RV2BP_3CP Man and the Environment

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Drahoslava Hrubá, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. MUDr. Marie Havelková, CSc.
Department of Health Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Miloslava Marková
Timetable
Thu 15:15–16:55 učebna 32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main aim of the subject is to gain basic knowledge about the issue of the particular environmental factors and their positive and negative impact on human health. An important issue is creation of generally positive attitude to protection and formation of the environment, understanding the role of an individual in global effects on the environment. The environment as a complex of effects of physical, chemical, biological and social factors – anthropometric and environmental concept of the environment – adaptive and compensatory human systems – the main physical, chemical, biological and social factors, their impact on health.
Syllabus
  • 1. Physical, biological, chemical and social factors in man’s macro and micro space. Their mutual interaction. Adaptive and compensatory systems causing homeostasis. 2. Importance of acoustic percept by environmental perception. Noise, its damaging and disruptive impacts on an organism. Diseases connected with noise exposition. Principles of creation of the rules of noise exposition. Anti-noise measures. 3. Physiology of sight against creation of optimal light conditions in working environment. Physiological meaning of colours. Principles of lighting hygiene while working on PC. 4. Types of ionizing radiation and their sources. Diseases caused by radiation. Principles of preventive measures. Types of non-ionizing radiation and their sources. Impacts of chosen types of radiation on man. Principles of prevention. 5. Thermoregulatory systems and health consequences of their failure. Principles of fluid regime. Long-term and short-term bearable thermal load. Cold exposition. 6. External atmosphere and its most frequent chemical contaminators. Smog – its types. Health consequences of being exposed to chemical contaminators of external atmosphere. 7. Housing and health. Types of chemical contaminators of internal atmosphere and their sources. Health consequences of being exposed to them. Biological contamination of internal space and its impact on health of exposed persons. Ventilation and its importance. 8. Characteristics of drinking water. Obligatory and determined indicators of drinking water standards. Special requirements for baby water. Trace elements in water and their importance for health. Health consequences of unsuitable water drinking. Principles of hygiene protection of water sources. 9. Waste and health. Types and sources of waste. Dangers for man. Main rules of safety waste disposal. 10. Chemization of environment. Point and plain sources of chemical xenobiotics. Global chemization of environment. Environmental situation in CR. Experimental monitoring and evaluation of chemicals. 11. Methodology of epidemiological studies. Natural toxins and carcinogens. Information on natural (food) sources of chemical toxins and carcinogens. Mycotoxins. Chemophobia and environmental hysteria. Entry of chemicals into organism – defence mechanisms. Absorption and metabolism of chemicals. Importance of microsomal enzymes in toxicology. 12. Toxicological differences among children. Comparison of physiological differences influencing intensity of children’s and adults’ external and internal exposition. 13. Work and health. Working environment as a source of danger of professional diseases and diseases connected with work. Philosophy of the highest permissible strengths. Danger workplaces. Specifics of school environment.
Literature
  • Kotulán J. a kol: Praktické lékařství I, II. Lékařská fakulta MU, 1991, 1992
Assessment methods
2 written tests, test for colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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