Sexual Education
| Structure Type: | Study unit |
|---|---|
| Code: | TH00BE39 |
| Curriculum: | TH 2023 |
| Level: | Bachelor of Public Health |
| Year of Study: | 4 (2026-2027) |
| Semester: | Autumn |
| Credits: | 2 cr |
| Responsible Teacher: | Alaniemi, Ritva |
| Language of Instruction: | Finnish |
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Learning Outcomes
A Student is able to promote the sexual health and sexual wellbeing of clients of all ages in his or her future work. Through sexuality education the student supports the client's sexual autonomy, experience of acceptance and appreciation as one's own self.
Student's Workload
Total working time 54 h, independent study 32 h and contact teaching 16 h
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
No prior sudies
Contents
Sexual education of children and young people
Developmental stages of socializing,experiencing emotions
Sexual rights of young people
Media as an influencer
Violence and sexuality
Safety skills for children and young people
Recommended or Required Reading and Other Learning Resources/Tools
The teacher announces at the beginning of the course
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Group work, exercises, discussions and lectures
Assessment Criteria
Level 5
The student
is able to independently and customer oriented identify the most important factors influencing sex education.
is able to search for, use and evaluate evidence-based information and utilize it in the development of sex education.
is able to act in accordance with ethical principles, develops his or her own and other ethical activities of those involved in sex education.
Level 3
The student is able to independently identify the main factors influencing sex education.
is able to reasonably search, use and evaluate evidence-based information.
is able to work independently in cooperation with the client and other participant in the service.
is able to act in accordance with ethical principles, evaluating his or her own and the ethical activities of the participants.
Level 1
The student is able to identify in a guided way the main factors influencing sex education.
is able to search for and use evidence-based information.
is able to work in a supervised manner in cooperation with the client and other participants in the activities.
is able to act in accordance with ethical principles.
Assessment Methods
Admitted/rejected
Participation in contact teaching at least 80% and in exercises 100%
Further Information
Feedback on the course is given through the Spark-program