Overview
Date/time interval
Primo Semestre (20/10/2025 - 30/01/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
Increase knowledge of of primary care ,care patterns, training content and effective educational strategies in promoting protective lifestyles with breast cancer survivors.
Course Prerequisites
Conceptual bases, methods and techniques specific to health education, therapeutic education and patient education to be applied to the nursing and obstetric context
Teaching Methods
Face-to face presentations with interactive devices; activities which encourage reflection in order to analyze one’s own educational activity; analysis of projects which use different educational strategies, to improve motivation and self- effectiveness in the promotion of healthy lifestyles after breast cancer, individual and group exercises with particular reference to minimal advice; expositions and confrontation in plenary.
Assessment Methods
The final evaluation includes a written test in the form of a test with 30 multiple choice questions. The student who achieved a positive score (≥ 18/30) in the written test passes the test
Texts
Module 1
Arrigoni C, Grugnetti AM, Caruso R, Dellafiore F, Borelli P, Cenzi M, Gallotti L, Signorelli C. Describing the health behaviors of future nurses: a cross-sectional study among Italian nursing students. Acta Biomed. 2020 Sep 7;91(3):
abstract required
Bury M. Chronic illness as biographical disruption. Social Health Illn. 1982 Jul;4(2):167-82.
recommended reading for those who want to learn more about the topic
Holman H., Lorig K. Patient Self-Management:A Key to Effectiveness and Efficiency in Care of Chronic Disease Public Health Reports / May–June 2004 / Vol 11 mandatory article
Yeh L, Chen CH, Wang CJ, Wen MJ, Fetzer SJ. A preliminary study of a healthy-lifestyle-promoting program for nursing students in Taiwan. J Nurs Educ. 2005 Dec;44(12):563-5. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20051201-06. PMID: 16402739. abstract required
Linton M, Koonmen J. Self-care as an ethical obligation for nurses. Nurs Ethics. 2020 Jul 28:969733020940371. abstract required
Ross A, Touchton-Leonard K, Perez A, Wehrlen L, Kazmi N, Gibbons S. Factors That Influence Health-Promoting Self-care in Registered Nurses: Barriers and Facilitators. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2019 Oct/Dec;42(4):358-373.
abstract required
Ross A, Bevans M, Brooks AT, Gibbons S, Wallen GR. Nurses and Health-Promoting Behaviors: Knowledge May Not Translate Into Self-Care. AORN J. 2017 Mar;105(3):267-275.
Mandatory item
Stark MA, Manning-Walsh J, Vliem S. Caring for self while learning to care for others: a challenge for nursing students. J Nurs Educ. 2005 Jun;44(6):266-70..
abstract required
Module 2
Aghakhani N, Nia HS, Ranjbar H, Rahbar N, Beheshti Z. Nurses' attitude to patient education barriers in educational hospitals of Urmia University of Medical Sciences. Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2012 Jan;17(1):12-5. PMID: 23492814; PMCID: PMC3590688. abstract required
Berrino F, Food and cancer prognosis , Epidemiol Prev 2015; 39(5-6): 289-297 required
Berrino F ., The 4 food pillars in the adjuvant diet for oncological therapies in
Il cibo dell'uomo .La via della salute between scientific knowledge and ancient wisdom Angeli 2015 :114-124 mandatory
Berrino F ., The emperor's food in The food of man. The way to health between scientific knowledge and ancient wisdom Angeli 2015 :99-102
Chan DS., Vieira AR., Aune D., et al. Body mass index and survival in women with breast cancer-systematic literature review and meta-analysis of 82 follow-up studies. Ann Oncol. 2014;25:1901-1914 mandatory abstract
Demark-Wahnefried, W., Aziz, N.M., Rowland, J.H., & Pinto, B.M. (2005). Riding the crest of the teachable moment: Promoting long-term health after the diagnosis of cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 23, 5814–5830 abstract required
Doyle C., Kushi LH., Byers T. et al. Nutrition and physical activity during and after cancer treatment: an American Cancer Society guide for informed choices. CA: Cancer Jr Clin 2006;56:323–35 mandatory
Greene J, Hibbard JH. Why does patient activation matter? An examination of the relationships between patient activation and health-related outcomes. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 May;27(5):520-6 abstract required
Lin, Chia-Chin PhD, RN. Health Promotion for Cancer Patients: Opportunities and Challenges in Cancer Nursing. Cancer Nursing: 9/10 2016 - Volume 39 - Issue 5 - p 339-340 editorial free reading
Lopez, V., & Klainin-Yobas, P. (2021). Health Promotion Among Cancer Patients: Innovative Interventions. Health Promotion in Health Care editorial free reading
Loprinzi PD .(2014)Rationale for promoting physical activity among cancer survivors: literature review and epidemiologic examination. Oncol Nurs Forum. 1;41(2):117-25. abstract required
Montagna L.,Zannini L.,The counseling approach in patient education processes,Piccin 2012:122-130 part related to the second lesson required
Rees S, Williams A. Promoting and supporting self-management for adults living in the community with physical chronic illness: A systematic review of the effectiveness and meaningfulness of the patient-practitioner encounter. JBI Libr Syst Rev. 2009;7(13):492-582 mandatory abstract
Runowicz CD.et al. (2016), American Cancer Society/American Society of Clinical Oncology Breast Cancer Survivorship Care Guideline, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 34, 611-635 mandatory
Sieri S, Pala V, Brighenti F, Agnoli C, Grioni S, Berrino F, Scazzina F, Palli D, Masala G, Vineis P, Sacerdote C, Tumino R, Giurdanella MC, Mattiello A, Panico S, Krogh V. High glycemic diet and breast cancer occurrence in the Italian EPIC cohort. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2013 Jul ;23(7):628-34. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2012.01.001. Epub 2012 Apr 10. PMID: 22497978. abstract required
WHO Health Promotion Glossary of Terms 2021 revised text .See core definitions and commonly used terms in health promotion .required
Villarini A, Allegro.G Preventing tumors by eating with taste 2019 chapter 2 I
Invia commenti
Arrigoni C, Grugnetti AM, Caruso R, Dellafiore F, Borelli P, Cenzi M, Gallotti L, Signorelli C. Describing the health behaviors of future nurses: a cross-sectional study among Italian nursing students. Acta Biomed. 2020 Sep 7;91(3):
abstract required
Bury M. Chronic illness as biographical disruption. Social Health Illn. 1982 Jul;4(2):167-82.
recommended reading for those who want to learn more about the topic
Holman H., Lorig K. Patient Self-Management:A Key to Effectiveness and Efficiency in Care of Chronic Disease Public Health Reports / May–June 2004 / Vol 11 mandatory article
Yeh L, Chen CH, Wang CJ, Wen MJ, Fetzer SJ. A preliminary study of a healthy-lifestyle-promoting program for nursing students in Taiwan. J Nurs Educ. 2005 Dec;44(12):563-5. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20051201-06. PMID: 16402739. abstract required
Linton M, Koonmen J. Self-care as an ethical obligation for nurses. Nurs Ethics. 2020 Jul 28:969733020940371. abstract required
Ross A, Touchton-Leonard K, Perez A, Wehrlen L, Kazmi N, Gibbons S. Factors That Influence Health-Promoting Self-care in Registered Nurses: Barriers and Facilitators. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2019 Oct/Dec;42(4):358-373.
abstract required
Ross A, Bevans M, Brooks AT, Gibbons S, Wallen GR. Nurses and Health-Promoting Behaviors: Knowledge May Not Translate Into Self-Care. AORN J. 2017 Mar;105(3):267-275.
Mandatory item
Stark MA, Manning-Walsh J, Vliem S. Caring for self while learning to care for others: a challenge for nursing students. J Nurs Educ. 2005 Jun;44(6):266-70..
abstract required
Module 2
Aghakhani N, Nia HS, Ranjbar H, Rahbar N, Beheshti Z. Nurses' attitude to patient education barriers in educational hospitals of Urmia University of Medical Sciences. Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2012 Jan;17(1):12-5. PMID: 23492814; PMCID: PMC3590688. abstract required
Berrino F, Food and cancer prognosis , Epidemiol Prev 2015; 39(5-6): 289-297 required
Berrino F ., The 4 food pillars in the adjuvant diet for oncological therapies in
Il cibo dell'uomo .La via della salute between scientific knowledge and ancient wisdom Angeli 2015 :114-124 mandatory
Berrino F ., The emperor's food in The food of man. The way to health between scientific knowledge and ancient wisdom Angeli 2015 :99-102
Chan DS., Vieira AR., Aune D., et al. Body mass index and survival in women with breast cancer-systematic literature review and meta-analysis of 82 follow-up studies. Ann Oncol. 2014;25:1901-1914 mandatory abstract
Demark-Wahnefried, W., Aziz, N.M., Rowland, J.H., & Pinto, B.M. (2005). Riding the crest of the teachable moment: Promoting long-term health after the diagnosis of cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 23, 5814–5830 abstract required
Doyle C., Kushi LH., Byers T. et al. Nutrition and physical activity during and after cancer treatment: an American Cancer Society guide for informed choices. CA: Cancer Jr Clin 2006;56:323–35 mandatory
Greene J, Hibbard JH. Why does patient activation matter? An examination of the relationships between patient activation and health-related outcomes. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 May;27(5):520-6 abstract required
Lin, Chia-Chin PhD, RN. Health Promotion for Cancer Patients: Opportunities and Challenges in Cancer Nursing. Cancer Nursing: 9/10 2016 - Volume 39 - Issue 5 - p 339-340 editorial free reading
Lopez, V., & Klainin-Yobas, P. (2021). Health Promotion Among Cancer Patients: Innovative Interventions. Health Promotion in Health Care editorial free reading
Loprinzi PD .(2014)Rationale for promoting physical activity among cancer survivors: literature review and epidemiologic examination. Oncol Nurs Forum. 1;41(2):117-25. abstract required
Montagna L.,Zannini L.,The counseling approach in patient education processes,Piccin 2012:122-130 part related to the second lesson required
Rees S, Williams A. Promoting and supporting self-management for adults living in the community with physical chronic illness: A systematic review of the effectiveness and meaningfulness of the patient-practitioner encounter. JBI Libr Syst Rev. 2009;7(13):492-582 mandatory abstract
Runowicz CD.et al. (2016), American Cancer Society/American Society of Clinical Oncology Breast Cancer Survivorship Care Guideline, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 34, 611-635 mandatory
Sieri S, Pala V, Brighenti F, Agnoli C, Grioni S, Berrino F, Scazzina F, Palli D, Masala G, Vineis P, Sacerdote C, Tumino R, Giurdanella MC, Mattiello A, Panico S, Krogh V. High glycemic diet and breast cancer occurrence in the Italian EPIC cohort. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2013 Jul ;23(7):628-34. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2012.01.001. Epub 2012 Apr 10. PMID: 22497978. abstract required
WHO Health Promotion Glossary of Terms 2021 revised text .See core definitions and commonly used terms in health promotion .required
Villarini A, Allegro.G Preventing tumors by eating with taste 2019 chapter 2 I
Invia commenti
Contents
First Module
From self-care as an ethical obligation for nurses to the care and education of people with chronic degenerative diseases
-Do nurses translate their knowledge about health into self-care?
-The care scenario transformed by the domain of chronic degenerative diseases and the change in traditional care functions: activation of the patient and self-care skills in the systemic perspective. Implications for the nursing and midwifery function
-Promoting healthy lifestyles in women with breast cancer (stage 0-2) who have completed treatment and are cancer survivors: overview of scientific evidence on the relationship between nutrition, physical activity / improvement of prognosis and prevention of recurrence
Second Module
Health promotion is an essential component in the care of breast cancer survivors.
-Understanding the elements that make the care intervention educational
-Forms of education and relationship in different care models: biomedical, patient-centered, collaborative. Responsibility as an educational objective or as a strategy?
-Space and effectiveness of informal patient education in nursing care.
- Chronic conditions and the challenge to educational processes: promoting health with breast cancer survivors. Scientific evidence supporting primary health care in breast cancer survivorship
Module three
Designing a structured educational intervention: from research a focus on the learning needs of breast cancer survivors
Barriers and obstacles to changing health behavior in survivors: focus on experiences with the body, misconceptions, protective factors, motivation to change, sociocultural context
Minimal advice, essential theoretical foundations, from theory to practice (part 1)
Module four
Motivation and the process of change: the transtheoretical model of Prochaska and DiClemente: from motivational analysis to lifestyle change with women cancer survivors
Minimal advice in the motivation to change lifestyle with particular reference to the fight against obesity and sedentary lifestyle with women breast cancer survivors (part two)
Analysis of exemplary programs developed in nursing field, theoretically founded, oriented towards health promotion and the use of motivational strategies specific to Clemente's Prochaska model with specific reference to minimal advice
From self-care as an ethical obligation for nurses to the care and education of people with chronic degenerative diseases
-Do nurses translate their knowledge about health into self-care?
-The care scenario transformed by the domain of chronic degenerative diseases and the change in traditional care functions: activation of the patient and self-care skills in the systemic perspective. Implications for the nursing and midwifery function
-Promoting healthy lifestyles in women with breast cancer (stage 0-2) who have completed treatment and are cancer survivors: overview of scientific evidence on the relationship between nutrition, physical activity / improvement of prognosis and prevention of recurrence
Second Module
Health promotion is an essential component in the care of breast cancer survivors.
-Understanding the elements that make the care intervention educational
-Forms of education and relationship in different care models: biomedical, patient-centered, collaborative. Responsibility as an educational objective or as a strategy?
-Space and effectiveness of informal patient education in nursing care.
- Chronic conditions and the challenge to educational processes: promoting health with breast cancer survivors. Scientific evidence supporting primary health care in breast cancer survivorship
Module three
Designing a structured educational intervention: from research a focus on the learning needs of breast cancer survivors
Barriers and obstacles to changing health behavior in survivors: focus on experiences with the body, misconceptions, protective factors, motivation to change, sociocultural context
Minimal advice, essential theoretical foundations, from theory to practice (part 1)
Module four
Motivation and the process of change: the transtheoretical model of Prochaska and DiClemente: from motivational analysis to lifestyle change with women cancer survivors
Minimal advice in the motivation to change lifestyle with particular reference to the fight against obesity and sedentary lifestyle with women breast cancer survivors (part two)
Analysis of exemplary programs developed in nursing field, theoretically founded, oriented towards health promotion and the use of motivational strategies specific to Clemente's Prochaska model with specific reference to minimal advice
Course Language
Italian
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Degrees
Degrees
NURSING AND MIDWIFERY SCIENCES
Master’s Degree
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