Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - Barcelona

Health and Development and Complementary Therapy

• code 09825
• course 4
• term Semester 1
• type op
• credits 3

Main language of instruction: Catalan

Other languages of instruction: Spanish

Head instructor

Dra. Maria Dolores NAVARRO - mdnavarro@uic.es

Other instructors

MsU Eva María SÁNCHEZ - emsanchez@uic.es
Dra. Alícia BORRÁS - aliciaborras@uic.es

Office hours

• Via mail and appointment of the subject teachers:

- M.Dolores Navarro

- Alicia Borrás

- Eva Sanchez

Health and Development and Complementary Therapies  consists of a block of 2 subjects to introduce students to international health and complementary therapies. Students will be provided by a general content on global health, the burden of disease in the world, epidemiological aspects of some tropical and emerging diseases, maternal and child health and nutrition in developing countries, the phenomenon of immigration and the main health problems of immigrant populations and planning and evaluation of health programs in poor countries; as well as basic concepts of some complementary therapies in which nurses can develop as a professional.

 

The subject will be taught in English and Spanish.

• Not required

Health and Development and Complementary Therapies

• Know the different scenarios inherent to the concept of international health
• Learn the role of professionals and to develop activities in primary health care in the context of international health
• Understand and assess tropical diseases under its international perspective
• Assess the impact of emerging diseases in an epidemiological context
• Analyze the ethical issues in international health
• Understand the fundamentals of planning and development programs and projects in low income countries
• Know  the Complementary Therapies
• Relate the Complementary Therapies  to nursing care and its evolution throughout history
• Integrate nursing models and the holistic approach
• Integrating Complementary Therapies as a means to provide care
• Learn tools within Complementary Therapies to promote self-care

• 10. B - Protecting the health and welfare of individuals or groups by ensuring their safety.
• 11. E - Establish effective communication with patients, families, social groups and partners and promote health education.
• 17. E - Perform nursing care based on comprehensive health care, which involves multidisciplinary cooperation, integration of processes and continuity of care.
• 1. G - Ability to provide technical and professional health care appropriate to the health needs of the people they treat, with full technical and scientific autonomy, according to current and available scientific knowledge and to the quality standards and safety requirements set forth in the applicable legal standards and code of ethics.
• 21. B - Oral and written communication.
• 24. G - Ability to work autonomously.
• 26. G - Ability to generate knowledge from practice.
• 27. G - Ability to adapt to new situations.
• 30. E - Learn the strategies to provide comfort and treat symptoms, aimed at the patient and family in the implementation of palliative care, that contribute to alleviating the situation of advanced and terminal patients.
• 3. E - Know and apply the theoretical and methodological foundations and principals of nursing.
• 4. B - Understand the interactive behavior of the person according to their gender, group or community, within their social and multicultural context.
• 7. B - Understand people without prejudice, considering their physical, psychological and social aspects, as autonomous and independent individuals, ensuring respect for their opinions, beliefs and values, ensuring their right to privacy through confidentiality and professional secrecy.
• 8. B - Promote and respect the right of participation, information, autonomy and informed consent in decision-making of people treated, according to the way they live their health - disease process..
• 9. E - Promote healthy lifestyles, self-care, as well as the maintenance of therapeutic and preventive behaviors.

At the end of this course the student will be able to:

• Understand biological and social aspects of health on a global stage.
• Analyze the goals to achieve in the international framework based on epidemiological and social needs.
• Understand the issues involved in developing professional skills to work in tropical medicine scenarios.
• Learn the skills and attitudes to serve immigrant communities under the national health system, mainly in Primary Health Care
• Know the professional development of nursing care and its scope in terms of natural therapies.
• Understanding Complementary Therapies as a tool of the therapeutic arsenal available to the nursing profession in the accompaniment of the processes of health and / or illness of users. In addition to strengthening the holistic view of the user through the prism of Complementary Therapies

I. International Health

1. Introduction: Global Health.

2. The burden of disease in a global world.

3. Health and environment.

4. Tropical and emerging diseases.

5. Chronic diseases.

6. Maternal and child health in developing countries.

7. Nutrition and health.

8. Low income and health.

9. Immigration and health.

10. Planning and evaluation of health programs in low-income countries.

II. Complementary therapies

1. Introduction and history.

2. Nursing models and holistic approach.

3. Complementary therapies and provision of care.

4. Tools to promote serf-care.

• Lectures
• Case studies and examples
• Individual and team work: readings and exercises
• Discussion and group participation

The evaluation will take into account the following criteria:

• Class attendance and participation.
• Readings and exercises (20%).
• Oral presentation (20%).
  
• Final paper (60%).

These grades will be maintained for the second call.

Bibliography will be completed during the course

Bell Dion R. Tropical Medicine 4th ed. Blackwell Science 2001

CAMFyC. Guia per l’abordatge de la població immigrant des de l’Atenció Primària de la salut.

Generalitat de Catalunya, 2005. Protocol d’atenció a infants immigrants. Programa de seguiment del nen sa. Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Salut. Barcelona 2005

Guayta R. Epidemiología de la inmigración. El fenómeno en cifras. El Farmacèutico (suplemento monográfico Inmigración: un nuevo reto social y sanitario). Febrero 2006

Markle W et al (Ed.). Understanding global health. New York: McGraw Hill Education, 2014.