BVPL0521 Preventive Medicine I

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc. (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Jindřich Fiala, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Fialová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Drahoslava Hrubá, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Danuše Lefnerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MVDr. Halina Matějová (lecturer)
Mgr. Aleš Peřina, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Jan Šimůnek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. MUDr. Jindřich Fiala, CSc.
Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: MVDr. Halina Matějová
Supplier department: Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Wed 13:10–14:50 B11/234
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BKFY0222p Physiology II - lecture && BVPF0422p Pathophysiol II - lect
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 to acquire basic knowledge about the identification and evaluation of influences of the living and working environment on population health and on methods of optimization of physical, chemical, biological and psychosocial factors. The course is also focused on epidemiology, etiology and prevention of non-communicable diseases of mass occurrence (cardiovascular disease, malignant tumors, allergies, obesity, osteoporosis, etc.). In addition, the main risk and protective factors of lifestyle and living conditions are important for the health status of the population. Methods of intervention to influence risk and protective factors.
Learning outcomes
At the end of course student will be able to explain the relationship between human and environment and occupational conditions, characterized by physical, chemical, biological and psychosocial factors and their interactions. Student will be able to explain the role of adaptation and its active supportfor the positive development and promotion of both individual and public health;
Student will be able to define the basic mechanisms of action of the main factors from environmental and occulational surrounding and their influences on human health: noise, radiation, microclimate, light, biological rythmicity. Student will be able to make deduction about possibilities for preventive provisions in the fields of clean and safe air, water, waste destruction, occupational and home environment. Student will be able to undderstand and explain the different types of prevention, their tasks and aims and methods of realization.
Syllabus
  • Prevention, human and environment: types, aims and methods of prevention; epidemiological studies; physical, chemical, biological and social factors of health, their interactions; health and disease, health determinants; homeostasis, adaptation, compensations.
  • Ambient air and Health: the most common contaminants of ambient air; particulate matters; smog, its types and characteristics; health consequences of exposure.
  • Dietary guidelines: principles of development, physiological importance; preventive programs for the support of dietary guidelines.
  • Water and Health: principles for evaluation of health safety and quality of drinking water; sanitary inspection; Diseases associated with the drinking water; importance of drinking water for health.
  • Smoking and health: smoking as the most important individual preventable risk factor for many serious diseases as well as the potent addictive drug. Lung, head and neck cancers; principles of treatment of tobacco dependence.
  • Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation: types and sources of ionizing radiation and their health consequences; the main sources of non-ionizing radiation, importance for health and health effects, prevention; skin cancers: epidemiology and prevention.
  • Thermal complex: mechanisms of thermoregulation, health consequences of their failure; hot workplaces: acceptable long-term and acceptable short-term thermic load; principles of hydration.
  • Stress: main sources, reactions, prevention.
  • Sound and noise: disruptive and harmful effects of noise; Diseases associated with the exposure to noise; principles of establishing of safe limits.
  • Biological rhythmicity, influence on the work performance and rest: types, associations with the oscillation of performance; shift work as a risk factor; active and passive rest; healthy sleeping.
  • Working and health: common characteristics of occupational diseases and work-related diseases, prevention, health risks of working in health-care facilities.
  • The most important cardiovascular diseases: epidemiology, etiology, prevention.
  • Some important types of cancer: urinary cancer, pancreatic cancer, cancers of reproductive system, cancer of gastrointestinal system (stomach, bowel, colorectum), malignity of lymphatic and blood systems - epidemiology, etiology, prevention.
  • The most important preventive programs concerned on public health: Health 21, Health 2020; Local programs developed at Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University.
Literature
  • Provazník K. et al: Manuál prevence v lékařské praxi. 3. LF UK Praha, SZÚ Praha, 2003, 2004
  • Kotulán J et al: Preventivní lékařství I, II. Lékařská fakulta MU, 1990, 1991
  • MÜLLEROVÁ, Dana. Hygiena, preventivní lékařství a veřejné zdravotnictví. 1. vydání. Praha: Karolinum, 2014, 254 stran. ISBN 9788024625102. info
  • Referenční hodnoty pro příjem živin. V ČR 1. vyd. Praha: Společnost pro výživu, 2011, 192 s. ISBN 9788025469873. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
A written credit with selection of answers, 20 questions. The condition of credit is 14 or more correct answers. The written test is taken into account in the oral exam in the following semester.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2018, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2023, autumn 2024.
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