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Health and Environment

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Health and Environment
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Applied Health Sciences, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2023
Module code: AGW23.11
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P311-0280
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for άbung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
6S (6 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
6
Semester: 3
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Examination achievement

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Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

AGW23.11 (P311-0280) Applied Health Sciences, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2023 , semester 3, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
90 class hours (= 67.5 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 180 hours (equivalent to 6 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 112.5 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
AGW23.1 Medical and Nursing Science Principles
AGW23.3 The Health System
AGW23.4 Social Inequality, Heterogeneity and Social Problems
AGW23.5 Health Sciences


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Recommended as prerequisite for:
AGW23.14 Care Management and Evidence-Based Practice
AGW23.17
AGW23.18
AGW23.19


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Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Christine Dörge
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Christine Dörge


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Learning outcomes:
23.11.1.: Health promotion and prevention
 
Learning outcomes:
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:
 
   
 
   
 
• understand health promotion and prevention as central components of a “health in all policy” and integral parts of public health
  
• be able to outline the subject matter and central goals of health promotion and prevention and identify paradigmatic differences in subject matter and approach
  
• be familiar with and able to distinguish important strategies, methods and instruments of health promotion and prevention
• be able to describe and explain the basic principles, framework conditions and fields of action in health promotion and prevention as well as the different settings and their practice
  
• be familiar with the legal and institutional foundations, as well as suitable participants for the implementation of health promotion and prevention concepts
  
• be able to identify specific health risks and opportunities for individuals, groups and/or society using exemplary examples from the field
 
• be able to examine the concept of health literacy
• be aware of the opportunities, challenges, limitations and risks of health-promoting and/or preventive approaches in different contexts
  
• be familiar with the most important success and quality criteria of measures and programs in the field of health promotion and prevention and the resulting requirements for the procedure of a health science-based conception of corresponding measures
 
 
• be able to analyze health-promoting/preventive action strategies and programs and identify "best practice projects".
 
 
   
 
• be able to transfer their knowledge of theories, concepts and methods from health promotion and prevention to specific problems and fields of action in practice and derive concrete measures for implementation from them
 
• be able to identify target group-specific needs for health promotion and prevention in different settings
  
• be able to critically apply quality criteria from health promotion and prevention when planning their own measures and analyzing existing projects/programs
   
• be able to plan and evaluate health promotion and preventative measures, taking into account social, political, scientific and ethical aspects
 
 
   
• be able to identify relevant cooperation partners for health promotion and prevention projects/measures and to cooperate with them on the basis of joint concepts
  
• be able to communicate their knowledge of theories, terms and concepts of health promotion and prevention to experts and the public
 
• be able to contact various target groups in the field of health promotion and prevention in a suitable manner, ascertain their needs and document and evaluate them in a suitable manner
 
• be able to present the current state of research on a selected area of health promotion and prevention in a comprehensible and professionally appropriate manner
 
 
   
• be aware of the opportunities, challenges, ambivalences and limitations of health-promoting and preventive approaches and be able to critically reflect on them
  
• be able to recognize the value of health promotion and prevention and integrate it into their thinking and actions for themselves and others
 
 
 
Modul 23.11.2:  
 
Learning outcomes:
 
After successfully completing this module, students will:
 
   
 
   
 
• be aware of the influence and impact of cultural imprints on how health and illness are understood and handled
  
• understand the importance and mechanisms of social support through groups and social networks
• be able to identify potentials, the risks of overburdening oneself and limits of non-professional support systems in the context of health/healthiness and illness/illness.
 
• be able to outline informal support systems from the point of view of their health-related relevance for the individual and society
  
• be able to examine biological, chemical, and physical environmental factors critically and characterize their positive and negative influences on the health of individuals and populations
 
• illustrate the health threat posed by pandemics to individuals and society based on a selected example
 
• be aware of key pandemic response strategies.
 
   
 
• be able to develop addressee-oriented approaches to solutions for the improvement of the health situation and care of vulnerable groups
 
• be able to identify (health and socio-political) approaches to promoting social support and assess them with regard to their health-related opportunities, risks and limitations
 
• be able to derive personal and environmental adaptation requirements for individuals and society with regard to selected environmental influences and develop solution-oriented strategies and procedures for behavioral and situational prevention for specific problems
 
 
 
   
• be able to reflect on and take into account different health-related perspectives and interests when communicating and cooperating with the public and professionals
  
• be able to argue the health needs of vulnerable target groups to others
• be able to participate in professional and scientific discussions in a critically reflective and professionally justified manner
 
   
 
• be able to advocate and empathize for vulnerable target groups
• have developed mindfulness towards a sustainable, health-promoting approach to the environment
• do their part to maintain/create a healthy environment
• be able to independently acquire new knowledge, deepen it and critically reflect on it


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Module content:
23.11.1.: Health promotion and prevention
 
• Development of prevention and health promotion concepts in a historical context
• Central concepts, values and principles of health promotion and prevention
• Key concepts in health promotion (e.g. salutogenesis, empowerment, participation, setting approach, health literacy, “health in all policies” approach)
  
• Theories and concepts of prevention (e.g., primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention; behavioral and relational prevention)
  
• Institutional, political, legal, social and ethical conditions of health promotion and prevention
  
• Structures and players in health promotion and prevention
• Prevention Act, federal framework recommendations, prevention guidelines, national and international health and prevention goals
  
• Quality development and assurance in prevention and health promotion (quality criteria, instruments and tools for quality assurance)
  
• Methods
• Target groups and fields of action in health promotion and prevention
• Exemplary examination of approaches and projects/programs in health promotion and prevention specific to target groups or living environments (e.g. vaccinations, early detection, MiMI, Klasse 2000, healthy nutrition ....)
 
• Potentials, challenges and limits of approaches to health promotion and prevention
 
 
Module 23.11.2.:  
 
• Commonalities and differences of terminology and perspectives: e.g., cultural, intercultural, multicultural, transcultural
 
• Cultural diversity in perceptions of health and illness and in the way people deal with health and illness (e.g., "I" and "we" cultures)
 
• Social support models
• Chances and limits of social support using selected examples (e.g. self-help, work with relatives, neighborhood help, etc.)
 
• Biological, chemical and physical environmental factors (e.g. climate change, noise, radiation, waste, air pollution, drinking water supply...) and their impact on health
 
• Health-related adaptive strategies to environmental influences that are detrimental to health (e.g., climate change)
• Pandemics as a national and global challenge
• Prevention, management and defense against pandemics (e.g. Corona)
• Procedures/central measures for breaking chains of infection (including vaccinations).

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Teaching methods/Media:
Blended learning

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Recommended or required reading:
Will be announced at the beginning of the module.

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