Curriculum: Health Promotion 2009

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The graduate:
1. has knowledge about the basics of health promotion, the philosophy of public health, planning the intervention in health promotion, and about global population health;
2. has an overview about the basics of research, modern epidemiology and the research methods in health promotion;
3. knows the actual problems of population health, knows how to analyze them, and to evaluate different solutions;
4. knows interdisciplinary connections and possibilities in public health; can analyze and evaluate local problems and community needs, and to select suitable strategies and methods for solving them;
5. shows initiative and responsibility in launching projects, and possesses communicational, management and team work skills required for work; is able to express oneself orally and in written form in Estonian as well as in English languages; to compose public information and is ready to participate in professional discussions;
6. is able to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in professional work, is ready to act in health promotion specialist functions and to continually develop oneself in speciality and professionally; is able to critically analyze and evaluate the outcomes of one’s professional activity in solving population health problems by proceeding from ethical principles;
7. orients in contemporary speciality literature and in necessary internet-based information sources, including different databases, and is able to analyze and use them in speciality work; is able to use different information technology possibilities in composing and distributing health information;
8. is ready to actively participate in civil society and is tolerant towards the diversity of different attitudes and value judgements.