Children’s and adolescents’ and young adult’s health and development

Knowledge of children and young people's development
Pregnancy, birth and maternity leave
The newborn parenthood
Psychological theories of attachment and interaction
Psychosocial development in children and adolescents
Growth in children and adolescents
Nutrition in children and adolescents - including breastfeeding
Motor development at preschool children
Sight, hearing and language development in children and adolescents
Child and adolescent sexual development and health
Child and youth development of gender identity
The family in today's society
Parents' importance for children and young people's health and development
 
Specific groups' needs, challenges and problems:
Birth and maternity leave
Premature children at the health center
Common pediatric issues
Children and young people with special needs

Knowledge
Demonstrate updated, quality assured sources of knowledge relevant to the subject
show advanced knowledge about the normal development of children and adolescents
show in-depth knowledge of how different factors of social, environmental and personal nature can affect children, young people and their families
show advanced knowledge of common health problems in children and adolescents
show specialized insight into knowledge about the parents' importance for children and young people's psychosocial health, development, quality of life and mastery
display knowledge about different mapping tools and screening to identify unhealthiness

Skills
independently find updated knowledge and national academic recommendations on children and young people's health and development
relate critically to knowledge about health and development in children and adolescents
compile knowledge from different subject areas to elucidate issues related to the publich health nurse's functional area

General competence
apply the subject areas of expression and present the subject matter in a systematic and clear way

Learning forms and activities alternate between lectures, flipped classroom, group work, exercises, skills training and self-study.
Further specification of work requirements is posted on an electronic learning platform