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METHODOLOGY OF THE PROFESSION OF HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT WITHIN HEALTH PROMOTION Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
As per academic regulations
Objectives
Contents The course aims to provide the necessary basis for achieving the professional autonomy of future health assistants in the field of health promotion, paying particular attention to practical aspects and operational methodologies
Extended Syllabus - The health assistant’s approach to health and quality of life;
- The fundamental and 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 and group model.
Recommended Bibliography Copies of the slides used during the lessons and bibliographic material available online
Teaching Methods The lessons will be structured in a format to provide students with support concerning the theoretical fundamentals and the operational tools necessary for the exercises that will be presented. Each theory will be accompanied by bibliographical / site references. Students will receive a questionnaire to guide their training based on their pre-existing knowledge.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The level of learning achieved will be evaluated with a final exam consisting of an oral and/or written test aimed to ascertain the level of knowledge reached on the theoretical contents indicated in the program.
Contacts/More Information Students will be received by the teacher every Tuesday 11am to 1pm and upon appointment, which has to be agreed via e-mail to the address vittoria.perrotti@unich.it