Course: Health and Social Policy

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Course title Health and Social Policy
Course code KPZ/P1ZSZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kotingová Lenka, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Kmentová Kateřina, Mgr.
Course content
Health care, social politics, and prevention. Principles of health maintenance and their application to everyday life. The World Health Organization program. The National Program for the Support of Health - NPPZ. Regional goals "Health for all into the 21st century". Ecological environment. Damaging health in the adolescent period. Prevention of civilising diseases. Social marketing. Health statistics and demographics. Infectious disease incidence and prevention. Health education - goals, plan, methods, means.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with issues related to health promotion and with questions concerning health, illness, and health status of the population.
The student knows and uses various educational methods to provide health care and to prevent illness in individuals, groups, and the entire society.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

Completion of compulsory 80% at the practicum sessions. Compliance with a written test or oral examination as decided by the guarantor of the subject.
Recommended literature
  • DURDISOVÁ, J. Ekonomika zdraví. 1. vyd. Praha: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2005.
  • FAIT, T. Preventivní medicína. Praha: Maxdorf, 2011.
  • HOLČÍK, J. Systém péče o zdraví a zdravotní gramotnost. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova Univerzita, 2010.
  • KREBS, V. Sociální politika. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2010.
  • MALINA, A. Úvod do veřejného zdravotnictví pro nelékaře. Praha: IPVZ, 2013.
  • NEŠPOR, K. Návykové chování. Praha: Portál, 2007.
  • SULCOVÁ, M.. Veřejné zdravotnictví. Ústí nad Labem: UJEP, 2017.


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