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FUTURE-ORIENTED HEALTH PROMOTION
HEALTH AWARENESS IN DIFFERENT LIFE STAGES
COURSE AIM
Study programme design: Ingrit Kera
Programme implementation: Merike Sisask, Indrek Linnuste, Mailiis Tammeveski and Tagli Pitsi
The course aims to increase the learner’s health awareness at different stages of the person’s life, and their attitudes towards mental health, addiction behaviour, healthy diet and active lifestyle. After nishing the course, students know how to analyse the mental health factors in different stages of the life cycle, based on the mental health strategy and will understand the factors in different life stages that can lead to an addiction. They will also have the skills to be physically active and value active lifestyle through different stages of the life cycle.
e teacher of Haapsalu Vocational Education and Training Centre: M. Sisask
After completing this course, the students have improved
awareness of the holistic mental and physical health throughout the life cycle. They know how to value and maintain positive mental health and how to prevent various addictive behaviours in each stage of life. The course improves people’s capacity for critical analysis of factors that in uence health and wellbeing as well as their skills to use the new knowledge in everyday life.