NU7200 Contemporary Issues in Child Health and Wellbeing (10 ECTS)

 

Learning Outcomes

Following completion of this module the student should be able to

• Critically discuss contemporary issues in child health including national and international policy and legislation.
  
• Critically analyse the quality agenda within child healthcare in relation to ensuring appropriate
  service provision for children and young people and their families
  
• Identify and discuss children’s rights and child protection issues
  
• Establish the current and critical issues for children growing up in Ireland in the 21st century
  
• Identify support services for children and families to maintain mental health and wellbeing
  
• Identify support services for children and families living with chronic, life limiting conditions, rare disorders and complex conditions in the community.
  
• Provide culturally competent care for children and families

Methods of Teaching and Student Learning

Group work, lecture, guest speakers, guided discussion, practical demonstrations, self–directed learning.

Module Learning Aims & Rationale

This module has been developed building on the prior experiences of students working with children and
their families in both health and illness. It will focus on contemporary issues in child and family health
and wellbeing, recognising the increasing diverse nature of children’s healthcare. This module will
assist students in developing the skills to be able to work effectively with children and young people and
their families and promote family-centred care across services.
The aim of the module is to enable students to develop the knowledge, critical analysis and decisionmaking
skills necessary to provide appropriate evidence based and skilled care in contemporary child
healthcare issues.

Recommended Reading List

Indicative Resources

• Development: Timing and Economic Efficiency. Economics and Human Biology 7(1), 1-6.
  
• Edelman C, Kudzma E & Mandle C (2014) Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span. 8th edition. Elsevier, St Louis.
  
• Moyse K (2011) Promoting health in children and young people: The role of the nurse. Wiley Blackwell, United Kingdom.
  
• Irish College of Psychiatrists (2005) A better future now. Position statement on psychiatric services for children and adolescents in Ireland. Irish College of Psychiatrists, Dublin.
  
• Leaman J. & Worsching M. (2010) Youth in Contemporary Europe. Routledge, USA
  
• Lesnik-Oberstein (2010) Children in Culture Revisited Further Approaches to Childhood, 2nd edn. Palgrave Macmillan, UK.
  
• Mental Health Commission (2007) Quality Framework: Mental Health Services in Ireland. Mental Health Commission, Dublin.
  
• Mental Health Commission (2008) A Recovery Approach Within the Irish Mental Health Services. Mental Health Commission, Dublin.
  
• O’Dell L. & Leverett S. (2010) Working with Children and Young People Co-constructing Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, UK.
  
• Office of the Minister for Children and Young People (2010) Children First: National Guidelines for the
  Protection and Welfare of Children. Stationery Office, Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.
  
• Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (2010) State of the Nation’s Children. The Stationary Office, Dublin.
  
• Williams J., Greene S., McNally S., Murray A. & Quail A. (2010) Growing up in Ireland, National Longitudinal Study of Children, the infants and their families. The Stationary Office, Dublin
  

*Other readings will be provided by individual lecturers.