VZB33 Reproductive health

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Mgr. et Mgr. Jitka Reissmannová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Mgr. et Mgr. Jitka Reissmannová, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Education and Health Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Andrea Špačková
Supplier department: Department of Physical Education and Health Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites (in Czech)
VZB11 Human Biology and the Foundations of a Health Education
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 objective of the course is to present the basic theoretical knowledge in the field of reproductive health and to explain the significance and the content of teaching reproductive health in elementary schools.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course the students will:
Be able to explain the relationship between ontogenetic stages and age-specific diseases,
Be able to assess risk factors in childhood and adolescence,
Be familiar with the issue of etiology, prevention and treatment of childhood diseases,
Be able to explain the symptoms and causes of conditions that threaten the health and lives of children and adults, and propose preventive measures aimed at chronic non-communicable diseases,
Be able to identify the most common disorders in the structure and function of regulatory systems, and understand the implications of these disorders for the functioning of an individual, especially in childhood,
Be able to use the knowledge in educating children,
Understand specific needs of a child’s organism
Be able to orient in The Standard of sex education in Europa and in the matrix of sex eduaction.
Syllabus
  • Content of seminars:
  • 1. Sexology, definition, history;
  • 2. Sexuality in various stages of life;
  • 3. Anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs;
  • 4. Sexual dysfunctions;sexual deviations
  • 5. Sexual orientation. Sexual identification;
  • 6. Reproductive health and its protection;
  • 7. Prevention of cancer (testis, breasat cancer)
  • 8. Sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS;
  • 9. Pregnancy;Abortion;
  • 10: Family planning. Contraception;
  • 11. Assisted reproduction. Egg donation;
  • 12. Sex education x Education of reproductive health
  • Content of seminars:
  • 1. - 12. Students shall carry out a research probe aimed at ninth graders in a selected elementary school concerning their knowledge of reproductive health. Students shall analyse available textbooks and resources used in teaching reproductive health. Students shall analyse reproductive health programmes offered in Czech elementary schools.
Literature
    required literature
  • Státní zdravotní ústav. Infekční nemoci. HIV/AIDS: http://www.szu.cz/tema/prevence/hiv-aids
  • Národní program boje proti AIDS: https://www.prevencehiv.cz/
  • Projekt InTime. Edukační materiály: https://intime.upol.cz/edukacni-materialy/
  • Standardy sexuální výchovy v Evropě – Rámec pro tvůrce osnov, vzdělávací a zdravotnické instituce a odborníky: https://www.planovanirodiny.cz/sbornik-2017/65-standardy-pro-sexualni-vychovu-v-evrope-nove-i-v-ceskem-prekladu
  • Společnost pro plánování rodiny a sexuální výchovu: https://www.planovanirodiny.cz/
  • ŠULOVÁ, Lenka, Tomáš FAIT and Petr WEISS. Výchova k sexuálně reprodukčnímu zdraví. Praha: Maxdorf, 2011, 439 stran. ISBN 9788073452384. info
    recommended literature
  • International Planned Parenthood Federation: https://www.ippf.org/
  • Státní zdravotní ústav. Sexuálně přenosné nemoci: http://www.szu.cz/tema/prevence/sexualne-prenosne-nemoci
  • WHO-Kollaborationszentrum für sexuelle und reproduktive Gesundheit: https://www.bzga-whocc.de/
    not specified
  • MACHOVÁ, Jitka and Jana HAMANOVÁ. Reprodukční zdraví v dospívání. Vyd. 1. Praha: H & H, 2002, 197 s. ISBN 8086022943. info
Teaching methods
The course is delivered in the form of seminars. Students shall produce a seminar paper on a selected topic, present the paper and discuss it with other students and they know the educational material of project InTime.
Assessment methods
Oral exam and presentation of a seminar project.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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