bp4802 Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology

Faculty of Sports Studies
autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Robert Vysoký, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Robert Vysoký, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 13. 9. 9:00–10:40 E34/203 - seminární místnost, Tue 27. 9. 9:00–10:40 E34/203 - seminární místnost, Tue 11. 10. 9:00–10:40 E34/203 - seminární místnost, Tue 25. 10. 9:00–10:40 E34/203 - seminární místnost, Tue 8. 11. 9:00–10:40 E34/203 - seminární místnost, Tue 22. 11. 9:00–10:40 E34/203 - seminární místnost, Tue 6. 12. 9:00–10:40 E34/203 - seminární místnost
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud) && BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud_fsps)
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
Course objectives
Branch deals with the macro relationship to the environment, examining their interactions and importance for human health. It is a synthesis of understanding the unity of the organism in health and disease.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be familiar with the basics of hygiene (with a focus on hygiene of children and adolescents), preventive medicine (focusing on non-infectious diseases of mass occurrence), and epidemiology at work in a healthcare facility.
Syllabus
  • 01. Concepts of epidemiology, hygiene and preventive medicine:
  • - Hygiene and epidemiology, definitions, history;
  • - basic terminology;
  • - the relationship between the environment and human health.
  • 02. Influence of selected environmental factors on health:
  • - burden, environmental factors;
  • - air;
  • - water.
  • 03. Nutrition and its impact on health - proteins, fats, cholesterol, margarines, carbohydrates, fiber, energy value of food, recommended nutritional doses, alcohol, foreign substances.
  • 04. Work and health:
  • - risk analysis at work;
  • - workplace, work place, work activity;
  • - categorization of works;
  • - principles of prevention;
  • - workload burdens.
  • 05. Basics of hygiene of children and adolescents:
  • - growth and development of children;
  • - the risk of harm to the health of the child;
  • - prevention of child injuries, violence against children;
  • - addiction issues in adolescents, behavioral disorders, sexually transmitted diseases.
  • 06. Principles of hygiene of operation of individual types of workplaces, hand hygiene, anti-epidemic regime.
  • 07. Physical activity as a basic factor of lifestyle:
  • - supporting physical activity (global, European and national strategies);
  • - importance of optimal physical activity for prevention of non-infectious diseases;
  • - possibilities of evaluation of physical activity.
  • 08. Prevention of non-infectious diseases of mass incidence:
  • - obesity, epidemiology, prevention, treatment;
  • - cardiovascular disease, risk factors, prevention;
  • - oncological diseases and their primary prevention.
  • 09. Epidemiology of infectious diseases:
  • - the process of spreading the disease;
  • - epidemiological measures;
  • - nosocomial infections;
  • - disinfection and sterilization.
  • 10. Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases
  • 11. Epidemiology of oncological diseases
Literature
    recommended literature
  • TUČEK, Milan. Hygiena a epidemiologie. 2., doplněné vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2018, 358 stran. ISBN 9788024639338. info
  • MÜLLEROVÁ, Dana. Hygiena, preventivní lékařství a veřejné zdravotnictví. 1. vydání. Praha: Karolinum, 2014, 254 stran. ISBN 9788024625102. info
  • ŠRÁMOVÁ, Helena. Nozokomiální nákazy. 3. vyd. Praha: Maxdorf, 2013, 400 s. ISBN 9788073452865. info
  • TUČEK, Milan. Hygiena a epidemiologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2012, 358 s. ISBN 9788024620251. info
    not specified
  • KATZ, David L., Joann G. ELMORE, Dorothea M. G. WILD and Sean C. LUCAN. Jekel's epidemiology, biostatistics, preventive medicine, and public health. Fourth edition. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2014, xiii, 405. ISBN 9781455706587. info
  • GÖPFERTOVÁ, Dana, Petr PAZDIORA and Jana DÁŇOVÁ. Epidemiologie : (obecná a speciální epidemiologie infekčních nemocí). 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2006, 299 s. ISBN 8024612321. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Attendance and activity on seminars, level of oral presentation preparation and succesfull passing of the final test will be assessed.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://www.fsps.muni.cz/impact/mikrobiologie-epidemiologie-a-hygiena
The course is also listed under the following terms autumn 2021, autumn 2023, autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (autumn 2022, recent)
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