Theme Healthcare - Health Promotion and Global Health, 7.5 credits
Tema hälso- och sjukvård - Hälsofrämjande arbete och global hälsa, 7.5 hp- Course code
- 1FY045
- Course name
- Theme Healthcare - Health Promotion and Global Health
- Credits
- 7.5 credits
- Form of Education
- Higher Education, study regulation 2007
- Main field of study
- Physiotherapy
- Level
- G2 - First cycle 2
- Grading scale
- Fail (U) or pass (G)
- Department
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience
- Decided by
- Utbildningsnämnden NVS
- Decision date
- 2021-03-15
- Revised by
- Education committee NVS
- Last revision
- 2021-10-27
- Course syllabus valid from
- Spring 2022
Specific entry requirements
To be eligible for the course, passed result is required in all courses in semester 1 up to 3, together with the courses Medical subjects 2 and Physical therapy 4.
Objectives
The aim of the course is for the students to acquire knowledge of factors that influence the preconditions of health from a national as well as a global perspective and that the students should develop capacity to participate in health promotion interventions at group and community level in a multicultural environment
On completion of the course, the student should be able to
- reflect on the concept of sustainable development, the challenge in achieving the SGDs (Sustainable development goals) of Agenda 2030 and the importance of their own expertise in this process
- identify and summarise global health challenges including the importance of social determinants of health
- apply models and concepts from behavioural science to explain how external factors influence health-related behaviours of individuals and groups
- discuss the significance of different types of constructive and destructive forces on interaction and conflicts within and between groups of individuals
- discuss personal experiences of group interactions, using concepts and models from group psychology and social psychology
- discuss the importance of cultural aspects for communication and relation between patient and therapist and be familiar with strategies to bridge cultural differences in the patient-therapist relationship
- create a plan for a health promoting project aimed at groups, organisations or populations
- communicate effectively and appropriately in English within the subject area
Content
The course includes two components, Health promotion and Global health in a multicultural environment. The course components covers the following topics:
Health promotion work, 4.5 hp
Public Health Sciences
- Risk factors and protection factors for physical and mental health
- Social determinants of health
Group and Organizational Psychology
- Group mechanisms
- Core design principles of functioning groups
Social Psychology
- Social cognition and Decision making
- Social influence
Health Promotion
- Innovation and entrepreneurship
- Health promotion interventions on group, organization and society level
Global health in a multicultural enviroment, 3.0 hp
- Sustainable development and Agenda 2030
- Health challenges in Sweden and globally
- Health inequalities
Teaching methods
Teaching and learning activities are based on a problem-oriented and collaborative approach to learning to provide opportunities for the students to be actively responsible for their own learning. The used teaching methods are lectures with interactive exercises, group assignments, home assignments, literature studies and feedback on other students' assignments. Part of the teaching will be conducted interactively via the course website. All teaching, examinations and other coursework will be in English.
Examination
The course is examined according to the following:
Health promotion, 4,5 credits
In project groups, examination through written report and oral presentation
Individually, examination through written reflection assignment
Global health in a multicultural environment, 3 credits
Individually, examination through written reflection and peer-review of other student's assignment
To pass the course, grade Pass is required on all examination assignments.
Students who do not pass a regular examination are entitled to re-sit the examination on five more occasions. If the student has failed six examinations/tests, no additional examination is given. Each occasion the student participates in the same test counts as an examination.
Absence from or unfulfillment of compulsory course elements
Compulsory elements such as group work and seminars are included in the course. The course coordinator decides if, and how, absence from compulsory parts can be compensated. Study results cannot be reported until the student has participated in compulsory course elements or compensated for any absence in accordance with instructions from the course coordinator. Absence from a compulsory course element could mean that the student can not retake the element until the next time the course is offered.
Possibility of exception from the course syllabus' regulations on examination
If there are special grounds, or a need for adaptation for a student with a disability, the examiner may decide to deviate from the syllabus's regulations on the examination format, the number of examination opportunities, the possibility of supplementation or exemptions from the compulsory section/s of the course etc. Content and learning outcomes as well as the level of expected skills, knowledge and abilities may not be changed, removed or reduced. Late submissions of examination tasks are not accepted. Students who have not submitted their examination on time are refered to the occasion for re-take. The examiner assesses if a student has special reasons for the delay. The examiner has the possibility to make a decision about supplementary material to the examination to achieve the grade pass.
Transitional provisions
An examination will be made available for a period of one year in the event of the course being discontinued or a new course syllabus being devised.
Other directives
Course evaluation will be carried out in accordance with the guidelines established by the Board of Education at Karolinska Institutet.
The course will not be credited in a degree together with another course the student has completed and passed which completely or partly corresponds to the contents of this course.
Literature and other teaching aids
Recommended literature
Doha, Qatar: World Innovation Summit for Health, 2015
Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, 2015. - 252 s. ISBN:9781608829552 LIBRIS-ID:17368961 Library search
Noba textbook series: Psychology, URL: Länk
4th edition. : Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2016. - ix, 335 p. ISBN:0702054429 LIBRIS-ID:19413360 Library search
Fifth Edition. : Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc., 2016 - 155 pages ISBN:9781483346120 LIBRIS-ID:17389978 Library search
In-depth literature
Second edition. : New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2019] - xxii, 325 pages ISBN:9780826137272 LIBRIS-ID:bp1mkzz08dp91kpr Library search
London : Bloomsbury, 2016 - 387 s. ISBN:9781632860804 LIBRIS-ID:19884778 Library search
2. ed. : Copenhagen : World Health Organization, cop. 2003 - 31 s. ISBN:92-890-1371-0 LIBRIS-ID:9340364 Library search
London : Penguin Books, 2009 - x, 305 p. ISBN:9780141040011 LIBRIS-ID:11864794 Library search
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015] - x, 180 pages ISBN:0300189494 LIBRIS-ID:17566539 Library search
London : Penguin, 2013 - 500 s. ISBN:9780141039169 LIBRIS-ID:14200175 Library search