Studyinfo subject MAHEL4100 2023 HØST
MAHEL4100 Public Health Work on Population, Group and Individual Level Course description
- Course name in Norwegian
- Folkehelsearbeid på befolknings-, gruppe- og individnivå
- Study programme
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Masterstudium i helsevitenskap - spesialisering i helsesykepleie
- Weight
- 10.0 ECTS
- Year of study
- 2023/2024
- Curriculum
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FALL
2023
- Schedule
- Programme description
- Course history
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Introduction
Language of instruction: Norwegian
This course focuses on the public health nurse’s health promotion and preventive work with children, adolescents and their families/caregivers at the population, group and individual level. This takes place in the municipal health service, at children’s health clinics (0-5 years), in the school health service and youth health centres (6-20 years), as well as in environmental health care, infection control and in the refugee health service. This course is based on key theories and methods in public health science. The academic field's history and current place in society are key aspects. The course is based on health policy guidelines, framework conditions and legislation that are crucial to the public health nurse’s professional practice. Knowledge-based practice (research, empirical data, and user perspectives in equal proportions) are key aspects of the course.
Required preliminary courses
The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Degree Programme in Health Sciences - Specialisation in Public Health Nursing.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:
Knowledge
The student
can analyse and critically assess key theoretical perspectives in health promotion and preventive work at the population, group and individual level
can critically reflect on how variation in health literacy affects user groups’ coping skills, and how they understand, assess and use health information
can explain the public health nurse's role in society
can describe administrative levels and decision-making processes in society that are of relevance to professional practice and cross-sector public health work
can critically assess the significance of different cultures for health promotion and preventive work
can describe the rights of ethnic groups and indigenous peoples
can discuss ethics in relation to inclusion and equality
Skills
The student
can use a knowledge-based approach in systematic public health work
can perform health promotion and preventive work with children, adolescents and their families, including in the refugee health service
can plan, manage and develop the municipal public health nursing services in accordance with laws, regulations, framework conditions and local conditions
can identify the need for, assess, initiate and carry out infection control work, including the Childhood Immunisation Programme
General competence
can contribute to understanding and respect for people’s situations and conditions that affect their life choices, development and health
can assess, communicate knowledge and demonstrate skills relating to the special needs of indigenous people, migrants and minorities, and take a culturally sensitive approach in their work
can reflect on ethical dilemmas in the field of practice based on various ethical principles and theories
can implement measures that help to reduce social health inequalities
can analyse and critically assess key theoretical perspectives in epidemiology
Teaching and learning methods
The course will use varied, student-active work methods. Work and teaching methods used in the course include lectures, oral and written assignments with presentations (individually and in groups), seminars, skills training and self-study.
Course requirements
The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:
minimum attendance of 80 % in skills training, seminars and scheduled group work
a written assignment of up to 1,500 words in groups of up to five students, with an oral presentation of the assignment
completed and passed digital multiple-choice test, with the possibility of three attempts in the course of a week
Assessment
An individual five-hour home exam.
Permitted exam materials and equipment
All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.
Grading scale
Grade scale A-F.
Examiners
Two internal examiners will assess all exam papers. An external supervision sensor assesses the exam assignment and the sensor instructions.
Overlapping courses
10 ECTS credits overlap with HEL6120 Public health science and public health work at individual and group level, 10 ECTS credits for students graduated in 2016-2018. 10 ECTS credits overlap with HEL6920 Public health science and public health work at individual and group level, 15 ECTS credits for students graduated in 2019 and 2020.