LF:VLOZ0642c Public Health II - practice

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Faculty of Medicine

spring 2025

VLOZ0642c Public Health II - practice

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VLOZ0642c Public Health II - practice

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

MUDr. Bohdana Rezková, Ph.D.
Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: MUDr. Bohdana Rezková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine

Prerequisites

( VLOZ0241c Public Health I - practice || VLOZ0141c Public Health I - practice ) && VLLM0522c Medical Microbiology II-pract. && VLLM0522p Medical Microbiology II - lect && VLBC0422p Biochemistry II - lecture

Prerequisites according to the MU study and examination regulations.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

General Medicine (programme LF, M-VL) (2)

Course objectives

The aim of the subject is in particular:

- understanding the complexity of relationships between the environment, the individual and the population,
- awareness of the influence of environmental factors (physical, biological, chemical, psychosocial), civilization changes and lifestyle on the health of the individual and the population,
- familiarization with the basic procedures for the prevention of health damage at individual and company level in relation to individual factors,
- adopting procedures to enhance the positive development of health,
- awareness of the importance of the physician's position in the protection and support of health,
- understanding the basic principles of the emergence and spread of infectious diseases and their prevention in healthcare settings.

Learning outcomes

AT THE END OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE:
1. to explain the relationship between humans and the environment, its physical, chemical, biological and psychosocial factors and their interactions
2. to explain the role of adaptation and its active support for the positive development and promotion of both individual and public health
3. to make a deduction about possibilities for preventive provisions in the field of clean and safe environmental, occupational and home surrounding, the quality of air, water, food
4. to understand and explain the different types of prevention, their tasks and aims and methods of realization
5. to interpret the positive and negative influences of lifestyle factors on human/public health, including autoaggressive behaviours (nutrition, physical activity, psychical overload and stress, smoking, abuse of alcohol and illegal drugs)
6. to make deductions about the importance of environment and lifestyle in health protection and promotion, and about the primary prevention priorities
7. to formulate decisions about concrete preventable possibilities for some more important non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular, oncological, metabolically, immune, respiratory
8. to design and implement basic preventative and repressive measures to prevent transmission of infections

Syllabus

1. Physical factors of the environment
2. Biological factors of the environment
3. Nutrition I
4. Nutrition II
5. Childhood
6. Dietary consumption
7. Nutritional status
8. Assessment of physical
9. Childhood and adolescent
10. Smoking
11. Anti-epidemic
12. Diagnostic tests in infectious
13. Healthcare facilities
14. Healthcare-associated
15. Disinfection and sterilization, clean rooms in

Literature

recommended literature

Mayhall's hospital epidemiology and infection prevention. Edited by David J. Weber - Thomas R. Talbot. Fifth edition. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2021, xv, 742. ISBN 9781975124588. info
KOLLÁROVÁ, Helena, Ivanka MATOUŠKOVÁ, Dagmar HORÁKOVÁ, Jana VLČKOVÁ, Kateřina AZEEM and Ondřej HOLÝ. Vybrané kapitoly z epidemiologie. Druhé, upravené a rozší. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2017, 200 stran. ISBN 9788024452302. info
KUKLA, Lubomír. Sociální a preventivní pediatrie v současném pojetí. 1. vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2016, xxiii, 432. ISBN 9788024738741. info
MELICHERČÍKOVÁ, Věra. Sterilizace a dezinfekce. 2., doplň. a přeprac. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2015, 174 s. ISBN 9788074921391. info
JINDRÁK, Vlastimil, Dana HEDLOVÁ and Pavla URBÁŠKOVÁ. Antibiotická politika a prevence infekcí v nemocnici. První vydání. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2014, 709 stran. ISBN 9788020428158. info
MÜLLEROVÁ, Dana. Hygiena, preventivní lékařství a veřejné zdravotnictví. 1. vydání. Praha: Karolinum, 2014, 254 stran. ISBN 9788024625102. info
GÖPFERTOVÁ, Dana, Petr PAZDIORA and Jana DÁŇOVÁ. Epidemiologie : obecná a speciální epidemiologie infekčních nemocí. 2., přepr. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2013, 223 s. ISBN 9788024622231. info
PODSTATOVÁ, Hana. Základy epidemiologie a hygieny. Praha: Galén, 2009, 158 s. ISBN 9788024616315. info
POKORNÁ, Jitka, Veronika BŘEZKOVÁ and Tomáš PRUŠA. Výživa a léky v těhotenství a při kojení (Nutrition and drgus during pregnancy and breastfeeding). 1st ed. Brno: ERA, 2008, 132 pp. Zdravá rodina. ISBN 978-80-7366-136-6. info
Wallace/Maxcy-Rosenau-Last public health & preventive medicine. Edited by Robert B. Wallace - Neal Kohatsu - John M. Last - Ross C. Brownson - A. Fifteenth edition. New York: McGraw Hill Medical, 2008, xxvii, 136. ISBN 9780071441988. info
KUDLOVÁ, Eva and Anna MYDLILOVÁ. Výživové poradenství u dětí do dvou let. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2005, 148 s. ISBN 8024710390. info
KLEINWÄCHTEROVÁ, Hana and Zuzana BRÁZDOVÁ. Výživový stav člověka a způsoby jeho zjišťování. Vyd. 2., přeprac. Brno: Institut pro další vzdělávání pracovníků ve zdravotnictví v Brně, 2001, 102 s. ISBN 8070133368. info

Teaching methods

1. Theoretical preparation for each lesson according to the instructions given in the interactive syllabus in IS:

- study of recommended study materials, - processing of tasks and their storage in IS.

2. Lesson - practice:

- interpretation focused on problematic topics, - presentation of student tasks, - discussion.

3. ROPOT in IS:

- to verify the knowledge from the completed lesson - voluntarily.

4. Study of study materials in interactive curricula and ALL COMPULSORY LITERATURES

All information about the course of teaching is given in the interactive syllabus of the subject in IS.

Essential information is also presented in the form of lectures in the subject Public Health II -

Assessment methods

REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN THE CREDIT:

The student must meet the prerequisites for completing the course set on the basis of the scoring system of student activities in the teaching of the course.

During the semester, the student can gain and lose points.

The scoring system is given in the interactive syllabus of the subject.

The minimum points for obtaining the credit are 26 out of 29 possible.

LATE COMING POLICY:

Late coming → the student arrives after 10 minutes from the beginning of the lesson. Such case, even if the student stays in education, leads to confirmed absence in that lesson.

LESSON REPLACEMENT POLICY

Compensation for a missed lesson with another seminar group is possible only in excused absences and with the consent of the subject guarantor. ATTENTION! Some topics are taught in odd and even groups for only one week at a time.

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: 30.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.

Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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LF:VLOZ0642c Public Health II - practice - Course Information

Faculty of Medicine

spring 2025

VLOZ0642c Public Health II - practice

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