The school center is the perfect place to reinforce children’s health, because in a practical and contextualized way, healthcare professionals are capable of increasing the effectiveness of their interventions in order to achieve health education and promote health among children”

The stages of childhood and adolescence are vulnerable, since this is when individuals are in the process of developing habits that will allow them to develop their own concept of themselves as a person and a citizen. School health programs developed by school nurses can help students in this regard through education on healthy lifestyles, actions for the care and protection of children and adolescents, and mechanisms for the construction of a true culture of health.

This course on How to Promote Healthy Habits at School aims to highlight the importance of health education as a preventive an d promotional tool in changing behaviors related to the adoption of healthy eating, hygiene and ergonomic habits. It also focuses on how the development of nutritional programs and the joint work of the school nurse with the entire educational community can modify unhealthy behaviors and achieve healthy lifestyles in students. This course facilitates the incorporation of those who are starting out in this type of intervention and support training in health education. 

Expand your knowledge through the postgraduate certificate in How to Promote Healthy Habits at School, in a practical way and adapted to your needs”

This postgraduate certificate in How to Promote Healthy Habits at School contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

• The graphic, schematic and eminently practical contents of the course are designed to provide all the essential specialist information required for professional practice
• It contains exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Latest trends in health education and the educational process in the child
• All of this will be complemented by theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This postgraduate certificate may be the best investment you can make when choosing a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in How to Promote Healthy Habits at School, you will obtain a postgraduate certificate qualification from TECH Technological University ”

Its teaching staff includes renowned specialists in the field of School Nursing who bring the experience of their work to this training.

The multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive training program to train in real situations.

The design of the program is based on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the nursing professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the course. For this reason, you will be assisted by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in the field of School Nursing with extensive teaching experience.

Incorporate the latest trends in school health and learn new strategies to promote healthy habits in children"

You will be able to complete the course 100% online, adapting it to your needs and allowing you to study while you carry out your full-time healthcare work"

This course is aimed at effectively updating the knowledge of school nurses, in order to develop health education sessions and healthy habits in the school in a way that ensures quality and safety in its implementation and the child's learning.

This refresher program will generate a sense of security when practising nursing, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

General Objective

• Update the nursing professional's knowledge on strategies to use health education at school as a preventive and promotional tool to change behaviors related to the adoption of healthy eating, hygienic and ergonomic habits in children

Specific Objectives

• Define the basic principles of School Nursing and its functions in the European Union
• Understand and analyze different conceptions of Education, Health Education (HPE) and Health Promotion (HP)
• Recognize various personal and sociocultural factors related to health behaviors
• Describe work methodologies that favor the achievement of objectives in relation to health depending on the characteristics of the target group
• Review and update techniques, strategies, programs, multimedia resources and tools related to health education and promotion in schools
• Acquire the necessary skills and abilities to develop educational and health promotion interventions at school and in the community
• Review health controls and examinations that allow early detection of diseases and health problems related to poor dietary, hygienic and ergonomic habits
• Identify those aspects of risk that may affect the health of schoolchildren and draw up action plans
• Design a training plan according to training needs and detection of previous level of knowlegde
• Explain basic hygiene concepts and devise strategies for action in the entire school community 
• Develop a smooth and effective communication plan with parents as well as with teachers

Make the most of the opportunity and take the step to get up to date on the latest developments in How to Promote Healthy Habits at School"