HEALTH PROMOTION

Integrated educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

ASS12A7

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020

Year of supply:

2020/2021

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in HEALTH ASSISTANCE

Language:

Italian

Moduls:

APPLIED DIETETICS - 1 credits
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE I - 1 credits
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE II - 1 credits
METHODOLOGY OF THE PROFESSION OF HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT WITHIN HEALTH PROMOTION - 2 credits

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Prerequisites as per the Didactic Regulations

Objectives

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE I and II:
Acquisition of knowledge relating to the preventive instrument in order to make the health assistant a health worker able to apply preventive medicine strategies to the main human diseases.

APPLIED DIETETICS:
Acquisition of knowledge related to the proper nutrition of the individual and the dynamics of the relationship between nutrition and health.

METHODOLOGY OF THE PROFESSION OF HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT WITHIN THE HEALTH PROMOTION
Know and understand the functions of the Health Assistant, in relation to the professional profile;
Knowing understanding the concept of health and health promotion and knowing how to insert it in relation to the socio-health and cultural context in which the Health Assistant operates;
Knowing methods and tools for critical observation and research that allow identifying needs, problems and resources in different contexts;
Knowing how to identify and detect educational needs in the community;
Knowing how to identify and analyze the educational resources available;
Knowing how to develop, implement and evaluate operational projects for health education, prevention and modification of risk behaviors and lifestyles in different ages of life and in different contexts.

Contents

The course aims to provide the necessary basis for achieving the strategic objectives of health promotion, paying particular attention to the problems present in every phase of human life.
The course is divided into 4 modules:
Preventive Medicine I: 1 CFU
Preventive Medicine II: 1 CFU
Applied dietetics: 1 CFU
Methodology of the profession of health assistant in the field of health promotion: 2 CFU

Extended Syllabus

Preventive Medicine I
- Definition of health promotion and disease prevention
- The concept of causality
- The determinants of health (population, nutrition, environmental conditions, lifestyles)
- Objectives and methods of prevention (primary, secondary and tertiary prevention)
- Screening

Preventive Medicine II
- Strategic objectives of prevention
- Health education: definition; health education strategies; behavior and motivations; communication strategies.
- Health promotion in childhood and adolescence: Alcohol and drug addictions; mortality from road accidents; Epilepsy; Autism; Down Syndrome.

Applied Dietetics
Main nutrients
Energy needs
Evaluation of nutritional status
Obesity
Metabolic syndrome
Thinness
Diabetes
Parenteral nutrition, enteral nutrition, Nutrition of the elderly
Pseudo-food intolerance
Celiac disease

METHODOLOGY OF THE PROFESSION OF HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT WITHIN THE HEALTH PROMOTION
- The AS's approach to health and quality of life;
- The fundamentals and the main theories of health promotion, the conceptual frameworks for the approach to the person and the community;
- Definition of health, health education, disease prevention, health education, therapeutic education, health promotion;
- The determinants of health;
- The international documents of reference for health promotion;
- Lifestyles, empowerment and life skills and peer education;
- Stress as a health risk factor;
- Transversal professional skills to support change;
- Reference theoretical models for health promotion interventions;
- From participatory methods for the definition of the need of a community to the main theories of reference;
- Differences between pathogenic and salutogenic model and relative patterns;
- The Precede - Proceed model for a community health diagnosis;
- The theoretical models for health education, basic elements and outline of active techniques for an educational intervention;
- Definition and characteristics of the group, status and roles, group models.

Recommended Bibliography

Preventive Medicine I:
- Meloni C. Igiene per le lauree delle professioni sanitarie. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
- Barbuti S. - Bellelli E. - Fara G.M. - Giammanco G. “IGIENE”. Ed. Monduzzi – Bologna
-Additional teaching material: Slide projected in class and provided by the teacher
Preventive Medicine II:
- Meloni C. Igiene per le lauree delle professioni sanitarie. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
- Barbuti S. - Bellelli E. - Fara G.M. - Giammanco G. “IGIENE”. Ed. Monduzzi – Bologna
-Additional teaching material: Slide projected in class and provided by the teacher
Applied Dietetics:
- Dietoterapia e Nutrizione Clinica di E. Del Toma, Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore.
- Conoscenze attuali in Nutrizione di E.E. Ziegler – L.J. Filer Jr. (Ed. Italiana), Piccin Nuova Libraria.
- Manuale di Nutrizione Clinica e Scienze Dietetiche Applicate di P. Binetti, M. Marcelli, R. Baisi, Società Editrice Universo.
- Nutrizione umana di F. Fidanza, G. Liguori, Idelson Gnocchi E

Methodology of the profession of health assistant in the field of health promotion:
teaching material presented in class and provided by the teacher.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The course is structured in lectures of 2 or 3 hours based on the didactic calendar. The lessons include a strong interactive component between lecturer and students.
Attendance is mandatory

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Written exam: the exam consists of a written test in which the student will have to answer multiple choice questions or open questions. The multiple choice questions require a single correct answer and the test will be considered passed if the student has achieved a sufficient evaluation.
The evaluation will be carried out using marks out of thirty.

Contacts/More Information

RECEPTION:
Preventive Medicine
The teacher receives the students from Monday to Friday from 12 to 14 by telephone appointment (0871/3554005) or by e-mail (pamela.digiovanni@unich.it)

Applied Dietetics:
Monday-Thursday from 9 to 12 (by appointment) at V level Body H (room 502) - Obesity Center - Hospital "SS. Annunziata "of Chieti

METHODOLOGY OF THE PROFESSION OF HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT WITHIN THE HEALTH PROMOTION
every Wednesday from 11:00 to 13:00 by appointment (v.perrotti@unich.it)

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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