Advanced mental health promotion (5 cr)

Materials

Higgins, A., Kilkku, N. & Kristofersson, G.K. 2022. Mental Health Care in the Era of Growing Global Risk and Uncertainty: A Recovery and Person-Centred Approach. In: A. Higgins, N.Kilkku & Gristofersson G.K. (Eds.), Advanced Practice in Mental Health Nursing. Springer, Switzerland.

Tamminen, N. (2021). Mental health promotion competencies in the health sector [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Jyväskylä. JYU Dissertations, 386. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-8666-7. (partly)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Further information

Pre-assignment in mandatory part of the course.
The course grade is based on a written assignment.

Student workload

Pre-assignment 1.5 ect, in-person classes 0.5 ect, written assignment 3 ect

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1 Sufficient
The student can define the major national and international mental health promotion strategies and programs. He/She can explain the importance of mental health promotion. The student can describe mental health promotive counselling interventions and patient education methods.

2 Satisfactory
The student can define the importance of major national and international mental health promotion strategies and programs in reducing mental health disorders. He/She can demonstrate the importance of mental health promotion at different levels. The student can apply evidence-based knowledge to describe mental health promotive counselling interventions and patient education methods in his/her own field of expertise.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3 Good
The student can analyse the importance of current national and international mental health promotion strategies and programs in reducing mental health disorders. He/She can reflect the mental health promotion at different levels (individual, family, communal and societal). The student can apply and evaluate evidence-based knowledge to develop mental health promotive counselling interventions and patient education methods in collaboration. He/She can implement mental health promoting methods in practice.

4 Very good
The student can analyse his/her own role and responsibilities as an executor of current national and international mental health promotion strategies and programs in his/her own field of expertise. He/she can recognize the possibilities of coproduction and multi-professional collaboration in mental health promotion at different levels (individual, family, communal and societal). The student can apply and evaluate evidence-based knowledge to develop mental health promotive counselling interventions and patient education methods in collaboration. He/She can implement mental health promoting methods in practice and evaluate their impact.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5 Excellent
The student can analyse and evaluate his/her own role and responsibilities as an executor of current national and international mental health promotion strategies and programs. He/she is able to reflect and compare possibilities of coproduction and multi-professional collaboration of mental health promotion in different levels (individual, family, communal and societal). The student can apply and evaluate evidence-based knowledge to develop innovative mental health promotive counselling interventions and patient education methods in collaboration with different actors. He/She can implement advanced mental health promoting methods in practice and evaluate their impact.

Content scheduling

Pre-assignment will be given a month before in-person classes. Written assignment will be given when the course starts and it will be gone through during the first in-person class.

Exam schedules

The return date of the pre-assignment is 20.9.2024.

The return date of the written assignment will be agreed during the first in-person class. Two replay possibilities:
1. date (approx. 2 weeks from the original return date)
2. date (approx. 2 weeks from the previous return date)
Returns will not be accepted after these dates

Teaching language

en

Teaching methods

in-person classes (mandatory)
Flipped learning (tasks prior to classes)
Written assignment

Location and time

In-person classes (26.9. at 9-16 and 28.9. at 12-15)

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5

Qualifications

Bachelor degree in the fields of nursing, healthcare, social care or rehabilitation.

Content

Current global and national phenomena affecting to mental health

Overview of mental health promotion strategies, programs, and projects (in municipal-, national-, EU- and global levels)

Mental health promotion competencies and advanced mental health promotion (e.g., positive mental health, trauma-informed care, collaboration / coproduction)

Participation, and prevention of exclusion from the individual, family, communal and societal perspectives

Mental health promotive counselling interventions (including mobile-and-internet-based interventions) and patient education (e.g., psychoeducation)

Objective

The purpose of the course is to deepen your understanding of advanced mental health promotion. You can define the importance of positive mental health and mental health promotion from different perspectives, on national and international levels. Another purpose is to enhance your skills as an advanced mental health promotor. You can recognize, identify, and reflect future possibilities and challenges related to mental health promotion.

Competences: Proactive development, Counseling of patients, clients and family members, Health assessment and direct clinical care

By the end of the course, you will have the competence to analyze the current situation and anticipate development needs of mental health promotion in your own field of expertise. You are able to reflect and apply national and international mental health promotion strategies, programs, projects and novel mental health promotion and prevention interventions at different levels (individual, family, communal and societal). You will also have competence to apply the best evidence available to create and develop mental health promotive counselling interventions and patient education methods. Additionally, you will be able to implement collaborative mental health promoting methods in practice.