Literacy and Self-Care

Code: ENF14483L

3 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours

Scientific Area: Nursing

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Presentation

The Curricular Unit allows knowing the importance of health literacy for the promotion of self-care.

Sustainable Development Goals

1. Erradicar a pobreza - Acabar com a pobreza em todas as suas formas, em todos os lugares

3. Saúde de qualidade - Assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar para todos, em todas as idades.

4. Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

5. Igualdade de género - Alcançar a igualdade de gênero e empoderar todas as mulheres e meninas.

Learning Goals

• Recognize the importance of health literacy for the promotion of self-care.
• Promotes health training and self-care of citizens.
• Recognize the importance of health communication and health literacy in promoting citizenship and in the fight against social inequalities.
• Design innovative tools appropriate for the dissemination of health communication.
• Analyze models and conceptual structures of communication and marketing in health.
• Collaborate in the definition and implementation of strategies that promote the demand and appropriation of health information by the population.

1. Health literacy and self-care.
2. Health communication and marketing.
3. The demand, access, and appropriation of health information.
4. The informed health decisions and the promotion of self-care.
5. The exercise of citizenship in health.

Teaching Methods

The exhibition through the master introduces the themes, in order to promote the first contact with the programmatic contents. The themes will be presented using techniques that promote the communication and exploitation of the contents, aiming to develop communication skills, bibliographic research in databases and critical analysis of scientific evidence, so relevant in the training of students. Guidance sessions and student support will be held in accordance with the recommendations of the Bologna Process.

Assessment

The assessment of the course includes both collective and individual components, in order to ensure a balanced evaluation of the skills acquired.
The main assessment component is the group preparation of a health literacy plan aimed at a previously defined target population. This work, which includes a written report and oral presentation, accounts for 60% of the final grade, with emphasis on theoretical reasoning, definition of objectives, appropriateness of the proposed strategies, and clarity in the structure of the document.
The oral presentation of the plan accounts for 20% of the final assessment, allowing for the evaluation of the ability to synthesise, clarity of presentation, use of appropriate supports, and the group's articulation in communicating the results.
The individual participation component accounts for 20% of the final grade, integrating involvement in the activities of the course unit and the contribution demonstrated to group work (peer assessment).
Students who do not complete one of the continuous assessment components automatically opt for the examination regime, in accordance with the provisions of the UÉ Academic Regulations.