Course in Child Health Education (University degree + 4 ECTS credits)

Child health education is a fundamental part of the educational system that seeks to promote the health and well -being of children, as well as teach them healthy habits and prevention measures. Some of the common issues addressed in child health health education include personal hygiene, adequate nutrition, physical exercise, sleep, disease prevention and mental health care. With this course in Child Health Education you can provide children with precise and accessible information on how to take care of their health. Since it is essential to offer educators, parents and health professionals the possibility of working together to contribute to children adequate health education.

- Promote awareness of the importance of health from childhood. - Promote personal hygiene habits in children. - Give the basic notions about healthy nutrition and eating. - Develop techniques to instill personal autonomy habits in childhood. - Know the most common childhood diseases. - Know how to deal with children's accidents and first aid.

With this course in Child Health Education you will opt for various job departures such as 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 Child Health Education Projects or Investigator in Children's Health

This Course in Child Health Education will prepare you so that you know how to perform tasks and know skills related to children, such as basic notions about child health, teaching and communication skills, promotion of healthy habits, disease prevention and health care and collaboration with other professionals and parents to become a child health defending educator

This course is especially aimed at health, nurses, pedagogues, teachers, although it is a degree within the teachings of the university that does not enable for the professional practice, so according to article 37.7 of Royal Decree 822/2021, of September 28, which establishes the organization of university teachings and the procedure to assure their quality for the degrees encomp They do not require prior university degree for access to them, the purpose of them is the extension and update of knowledge, competences and training or professional skills that contribute to a better labor insertion of citizens and citizens without university degree, so it will be open to every person without access university degrees that have an interest in carrying it out.

This training is not included in the scope of official regulated training (Infant Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Official Professional Training FP, Baccalaureate, University Degree, Official University Master and PhD). It is therefore a complementary and/or specialization training, aimed at acquiring certain skills, skills or aptitudes of a professional nature, being able to be barely as merit in workbags and/or opposition competitions, always within the complementary training section and/or continuous training being always essential to review the specific requirements of the public labor stock of the public labor stock market.