aVLOZ0642p Public Health II - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0.5/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc. (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Jindřich Fiala, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Pavlína Kaňová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Marie Kolářová, CSc. (lecturer)
MUDr. Bohdana Rezková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Ondřej Zvěřina, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Michal Koščík, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Aleš Peřina, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc.
Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Supplier department: Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Thu 20. 2. 16:00–18:20 B11/234, Thu 5. 3. 16:00–17:10 B11/234, Thu 12. 3. 16:00–17:10 B11/234, Thu 19. 3. 16:00–17:10 B11/234
Prerequisites
( aVLOZ0241p Public Health I - lecture || aVLOZ0141p Public Health I - lecture ) && aVLLM0522c Medical Microbiology II-pract. && aVLLM0522p Medical Microbiology II - lect && aVLBC0422p Biochemistry II - lect.

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

The aim of the subject is in particular:
- understanding the complexity of relationships between the environment, the individual and the population,
- awareness of the influence of environmental factors (physical, biological, chemical, psychosocial), civilization changes and lifestyle on the health of the individual and the population,
- awareness of the importance of the physician's position in the protection and support of health,
- understanding the basic principles of the emergence and spread of infectious diseases and their prevention.
Learning outcomes

AT THE END OF COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE:
- to explain the relationship between human and environment, its physical, chemical, biological and psychosocial factors and their interactions.
- to explain the role of adaptation and its active support for the positive development and promotion of both individual and public health;

- to make deduction about possibilities for preventive provisions in the field of clean and safe environmental, occupational and home surrounding, the quality of air, water, food.
- to understand and explain the different types of prevention, their tasks and aims and methods of realization.

-to interpret the positive and negative influences of lifestyle factors on human/public health, including the autoagressive behaviours (nutrition, physical activity, psychical overload and stress, smoking, abuse of alcohol and illegal drugs);
- to make deductions about the importance of environment and lifestyle in the health protection and promotion, and about the primary prevention priorities;

- to formulate basic preventative and repressive measures to prevent transmission of infections.
Syllabus
  • I. Types of prevention, the Health risk assessment
  • II. The environment in the Czech Republic
  • III. Environmental chemical factors and toxicology
  • IV. Epidemiological determinants of the infectious disease
  • V. Surveillance, the pandemic preparedness plans
Literature
    required literature
  • Wallace/Maxcy-Rosenau-Last public health & preventive medicine. Edited by Robert B. Wallace - Neal Kohatsu - John M. Last. Fifteenth edition. New York: McGraw Hill Medical, 2008. xxvii, 136. ISBN 9780071441988.
  • Infectious disease epidemiology. Edited by I. Abubakar - Ted Cohen - Helen R. Stagg - Laura C. Rodrigues. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, 379 stran. ISBN 9780198719830. info
Teaching methods
Lecttures
Reading and studying ALL REQUIRED LITERATURE.
Assessment methods

The subject is completed by colloquium.
The student is assessed - successful if he/she obtains credits successfully passing the subject - VLOZ0642c Public health II - practices.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 7.5.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024, spring 2025.
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