2059 - PRESCRIPTION OF ACTIVE AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES

Subject type: Optional

Coordinator: Lluís Albesa Albiol

Trimester: Second term

Credits: 6

• Catalan
• Spanish

The main objective of this subject is for students to acquire the necessary skills to promote and prescribe active and healthy lifestyles to the entire population and in all age groups, with the aim of improving the quality of life of people and reduce the risks of suffering from non-communicable diseases.

This optional subject proposes to delve into the prescription of physical activity for health as a healthy habit that determines an active and healthy lifestyle, taking into account current global trends and guides for health promotion and improvement. of quality of life.

This subject has methodological and digital resources to make it possible to continue it in a non-face-to-face mode if necessary. In this way, the achievement of the same knowledge and skills specified in this teaching plan will be ensured.

1. Health and its social determinants. Basic concepts and contextualization.
2. Benefits and risks of physical inactivity. WHO guidelines on PA and sedentary behavior.
3. Professional and personal skills of the lifestyle change agent.
4. Salutogenesis. Methodology and tools for identifying Health Assets.
5. Promotion of physical activity as a healthy habit in the work environment. Tools and resources to be a health promoting company. Evaluation of programs.
6. Active and healthy architecture and urbanism. Learn to generate and design actions on urban environments to promote the practice of physical and sports activity.
7. Promotion of physical activity and sport in the educational field. Design and planning of actions to increase physical health in educational environments (schools, institutes, universities, libraries, etc.). Evaluation methods.
8. Active and Healthy Aging. The prescription of AF in the elderly. Design and plan actions to promote physical activity in the community. 
9. Programs for the promotion and prescription of physical activity and physical exercise within the health sector at the level of public administration (Generalitat, Provincial Council) and local bodies (councils, sports councils, clubs, etc.). Evaluation of programs.
10. Technologies (TICs) applied to health. Like through smart devices, mobile apps, etc. it favors the creation of a habit increasing the person's health. Healthy use of technologies.
11. Designing campaigns to promote AF as an active and healthy lifestyle.

Qualification system (Royal Decree 1125/2003, of 5 September, which establishes the European credit system and the system of qualifications in university degrees of an official nature and valid throughout the state):
0 - 4,9: Suspension (SS)
5,0 - 6,9: Approved (AP)
7,0 - 8,9: Notable (NT)
9,0 - 10: Excellent (SB)
The final grade of the student is the result of a continuous assessment through different assessment activities. The pass of the subject is obtained with a grade equal to or higher than 5 points (out of 10 points) according to the following weighting table:

NECESSARY criteria to average between the evaluation activities:

REQUIREMENTS TO PASS THE CONTINUOUS EVALUATION:
- Compulsory minimum attendance at face-to-face sessions of 65%. This fork of permitted fouls will already include fouls due to illness or injury.
IMPORTANT:
If the continuous assessment is not passed due to non-compliance with any of the necessary requirements described above, the student will fail the subject.
Recovery:
You can choose to recover the individual work.

In accordance with current regulations, in the assessment activity of individual work, you can only opt for recovery, if you have been suspended. In case of No Show, you will not be able to opt for recovery.

The total or partial copy in any of the learning activities will mean a "Not Presented" in the subject, without option to present in the proof of recovery and without prejudice of the opening of a file for this reason.

Dement JM, Epling C, Joyner J, Cavanaugh K. Impacts of Workplace Health Promotion and Wellness Programs on Health Care Utilization and Costs: Results From an Academic Workplace. J Occup Environ Med. 2015 Nov; 57 (11): 1159-69.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26539763

World Health Organization (WHO). Healthy work environments. A model for action: for employers, workers, regulatory authorities and professionals, 2010. http://www.who.int/phe/publications/healthy_workplaces/es/

American College of Sports Medicine (2017). ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (10th ed). Baltimore: Lippincot Williams and Wilkins.

Physical Activity Guidelines 2nd edition. US Department of Health and Human Services, 2018

https://www.who.int/es/publications/i/item/9789240014886

Guide to prescribing physical exercise for health (PEFS Guide). 2nd edition. Government of Catalonia 2022.

American College of Sports Medicine (2009). ACSM's Exercise management for persons with chronic diseases and disabilities

Planning healthy and sustainable meetings (WHO, 2018)

WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary habits. 2020