MZKVZ0111s Introduction to Public Health - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tereza Friessová (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Lucia Hasonová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Alena Langaufová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Mgr. Radim Líčeník (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Andrea Pokorná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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 healthcare and health is not only an essential individual interest and need but also a significant public priority, public well being and universal human value. The aim of the course is continue from lectures and 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 important common content elements include information about the focus, structure, function, competence and responsibility of the individual components of the health care organizational system. Evaluating the accessibility, equity, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and quality of health care is also an important area of research work in Public Health.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course student should be able to:
- describe the term Public Health, describe theoretical framework and practice of Public Health;
- identify managerial and policy issues and techniques for decision-making in health care;
- demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a diverse range of global and national health policies, including current and emerging trends and also of disciplines relevant to the study of health policy, planning and financing (epidemiology, health economic and other social sciences);
Syllabus
  • PUBLIC HEALTH:
  • 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. Current determinants of health of the Czech population; Health professions;
    5. Health education;
    6. Public health and health systems in an international context;
Literature
    required literature
  • Essentials of management and leadership in public health. Edited by Robert E. Burke - Leonard H. Friedman. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2011, xix, 174. ISBN 9780763742911. info
  • HOLČÍK, Jan. Systém péče o zdraví a zdravotní gramotnost (System of health care and health literacy). 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010, 293 pp. Škola a zdraví pro 21. století. ISBN 978-80-210-5239-0. info
  • Anthropology and public health : bridging differences in culture and society. Edited by Robert A. Hahn - Marcia Claire Inhorn. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, xxi, 730. ISBN 9780195374643. info
  • Introduction to epidemiology. Edited by Donald B. Stone. [1st ed.]. Madison: Brown & Benchmark, 1996. xii, 194. ISBN 0697122891. s. 1-10, 163-190.
  • HOLČÍK, Jan, Adolf ŽÁČEK and Ilona KOUPILOVÁ. Sociální lékařství. 3. nezměn. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 137 s. ISBN 9788087192153. info
  • KOPSA TĚŠINOVÁ, Jolana, Roman ŽĎÁREK and Radek POLICAR. Medicínské právo. Vyd. 1. V Praze: C.H.Beck, 2011, xxxiii, 41. ISBN 9788074000508. info
  • MAAYTOVÁ, Alena. Otázky ekonomiky zdravotnictví s ohledem na zvyšování efektivnosti. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2012, 164 stran. ISBN 9788073579128. info
  • DUDOVÁ, Jana. Právo na ochranu veřejného zdraví : ochrana veřejného zdraví před rizikovými faktory venkovního prostředí. Praha: Linde, 2011, 420 s. ISBN 9788072018543. info
  • Key concepts in public health. Edited by Frances Wilson - Mzwandile Mabhala. 1st ed. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, 2009. xiii, 312. ISBN 978-1-4129-4880-7
  • ČR ÚZIS. Strategické analýzy potřeb rezortu zdravotnictví: koncepce podložená dostupnými daty | NZIP. NZIP.cz, https://www.nzip.cz/koncepce2025 (accessed 27 August 2024).
    recommended literature
  • BONITA, R., R. BEAGLEHOLE a Tord KJELLSTRÖM. Basic epidemiology. 2nd ed. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2006. xi, 213. ISBN 9241547073. s. 39-60, 99-114, 165-177.
  • FARMER, R. D. T., Ross LAWRENSON a David Louis MILLER. Lecture notes: epidemiology and public health medicine. 5th ed. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, c2004. ISBN 978-1-4051-0674-0. s. 143-177.
  • Mayo Clinic preventive medicine and public health board review. Edited by Prathibha Varkey. Oxford: Mayo Clinic Scientific Press, 2010. xv, 309. ISBN 9780199743018. s. 253-299.
  • Advances in microbiology, infectious diseases and public health. Edited by Gianfranco Donelli. [Švýcarsko]: Springer, 2016, vi, 134. ISBN 9783319279343. info
  • A public health approach to bullying prevention. Edited by Matthew G. Masiello - Diana Schroeder - Alan Giarcanella. 1 online r. ISBN 9780875532684. info
  • 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
Teaching methods
Completion of assigned tasks based on acquired knowledge; Interactive Syllabus
Assessment methods
Completion of tasks
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10.
The course is also listed under the following terms autumn 2022, autumn 2023.
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