aVLOZ0943p Public Health III - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
1.5/0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Michal Koščík, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc.
Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Supplier department: Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites (in Czech)
aVLOZ0642p Public Health II - lecture && aVLPF0622p Pathological Phys. II - lect. && aVLFA0822p Pharmacology II - lec. && aVLLP7X1 Medical Psychology && aVLLE7x1s Medical Ethics - Sem.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim is to understand the wider relationships and conotation of human and his environment with respect to individual and public health.
Learning outcomes
At the end of course, student will be able:
- to explain the relationship between human and environment, its physical, chemical, biological and psychosocial factors and their interactions.
- to explain the role of adaptation and its active support for the positive development and promotion of both individual and public health;
- to make deduction about possibilities for preventive provisions in the field of clean and safe environmental, occupational and home surrounding, the quality of air, water, food.
- to understand and explain the different types of prevention, their tasks and aims and methods of realization.
- to interpret the positive and negative influences of lifestyle factors on human/public health, including the autoagressive behaviours (nutrition, physical activity, psychical overload and stress, smoking, abuse of alcohol and illegal drugs);
- to make deductions about the importance of environment and lifestyle in the health protection and promotion, and about the primary prevention priorities;
- to formulate decisions about concrete preventable possibilities for some more important non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular, oncological, metabolically, immune, respiratory.
Syllabus
  • Health protection and promotion in emergency situations Advising in nutrition, obesity as a public health problem Epidemiology of respiratory diseases Global epidemic situation, surveillance of communicable diseases in the Czech republic Public health care: organization, economy, legal aspects
Literature
  • Bonita R, Beaglehole R, Kjellström: Basic epidemiology. 2nd edition. Geneva - Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2006.
  • Farmer R, Lawrenson R, Miller D: Epidemiology and public health medicine. 5th edition. Oxford - U.K.: Blackwell Publishing; 2004.
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
test
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 22,5.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (autumn 2018, recent)
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