HEALTH PROMOTION

Integrated educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

ASS12A7

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2022/2023

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 and from Syllabus of each discipline

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
- To Know the areas of competence and the reference contexts of the Health Assistant regarding health promotion;
- Know the principles, documents and conceptual foundations that inspire the Health Assistant regarding health promotion;
- Know the reference models;
- Know the approach models to promote health;
- Know the participatory and educational processes and methods towards individuals and the community;
- Acquire the skills necessary to participate in a group as an active tool to promote and support health education and prevention.

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
Nutrition and sport
Nutrition and dying patient
Nutrition in pediatric age
Dyslipidemias
Nutrition and anticoagulant therapy
Diabetes
Parenteral nutrition, enteral nutrition, Nutrition of the elderly
Pseudo-food intolerance
Celiac disease
Nutrition and cancer

METHODOLOGY OF THE PROFESSION OF HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT WITHIN THE HEALTH PROMOTION
- The healthcare assistant's approach to health and quality of life;
- The foundations and the main theories of health promotion, the conceptual frameworks of reference 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;
- International reference documents for health promotion;
- Lifestyles, empowerment and life skills and Peer education;
- Stress as a health risk factor;
- Transversal professional skills to support change;
- Theoretical reference models for health promotion interventions;
- From participatory methods for defining the need for a community to the main reference theories;
- Differences between pathogenic and salutogenic models and related patterns;
- The Precede - Proceed model for a community health diagnosis;
- Theoretical models for health education, basic elements and hints on active techniques for an educational intervention;
- Definition and characteristics of the group, status and roles, group model

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:
Didactic material presented in class
Code of ethics of the health assistant

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:

The verifying learning method is usually oral and the student will have to demonstrate their preparation by treating the topics requested by the teacher in a clear and organized way. A written test can be provided in which the student will have to answer quizzes. multiple or open-ended questions. Multiple choice questions require a single correct answer and the test will be considered passed if the student has achieved a sufficient assessment.
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 (morena.petrini@unich.it)

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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