PB32JB51 Social Medicine and Public Health Service

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. MUDr. Lubomír Kukla, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Milan Pol, CSc.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:35 L31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Social Medicine and Public Health Administration is an independent branch of study, although it has been taught in various combinations – either as Public Health Administration and Social Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Administration, etc.
At the end of the course students should be able to define health care, to understand the complexness of health care in our population, interpret risk factors for individuals, society, and social group, and formulate programs of prevention.
The aim of the course is a complex understanding of health care in our population. The course presents factors that influence our health, risk factors for individuals, society and social groups. It introduces the student in the activities of WHO and programs of prevention.
Syllabus
  • 1. Approach and Function of the Social Medicine
  • 2. National Health-service Information System
  • 3. Basic Demographic Terms in Relation with Health
  • 4. Basic Epidemiological Terms and Methods
  • 5. Valetudinarianism and Mortality
  • 6. European Long-term Survey of Gravidity and Childhood
  • 7. Health Service System
  • 8. Health for Everyone before 2000 - European Medical Strategy
  • 9. Other Programs of WHO in Connection with Health
Literature
  • TYL, Jiří and František SCHNEIBERG. Kapitoly ze sociální medicíny a veřejného zdravotnictví. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 282 s. ISBN 8071846546. info
  • HOLČÍK, Jan and Adolf ŽÁČEK. Sociální lékařství. 1. vyd. Brno: Vydavatelství Masarykovy univerzity, 1995, 111 s. ISBN 8021012331. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions.
Assessment methods
Lectures and discussions. Credit. Students must attend classes during the semester. In case a student has many absences, a home-written work on a given topic will be required.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
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