Domestic violence in a public health perspective
7.5 ECTS creditsInstruction is in the form of lectures, group work and seminars.
The course comprises the following components:
- Definitions of domestic violence
- Domestic violence from an historical perspective, including the history of women rights
- Prevalence of domestic violence
- Consequences of domestic violence for adult victims and children witnesses
- Theories of stress, crisis and psychotrauma
- Signs and symptoms of domestic violence in partner relationships
- Protection and risk factors in domestic violence
- Explanatory models of domestic violence including the normalisation process
- Break-up process
- Professional conduct
The course comprises the following components:
- Definitions of domestic violence
- Domestic violence from an historical perspective, including the history of women rights
- Prevalence of domestic violence
- Consequences of domestic violence for adult victims and children witnesses
- Theories of stress, crisis and psychotrauma
- Signs and symptoms of domestic violence in partner relationships
- Protection and risk factors in domestic violence
- Explanatory models of domestic violence including the normalisation process
- Break-up process
- Professional conduct
Progressive specialisation:
G1N (has only upper‐secondary level entry requirements)
Education level:
Undergraduate level
Admission requirements:
General admission requirements
Selection:
Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.
This course is included in the following programme
- Health, Environment and Society Bachelor Program in Public Health Sciences (studied during year 3)