Prevention & Health Promotion in the School Setting

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course provides knowledge and skills to teach students the subjects of Prevention and Health Promotion in the school setting, the school health services responsibilities, current legislation, the Health Promoting School and the European Network of Health Promoting Schools. The course aims to encourage students to acquire the ability to assess and evaluate the school environment and to record its effects on health, but also the different ways these affect health. Students will develop the competences to undertake interventions needed to promote and protect people’s health within the school setting, by planning, implementing and evaluating activities, for primary, secondary and tertiary prevention and health promotion.

 

The students will be able to:

• assess and evaluate health needs in school the environment
• set priorities
• plan, implement and evaluate integrated prevention and health promotion programs in school environment
• use new technologies and develop innovative health promotion activities
• conduct effective primary and secondary prevention interventions in the school environment aiming at early diagnosis
• work independently and/or in collaboration with other healthcare professionals, in counseling and health education and all school members (students, teachers, staff, parents and guardians)

 

 

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
• New research projects
• Project design and management
• Respect cultural diversity
• Criticism and self-criticism
• Social, professional and moral responsibility and gender sensitivity

 

CORSE CONTENT

• Historical background. Modern developments
• Duties of school medical service. Legislation
• The modern view of school health
• Multidisciplinary team and school health
• Health Promoting School. The European Network
• Health needs assessment in the school environment. Methodology
• Health education and health promotion programs in school
• Prevention programs, screening and counseling
• Child growth. Individual health card. Child population growth control
• Oral hygiene. Speech problems. Learning difficulties
• Obesity in childhood. Healthy eating and children physical activity
• Sex education at school
• Modern epidemiological data, prevention and health promotion interventions
• Technologies and innovative activities in health promotion in the school environment
• Case studies, study and analysis of contemporary literature

 

 

STUDENT EVALUATION

Written final examination (100%) which includes:

• Multiple Choice Questions
• Short-answer Questions
• Development Questions

 

RECOMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Νεστορίδου Αικ. (2009). Σχολική Υγιεινή, Εκδόσεις ΒΗΤΑ, Αθήνα.
• Δαρβίρη Χ. (2007). Προαγωγή Υγείας. Π.Χ. Πασχαλίδης, Αθήνα.
• W.H.O. (2017) Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!): guidance to support country implementation. Διαθέσιμο στο: http://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/topics/adolescence/framework-accelerated-action/en/
• WHO (2007). European Network of Health Promoting Schools. Διαθέσιμο στο: www.who.dk/enhps/index.html
• Notara V., Sakellari E. (2013). Health promotion and school health. The Health Visiting role in Greece. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 6(1): 37-43.
• SakellariE., SouranderA., Kalokerinou-AnagnostopoulouA., Leino-Kilpi H. Opinions about Mental Illness among adolescents. The impact of a mental health educational intervention. School Mental Health 2015,8(2): 268-277.
• Υγειονομική Διάταξη αναφορικά με κανόνες υγιεινής τροφίμων στα κυλικεία των σχολείων (ΦΕΚ 1183/31-8-2006 τ. Β΄), Αθήνα.
• W.H.O. (2014). Health for the world’s adolescents: A second chance in the second decade. Διαθέσιμο στο:  http://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/second-decade/en/
• American School Health Association (2004). What is school health, Διαθέσιμοστο: http://www.ashaweb.org/whatis.html
• World Health Organization (2004). Global School Health Initiative, Διαθέσιμοστο: http://www.who.int/school_youth_health/gshi/en/
• Κρεατσάς Γ. (2003). Σεξουαλική Αγωγή και οι σχέσεις των δύο φύλων, Ελληνικά Γράμματα, Αθήνα.
• Πετρίδου Ε., Καρπάθιος Θ., Τριχόπουλος Δ. (1999). Προσυμπτωματικός έλεγχος παιδιών και εφήβων, Ζήτα, Αθήνα.
• Moore C., Shulman R., Kerr M. (1996). Η Παιδική Διατροφή, Πατάκη, Αθήνα.
• Σώκου Κ. (1994). Σχολεία Προαγωγής της Υγείας, Το Ευρωπαϊκό και Εθνικό Δίκτυο, Νέα Υγεία 4, ΙΚΠΙ, Αθήνα.

 

Related scientific journals:

• Journal of School Health
• Education and Health Journal
• Advances in School Mental Health Promotion
• International Journal of Health Promotion and Education
• Health Promotion Practice

 

EUDOXUS

•  Σχολική Υγιεινή, Αικατερίνη Νεστορίδου Λεπτομέρειες
•  Διαταραχή αυτιστικού φάσματος (ΔΑΦ), Αναστασία Μπαρμπούνη, Κωνσταντία Βαβανού Λεπτομέρειες