SYKPPRA40 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Course description

In this course, students will gain insight into health promotion from a broad perspective, both at the society and individual level. Key topics are what influences health, what promotes health and what inhibits the emergence of diseases and conditions. This includes challenges relating to the nursing of vulnerable or marginalised groups, and children and adolescents’ formative environments.

In addition, students will participate in the interdisciplinary teaching activity INTER1200 ‘Communication with children and adolescents’, with a scope corresponding to 1.5 credits carried out in the beginning of January. Exchange students may occasionally be exempted from this requirement. Relevant topics include children’s and adolescents’ cooperation with professionals, explorative approaches to children and adolescents and professionals’ contributions to children and adolescents’ formation of opinions. The learning outcomes expected after completion of INTER1200 are marked with *. See INTERACT’s website for a more detailed description of the content of INTER1200 https://uni.oslomet.no/interact/

Admission to the programme.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge The student

• is capable of describing how migration, culture and judicial status can affect each person’s health

• is capable of reflecting on health promoting and preventive work at the individual and society level with particular focus on the rights of healthy, vulnerable and marginalised groups

• is capable of describing factors that influence children and adolescent’s formative environment, how activity and well-being are significant for health, welfare and the prevention of disease for all groups of the population

• is capable of stating grounds for key issues related to women’s health and sexually transmitted diseases

• has knowledge of children and young people’s right to participation and about the necessity of cooperating with children, adolescents and their families*

• has knowledge of explorative approaches when interacting with children and adolescents*

Skills The student is capable of

• exploring how social health determinants are significant to public health and work inclusion at the individual and group level

• using knowledge of pregnancy, birth and the post-partum period

• completing a project under supervision and disseminating the results

• exploring the daily life of children and adolescents and their formation of opinions*

• reflecting on his/her own role in explorative conversation with children and adolescents*

• reflecting on the group’ s interprofessional cooperation*

Competence The student is capable of

• discussing the connection between social health determinants and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

• reflecting on the health risks of people who live with demanding caregiving tasks, drug addictions in the family, and people who have experienced neglect or domestic violence

• understanding the significance of interprofessional cooperation with children, adolescents and their families*

Project-based practical training over three weeks, including INTER1200.

INTER1200 'Communication with children and adolescents' forms part of a common seminar day, digital learning resources and assignments related to interprofessional group work and self-study.

The following must have been completed and approved in order for a student to take the exam:

• Attendance in compulsory activities, 90% in practical training studies

• INTER1200, https://uni.oslomet.no/interact/

Oral exam in groups

• Three to five students

• The students are divided between three topics based on their practical training establishment.

  • Comparing life expectancy and prevalence of disease in light of social health determinants

  • Mothers, children and the post-partum period

  • Sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases

Exams take place throughout the course and conclude with a poster and oral presentation.

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Pass/fail. One overall grade is awarded for the whole group.

Two internal examiners assess each oral exam.

SSYKKPRA40 and B, and SYKPPRA40 and B overlap 100 %.