Health promotion in chronic illness with children, adolescents and families (CHI01VS26DIAK)
- Type of studies
- Open University of Applied Sciences
- Campuses
- Diak joint implementation
- Location
- Online campus
- Ilmoittautumisaika
- 25.5.2026—31.7.2026
- Start Term
- 17.8.2026—11.10.2026
- Field of Study
- Health care, The church sector
- Study mode
- Online teaching
- Study language
- English
- Application Status
- Registration open
- Pricing
- Free
- Code
- AAF716
- Extent
- 5 op
- Admission quota
- 5
- Available places
- 4
- Teachers
- Hanna Dombret, Sini Hiltunen
Opintojen sisältämät toteutukset
CHI01VS26DIAK Health promotion in chronic illness with children, adolescents and families
Sisältö
• Scientific approaches to family support and nursing
• Key factors of social exclusion and deprivation
• Multidisciplinary networks, child protection, family support and nursing, experts by experience
• Internal and external family structures and dynamics
• Evidence-based health promotion
• Resources for supporting the growth, development and health of children and adolescents
• Service systems and NGOs
• Key factors of social exclusion and deprivation
• Multidisciplinary networks, child protection, family support and nursing, experts by experience
• Internal and external family structures and dynamics
• Evidence-based health promotion
• Resources for supporting the growth, development and health of children and adolescents
• Service systems and NGOs
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student is expected to
• Apply scientific knowledge of family nursing in the nursing care, health promotion and family support of children and adolescents with chronic conditions
• Identify common national and international challenges and societal changes in health promotion and chronic disease management with children and adolescents
• Assess the effectiveness of solution-focused and multidisciplinary family support and nursing
• Support and advice families in using services provided by NGOs, church organisations and low-threshold programmes
• Apply scientific knowledge of family nursing in the nursing care, health promotion and family support of children and adolescents with chronic conditions
• Identify common national and international challenges and societal changes in health promotion and chronic disease management with children and adolescents
• Assess the effectiveness of solution-focused and multidisciplinary family support and nursing
• Support and advice families in using services provided by NGOs, church organisations and low-threshold programmes
Prerequisites
Suitable for nurses, public health nurses and midwives to specialize and update their competence, or for a student in a Bachelor’s Degree Program in Health Care who has already completed the relevant basic professional studies (The care of children, youth, and families -studies) in their own degree program. A prerequisite for proceeding to the advanced studies is approx. 120 completed credits or other specific reason which has been discussed and agreed with the study guidance counsellor. For Open UAS students’ mastery of the equivalent knowledge (comparable study module of another UAS or adequate work experience as a nurse).
Teaching methods
online course consisting online lectures, independent studies and a written assignment ( made alone/pairs)
Learning materials and recommended literature
Literature/sources presented at learning platform (Diakle)
Student workload and time commitment
1 ects corresponds 27 hours of study
Assessment criteria
The course is evaluated numerically 1-5/ failed. Evaluation is based on assessment of the written assignment and participating the working process.
Read about the assessment criteria at Diak: https://www.diak.fi/en/assessment/
Read about the assessment criteria at Diak: https://www.diak.fi/en/assessment/
Grading scale
0-5