to integrate nutrional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing in cooperation with a network of multisectoral experts.
You can assess the nutritional status of a customer/patient and refer the customer/patient in the risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Contents and methods:

The course is divided into three learning contents:

Health Promotion

How are health and illness defined and what are the principles of health promotion?
What is the significance of health promotion for national health?
How is health promoted in different municipal fields?
What is the meaning of the norm, resource, and information guidance in health promotion?
How do the ethical principles of health promotion direct planning in social and health care and how do you take ethics into consideration in health promotion
What is the connection between lifestyle and health?
How can risk behavior in health issues be recognized and prevented?
How can wellbeing analytics and artificial intelligence be utilized in health promotion?
What kind of registered information and statistics can be utilized in health promotion?
How do you promote the health of a community?
How do you follow and assess health promotion?
How do you apply evidence-based information in health promotion?

Nutrition

What are the national nutrional recommendations directed at different age groups?
How do you apply the contents of nutrional recommendations in everyday food choices and eating?
How do you carry out nutrition treatment and preventive dietary advice according to the Current Care recommendations?

The course includes assignments, learning tests, assignments, group work and independent work as well as final exam.

The course covers 5 ECTS credits, totalling 135 hours of student work. The number of hours is theoretical and varies according to student effort.

Assessment scale:
Accepted/Failed