Risk Behaviour
Module: Module MINORS (Choose one minor)
Matter: Community Care
Main language of instruction: Spanish
TimetableSem.1 | TU | 12:00 14:00 | ||
Sem.1 | WE | 12:00 14:00 |
Head instructor
Dra. Carla MARTOS - cmartos@uic.es
Office hours
Attention to student will be after class or by appointment.
mariagamiz@uic.es
srcoder@uic.
Year 4th
Academic year: 2019-2020 1st Semester
Timetable: Tuesday and Wednesday: 12.00- 14.00
Teachers that will give the subject:
Risk behaviours are active or passive actions involving a danger to the welfare of the individual. These behaviours entail negative consequences for health and also endanger development aspects of the person. The intervention against risk behaviours is very important and needs to developed efficiently by our health system. Nursing professionals, as a group directly involved in promoting and ensuring the health of the population, have a significant and strategic role identifying cases, preventing and treating any health damaging behaviour.
This course aims to provide students theoretical knowledge about risk behaviours of our society and understand how these behaviours can get out of control and even end up turning into addictions. Therefore, this course's intention is to provide students with knowledge to understand, prevent and deal with risk behaviours and prevents addictions. The additions that can be generated (such as drug dependence, pathological gambling, emerging addictions such as Internet addiction, compulsive shopping, workaholics, and eating disorder) will also be discussed.
Not required
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
BLOCK I. INTRODUCTION AND CONCEPTS
Tema 1: Approach models
Tema 2: Types of prevention
Tema 3: Protection factors
Tema 4: Basic concepts in adiction
Tema 5: Social myths about addictions
BLOCK II. ADDICTIONS WITH SUBSTANCE
Tema 6: Depressant drugs
Tema 7: Stimulant drugs
Tema 8: Dissociative and Hallucinogen drugs
BLOCK III. BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS
Tema 9: Behavioral addictions
Tema 10: Eating disorders
The methodologies used are the following:
1. Lectures: explanatory sessions of theoretical content with graphic-audiovisual support by the teacher. At the same time student participation will be encouraged through open questions that allow the strengthening of the student's knowledge. During the lectures the main topics and concepts of the detailed subjects syllabus will be deeply exposed.
2. Group work: Each group prepares the contents of a Unit and will have to expose it in class and carry out an activity related to it.
3. Readings, film viewing and discussion: The main objective is to work the subject content through different sources of information and create spaces for exchanging opinions using real situations that trigger reflection and thinking.
First assessment:
First resit A written exam will take place. Continuous assessment will be kept. First Class Honours will not be awarded in first resit.
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