MZKVZ0111p Introduction to Public Health - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tereza Friessová (lecturer)
MUDr. Lucia Hasonová (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Alena Langaufová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Mgr. Radim Líčeník (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Andrea Pokorná, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Andrea Pokorná, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Bc. Alena Langaufová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Mon 9. 9. 8:00–10:30 F01B1/519, 16:00–17:40 F01B1/519, Wed 11. 9. 16:00–17:40 F01B1/519, Fri 13. 9. 14:30–17:50 F01B1/709, Fri 27. 9. 14:00–15:40 F01B1/709, Fri 25. 10. 14:00–15:40 F01B1/530
Prerequisites
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
Course objectives
Public health (VZ) is based on the assumption that health, care and health is not only an essential individual interest and need but also a significant public priority, public good and universal human value. Learning outcomes of the course are to acquaint students with the fact that the health care system is a complex system whose proper function is necessary knowledge of management, economics, law and legislation, information on many other areas. Students learn that the critical common content elements of education include information on the focus, structure, function, competence and responsibility of individual components of the health care organisation system. An important area of research work in public health is also the evaluation of the availability, equity, efficiency, economy and quality of health care.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course student should be able to: - can explain the concept of public health;
- knows the basic theoretical background and practice of public health;
- is able to understand global and national health policies.
Syllabus
  • 1. Public health - an introduction to the issues;
    2. Actors in public health, health systems, health policy;
    3. Science and research, data in public health;
    4. Health and disease, determinants of health;
    5. Current public health priorities;
    6. Public health and health systems in an international context.
Literature
    required literature
  • 1. ČR ÚZIS. Strategické analýzy potřeb rezortu zdravotnictví: koncepce podložená dostupnými daty | NZIP. NZIP.cz, https://www.nzip.cz/koncepce2025 (accessed 27 August 2024).
  • Oxford handbook of public health practice. Edited by Ichirō Kawachi - Iain Lang - Walter Ricciardi. Fourth edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020, xix, 663. ISBN 9780198800125. info
    recommended literature
  • MARKOVÁ, Marie. Determinanty zdraví. Vyd. 1. Brno: Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, 2012, 54 s. ISBN 9788070135457. info
  • KACHLÍK, Petr. Lidské zdraví, jeho determinanty a možnosti jeho ovlivňování (Human health, its determinants and its possible influence). In BĚLÍK, M. a kol. (Eds.). Sborník abstraktů 37. konference Člověk ve svém pozemském a kosmickém prostředí. 2016. info
  • ARMSTRONG, Elizabeth G. The health care dilemma : a comparison of health care systems in three European countries and the US. Singapore: World Scientific, 2011, xix, 443. ISBN 9789814313971. info
  • ROZMARINOVÁ, Jana. Use of Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care. Towards Efficiency in Health care?. Online. In Petra Dvořáková. Current Trends in Public Sector Research. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2019, p. 206-212. ISBN 978-80-210-9257-0. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.P210-9257-2019. URL info
  • IVANOVÁ, Kateřina. Sociální lékařství. 1. vydání. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2018, 136 stran. ISBN 9788024453262. info
Teaching methods
Theoretical lectures supplemented by commented examples. Interactive Syllabus.
Assessment methods
online in person test - 75% correct answers, 3 attempts (dates announced from November 2024)
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/med/podzim2024/MZKVZ0111p/
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 5.
The course is also listed under the following terms autumn 2022, autumn 2023.
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