Objectives

Promote awareness of the importance of health from childhood.

To promote personal hygiene habits in children.

To give basic notions about nutrition and healthy eating.

To develop techniques to inculcate personal autonomy habits in children.

To know the most common childhood diseases.

To know how to deal with children's accidents and first aid.

Content

Methodology

Entre el material entregado en este curso se adjunta un documento llamado Guía del Alumno dónde aparece un horario de tutorías telefónicas y una dirección de e-mail dónde podrá enviar sus consultas, dudas y ejercicios. Además recibirá los materiales didácticos que incluye el curso para poder consultarlos en cualquier momento y conservarlos una vez finalizado el mismo.La metodología a seguir es ir avanzando a lo largo del itinerario de aprendizaje online, que cuenta con una serie de temas y ejercicios. Para su evaluación, el alumno/a deberá completar todos los ejercicios propuestos en el curso. La titulación será remitida al alumno/a por correo una vez se haya comprobado que ha completado el itinerario de aprendizaje satisfactoriamente.

What does it prepare you for?

This course in Child Health Education will prepare you to perform tasks and skills related to children such as developing basic notions of child health, teaching and communication skills, promoting healthy habits, disease prevention and health care, and collaborating with other professionals and parents to become an educator and advocate for children's health.

Who is it aimed at?

This course is especially aimed at health professionals, nurses, pedagogues, teachers, although it is a degree within the University's own teachings that does not qualify for professional practice, so that according to Article 37.7 of Royal Decree 822/2021, of September 28, which establishes the organization of university education and the procedure for quality assurance for the degrees included within the University's own teachings that do not require a previous university degree for access to them, the purpose of these courses is the expansion and updating of knowledge, competences and training or professional skills that contribute to a better labor insertion of citizens without a university degree, so it will be open to any person without a university degree in health access who is interested in doing it.

Career opportunities

With this course in Children's Health Education you will be able to choose from several job opportunities such as educator in educational centers, advisor in health promotion programs focused on children and families, you can also be a health educator in hospitals or clinics, coordinator of children's health education projects or researcher in children's health.