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MAHEL4100 Public Health Work on Population, Group and Individual Level Course description
- Course name in Norwegian
- Folkehelsearbeid på befolknings-, gruppe- og individnivå
- Weight
- 10.0 ECTS
- Year of study
- 2026/2027
- Course history
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- Curriculum
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FALL 2026
- Schedule
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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.
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Required preliminary courses
In Systemic Design and Service 2 the students will further explore the effects of design interventions. They will learn and apply design methods to better understand, describe and improve the effects of design decisions within systems and service environments.
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Learning outcomes
Admission to the Master's programme.
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Teaching and learning methods
After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved advanced-level learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:
Knowledge
The student will attain advanced knowledge within:
- various epistemologies in systemic and service theory
- methods in transdisciplinary cooperation in public and private sector
- systemic methods to analyse complex settings and specific potential design interventions
- theories for analysing the impact of interventions by services or products in specific contexts
- framing and communication in workshops based on systems play and dynamics
Skills
- designing based on an analysis of the impact of service or product interventions
- implementation of systems and service intervention
- facilitate data gathering and co-design processes in private and public sector
- utilise advanced conversation theory and its role in systemic design processes
- advanced game dynamics and their implications for systemic interventions
General Competence
The student attains competence in systemic design by:
- critical reflection through the utilisation of systemic knowledge and practice
- ethical thinking and approaches in design
- collaborating effectively in design projects involving stakeholders
- laying the groundwork for specialisation in systemic design or related fields
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Course requirements
Lectures, workshops, systems games, field work/project work and conversations.
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Assessment
- Presentation
- Workshop documentation
- Note of reflection
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Permitted exam materials and equipment
Individual or group portfolio examination. Max group size: 3 students
The portfolio consists of:
Gigamaps describing the context for the student's project and including service descriptions
The exam result can be appealed.
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Grading scale
All resources are permitted as long as the rules for source referencing are followed. The student is required to indicate if and how AI has been used to answer the exam.
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Examiners
Scale A-F.
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Overlapping courses
Two internal. External examiner is used periodically.