FSS:SPP716 Health and Illness - Course Information
SPP716 Health and Illness
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2010
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. MUDr. Jan Holčík, DrSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Sat 27. 2. 10:00–11:30 U42, Sat 10. 4. 10:00–11:30 U42, Sat 15. 5. 10:00–11:30 U42
- 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
- there are 21 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- This course aims to equip students with the knowledge of contents, mission and basic methods of health care as well as with the knowledge of measuring and evaluation of health condition of the population. By the end of this course students should be able to: define, calculate and interpret the basic indicators of the health condition of the population and use them for the evaluation of the health condition of the population; define and choose appropriate indicators of morbidity, calculate them and interpret the obtained results; assess health risks and propose suitable measures to improve the health of the population; on the basis of examples of identification and on the basis of dealing with health problems should have the basis of statistical and systemic thinking in health care; the basis of methods of critical appraisal of population studies results and consequent organizational measures.
- Syllabus
- Health situation in the Czech Republic
- Determinants of health
- Health and disease
- Disease – natural history of disease
- Study of population health – epidemiology
- Diagnosis in epidemiology
- Measures of disease frequency
- Etiology – models
- Types of epidemiological studies
- Risk of smoking – health-social problem
- System of health care
- Types of health systems
- Health services and modality in health care
- Public health administration
- World Health Organization
- Primary health care
- Prevention and health promotion
- Healthy cities and health promoting school
- Economy in health care (market failure)
- Ethics and health care
- Social and health policy
- Perspectives of health care
- Literature
- HOLČÍK, Jan. Úvod do studia zdravotního stavu populace : [učební text pro sociální pracovníky]. 1. vyd. Brno: Vydavatelství Masarykovy univerzity, 1996, 102 s. ISBN 8021012919. info
- Teaching methods
- seminar
- Assessment methods
- Lectures, seminars and reading. Students are preparing continuously according to the theme and literature in the syllabus. The seminar paper is the precondition for participation at the examination. The exam is oral.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
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