Public Health II - lectures

Types of Prevention. Health Risk Assessment.

ANNOTATION
                           Lost health can be restored medically.

                                                            But:

•Creation of health, health protection and health promotion in some ways exceeds the capacity of clinical medicine.

•The basis for the protection and promotion of health is a health risk assessment process built on a scientific basis.

•Principles of health risk assessment are very useful not only in public health, but also in clinical practice.
AIMS OF THE LECTURE

After studying the lecture you will be able to

                                 PART 1 - Types of prevention

  • describe the types of prevention
  • understand the role of specific types of prevention

                                 PART 2 - Health risk assessment (HRA)
  • understand the basic terms used in health risk assessment and prevention
  • describe the basic concepts and principles of health risk assessment 
  • explain how different types of data from in vivo/animal, epidemiological and in vitro studies as well as exposure data are used in risk assessment
  • assess the relevance and reliability of data used in risk assessment
SYLLABUS

PART 1

  • Definition of health, health protection and promotion 
  • Types of prevention
  • Examples of selected preventive measures and campaignes
  • Importance of prevention

PART 2

  • Hazard vs. risk
  • Probability
  • Pitfalls in HRA
  • Prioritization of health risks
  • Types of hazards
  • Dose-effect relationship
  • Exposure assessment
  • Risk characterization
  • Epidemiology in HRA

Prevention and Health risk assessment
Presentation with some comments
Self-quiz
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