Prevention and Health Promotion in the Community

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The purpose of the course is to present the philosophy and principles of community health, prevention and health promotion in the community and for students to acquire the necessary resources to carry out scientific work in the context of prevention and health promotion in the community. The course provides students with the theoretical background and skills necessary to develop action aimed at protecting and promoting the health of the individual, family and community. The course focuses on the methodology of health needs assessment and the design, development, implementation and evaluation of integrated prevention and health promotion programs in the community (both general population programs and programs focused on vulnerable and high-risk groups of the population). Factors influencing population health are discussed and analyzed, and the various prevention and health promotion strategies in the community are examined

The field exercise is implemented in various health structures in Greece or abroad. The field exercise gives students the opportunity to act as scientists in various health structures in the context of the interdisciplinary team in order to apply the theoretical knowledge they have acquired in real conditions in the context of health services by contributing to the assessment of health needs and the planning, implementation and evaluation of integrated community health promotion programs.

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

• understand the concepts and content of community health
• knows the levels of prevention and their importance in determining the expected results of prevention and health promotion interventions
• uses appropriate methods of assessing the health needs of the community
• sets priorities and goals for the prevention and promotion of individual, family and community health
• designs, implements and evaluates comprehensive prevention and community health promotion programs
• seeks valid scientific sources of epidemiological evidence and good practice/experience/procedure bases
• analyzes documented data in the scientific literature for their applicability to the target population
• know and analyze current health policies at international and national level
• conducts preventive interventions and screening programs, counseling and health education in the community
• assesses the possibility of utilizing personal means, resources and capabilities for health promotion
• assesses the degree and type of support and empowerment of individuals, families and the community that is appropriate in each case to promote health
• works either autonomously or in collaboration with other scientists as part of the interdisciplinary team to address the health needs of the individual, family, community
• supports and counsels the individual, family, community on desired lifestyle changes to promote their health
• acts as a liaison and coordinates the actions and the parties involved
• develops community development networks aimed at prevention and health promotion

 

 

General Skills

• Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
• Adaptation to new situations
• Decision making
• Autonomous work
• Teamwork
• Work in an interdisciplinary environment
• Generating new research ideas
• Project planning and management
• Respect for diversity and multiculturalism
• Demonstrating social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues
• Exercise criticism and self-criticism
• Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking

 

 

COURSE CONTENT

• Concepts and content of community health
• Community health assessment and health needs assessment. Methods and tools
• Assessment of health needs at individual and family level
• Prevention and promotion of general population health
• Prevention and health promotion of special populations, vulnerable and high-risk groups
• Design, implementation and evaluation of preventive interventions in the community
• Design, implementation and evaluation of community health promotion interventions
• Screening. Follow-up
• Consulting. Health Education. Empowerment
• Community development
• Interface
• Home visits in the context of the provision of health care and counseling with priority to high-risk groups
• Increasing access to services that provide high quality health care
• Reducing inequalities in health
• Culturally appropriate health care delivery
• Ensuring the protection of individual and social rights in the provision of health care and welfare services
• Guidance on the existence of protection networks and specialized assistance providers and facilitation of access procedures
• Strengthening volunteering in health matters and support networks
• National and international health strategies and policies. Drafting of health policies

 

STUDENT EVALUATION
Written final exam (60%) including:
Development questions
Multiple choice questions
Short answer questions
Problem Solving
Written assignment & public presentation (40%)

 

 

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Related scientific journals

• Journal of Community Health
• Primary Health Care Research and Development
• The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
• Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
• American Journal of Preventive Medicine
• American Journal of Public Health
• American Journal of Public Health Research
• Family & Community Health
• Health
• Public Health Research
• The European Journal of Public Health
• Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
• Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
• International Journal of Caring Sciences
• Πρωτοβάθμια Φροντίδα Υγείας

 

EUDOXUS

• ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ ΥΓΕΙΑ, ΤΖΕΝΗ ΚΟΥΡΕΑ – ΚΡΕΜΑΣΤΙΝΟΥ Λεπτομέρειες
•  Η ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ ΥΓΕΙΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ, Γ. ΔΗΜΟΛΙΑΤΗΣ, Γ. ΚΥΡΙΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ, Δ. ΛΑΓΓΑΣ, Τ. ΦΙΛΑΛΗΘΗΣ (επιμέλεια) Λεπτομέρειες
• Υγεία, Τούντας Γιάννης Λεπτομέρειες