RV2MP_4APZ Current Problems in Health Promotion

Faculty of Education
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Gajdošová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Mgr. Alice Prokopová, Ph.D.
Department of Health Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Michaela Daňková
Timetable
Wed 7:55–8:40 učebna 27
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
After this course, student should be able to: - formulate general actual problems in the area of human health (cloning, accessory medicine in groceries, comsmetics, HIV, new pandemies, epidemics, bioterrorism) - understand that lifelong self-improvement is important for teachers career - search for new informations and to evaluate them critically - evaluate hazardous behaviour and to involve in health improvement
Syllabus
  • 1. Human ecology. Man as a protector and at the same time the greatest destroyer of environment of which is also a part. 2. Cloning humans – threat or hope? 3. Biorhythms and human health and functioning, biorhythms in medicine and in education. 4. Causes of ageing and causes of death. 5. Medicine is: medicine/poison/mutagene/teratogen/carcinogen!?! Overview of medicines and other preparations (additional substances in foodstuffs, cosmetic industry, etc.) which can cause genetic information changes. 6. Genetic determination of oncogenic transformation of cells, proto-oncogenes/oncogenes/anti-oncogenes. 7. Viruses and carcinomas. 8. New topical information about HIV infection. 9. Overview of the latest epidemics and pandemics of dangerous diseases – causes, course, prevention. 10. Dangerous non-biological pandemics – problems of prions – why they are important for a man and for yeasts. Sources of atypical (pathogenic) prions. Pathogenic prion as a protein with an ability to replicate! 11. Topical issues of bio-terrorism. 12. Topic chosen by students – panel discussion (invited: geneticist, pediatrist, biochemist, a doctor from the field of primary prevention, pedagogue).
Literature
  • ALBERTS, Bruce. Základy buněčné biologie : úvod do molekulární biologie buňky a : Essential cell biology (Orig.). Ústí nad Labem: Espero Publishing, xxvi, 630,. info
  • Geny a osobnost :biologické základy psychiky člověka. Edited by Dean Hamer - Peter Copeland - Vlastimil Blecha - Ondřej Prcín - Klá. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2003, 250 s. ISBN 80-7178-779-5. info
  • NEKOLA, Jaroslav. Doping a sport. Vyd. 1. Praha: Olympia, 2000, 129 s. ISBN 8070331372. info
  • SRŠEŇ, Štefan and Klára SRŠŇOVÁ. Základy klinickej genetiky a jej molekulárna podstata. Edited by Victor A. McKusick. 3. přeprac. a rozš. vyd. Martin: Osveta, 2000, 409 s. ISBN 8080630216. info
  • HATINA, Jiří and Bryan SYKES. Lékařská genetika: problémy a přístupy. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1999, 296 s. ISBN 80-200-0700-8. info
  • MASOPUST, Jaroslav. Vybrané kapitoly z patobiochemie orgánů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, 175 s. ISBN 8071844152. info
  • NEČAS, Oldřich. Obecná biologie. 2. přeprac. vyd. Praha: Avicenum, 1972, 580 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Workshop and study hours
Assessment methods
Discussion about actual problems and seminary paper (20 themes in database)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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