Well-being and Health Behaviour in Different Age Groups
Course code
TST7041.LT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Heaolu ja tervisekäitumine erinevates vanuserühmades
Course title in English
Well-being and Health Behaviour in Different Age Groups
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To provide knowledge about models of children's health behaviour and well-being. Design skills to analyze children's welfare and development patterns.
Provide knowledge about aging well-being and health problems. Provide knowledge for methods that support older people's well-being. To design skills to analyze the health problems and well-being of elderly people.
Provide knowledge about aging well-being and health problems. Provide knowledge for methods that support older people's well-being. To design skills to analyze the health problems and well-being of elderly people.
Brief description of the course
Homeostatic theory and life-course development. Societal structure and children's well-being. Socialization and childhood. Emotional and social development of children. Children's health behaviour and well-being. Interpersonal relations and well-being. Family structure and child development. School, cognitive development, and well-being. Health and child well-being. Risk and vulnerabilities in childhood. Economics, social policy, and child well-being.
Population aging: demography and epistemology. Aging and public health: interventions, the health care system, and health services. Promotion of healthy aging and community-based networks. Decline of cognitive, social and emotional functions: support systems and intervention. Resilience and longevity. Social resources and well-being of older people. Cognitive and personality resources of resilience.
Population aging: demography and epistemology. Aging and public health: interventions, the health care system, and health services. Promotion of healthy aging and community-based networks. Decline of cognitive, social and emotional functions: support systems and intervention. Resilience and longevity. Social resources and well-being of older people. Cognitive and personality resources of resilience.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- knows the most important models and theories of child well-being and health behaviour;
- can analyze the factors of child well-being.
- knows about the well-being and health of elderly people;
- knows how to improve the well-being of elderly people;
-can analyze problems of health behaviour and well-being of elderly people.
- knows the most important models and theories of child well-being and health behaviour;
- can analyze the factors of child well-being.
- knows about the well-being and health of elderly people;
- knows how to improve the well-being of elderly people;
-can analyze problems of health behaviour and well-being of elderly people.
Teacher
Astra Schultz, Sirje Vaask, Tiina Tambaum
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