Health Promotion & Health Education – Principles & Methods

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course provides knowledge and skills applied to the principles and positions of Primary Healthcare (PHC). The course material covers issues related to the principles of PHC, on reducing health inequalities, equal access to health, creating a supportive environment, improving the quality of life, focusing on health promotion and disease prevention in the community level (both in individual and family). Potentially modifiable risk factors associated with increased morbidity are described and analyzed and the methodology for dealing with them, preventing, and promoting health in the community. With this course students will be able to develop and implement PHC services, within the interdisciplinary health team, either individually or in collaboration with other professionals.

 

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Assess populations’ health needs as well as the factors contributing to modern health problems, like environment, social factors, lifestyle.
• develop and implement health promotion programs in individual, family and community level, focusing on vulnerable populations, high-risk groups, the workplace and the school environment.
• work to reduce health inequalities.
• carry out screening for early detection in the community, in the school environment, in the working environment as well as in special population groups such as migrants.
• monitor the health of the population.
• participate in the management of chronic diseases in PHC structures and at home.
• implementing vaccination programs based on guidelines.
• make interface between primary care services and other health and welfare structures, for the management of referrals following an assessment of health needs of the individual or family.
• participate in the management of chronic diseases in PHC structure and at home.
• assess needs and provide home health care to vulnerable or high-risk groups.
• provides counselling, support and health care to individuals and families.
• explore and improve conditions affecting the quality of life of individuals at Community level.
• manage and participate in the resolution of public health issues, in cooperation with private or public services.
• cooperate effectively in the interdisciplinary team.

 

In the laboratory, students become familiar with the application of clinical skills, in PHC and participate in providing health services and implementing interventions in PHC structures.

 

GENERAL SKILLS

• Search, analyze and synthesize data and information, using  necessary technologies
• Adaptation to new situations
• Decision making
• Individual work
• Teamwork
• Work in an interdisciplinary environment
• Production of new research ideas
• Project design and management
• Respect cultural diversity
• Social, professional and moral responsibility and gender sensitivity
• Criticism and self-criticism
• Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking

 

CORSE CONTENT

• Health & lifestyle factors in primary, secondary and tertiary prevention level
• Interdisciplinary health care team. The role of health professionals
• Communication skills, at the individual and family level, required in PHC.
• Skills for assessing and addressing health care needs, through individuals empowerment and interconnection with local health care units
• Primary, secondary, tertiary prevention.
• Program Applications Reducing health inequalities
• Development and implementation of screening programs
• Education and health education of the individual in self-care and self-management
• Education of family and carers
• Quality of life
• Counseling, support and health education
• Liaison
• Applications and clinical skills in PHC structures (laboratory training)

 

 

STUDIENT EVALUATION

Theory:

Writing  Final Examination (100%) which includes:

Multiple Choice Test Questions

Full Reply  Test Questions

Comparative evaluation of theory

 

Laboratory:

Written Final Examination which includes:

Multiple choice questions (60%)

Lab Exercise (40%)

 

 

RECOMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• «Εφαρμογές Καλών Πρακτικών Ομάδας Πρωτοβάθμιας Φροντίδας Υγείας» (2015). Ελληνικά Ακαδημαϊκά Ηλεκτρονικά Συγγράμματα & Βοηθήματα.Availableat: www.kallipos.gr
• Γιανασμίδης, Α. και Τσιαούση, Μ. (2012). Διαχρονική μελέτη του θεσμικού πλαισίου της Πρωτοβάθμιας Φροντίδας Υγείας στην Ελλάδα (1980 – 2008) και η εμπειρία του βρετανικού και του σουηδικού μοντέλου, περιοδικό Αρχεία Ελληνικής Ιατρικής, Τόμος 29, Τεύχος 1, 106 – 115.
• Πιερράκος Γ. (2008) «Πρωτοβάθμια Φροντίδα Υγείας και τοπική κοινωνία» Εκδόσεις Παπαζήση
• Σουλιώτης, Κ. και Χ. Λιονής (2003), “Λειτουργική ανασυγκρότηση της πρωτοβάθµιας φροντίδας υγείας: µια πρόταση για την άρση του αδιεξόδου,” Αρχεία Ελληνικής Ιατρικής, 20(5):466–476.
• Souliotis, K. and C. Lionis (2005), “Creating an Integrated Health Care System in Greece: A Primary Care Perspective,” Journal of Medical Systems, 29(2):187-196.
• Walley, J., J.E. Lawn, A. Tinker, A. de Francisco, M. Chopra, I. Rudan, Z.A. Bhutta and R.E. Black (2008), “Primary Health Care: making Alma-Ata a reality,” Lancet, 372(9642);1001-7.
• Lionis C, Symvoulakis E, Markaki A, et al.(2009) Integrated primary health care in Greece, a missing issue in the current health policy agenda: a systematic review. International Journal of Integrated Care; 9, 2009
• Lionis C. (2002) The draft law in primary health care- A challenge in health reform. Primary Health Care. 14:11-12 (in Greek).
• Tountas Y, Karnaki P, Pavi E. (2002) Reforming the reform: the Greek national health system in transition. Health Policy. 62: 15-29.
• European Commission (2010). Reducing health inequalities in the European Union. Available at: http://ec.europa.eu/social

Related scientific journals:

JAMA

Health Policy

Journal of primary care & community health

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Primary health care research & development

Primary health care

European Journal of Public Health

American Journal of Public Health

 

EUDOXUS

• Προαγωγή της υγείας, C. MANDLE, C. EDELMAN Λεπτομέρειες
• Προαγωγή της υγείας, Δαρβίρη Χριστίνα Λεπτομέρειες
• Προάγοντας την Υγεία, Ewles L. Λεπτομέρειες
•  Προαγωγή υγείας για επαγγελματίες υγείας, SCRIVEN A., KOUTA CH., PAPADOPOULOS I. Λεπτομέρειες