E4080 Demography and Social Determinants of Health

Přírodovědecká fakulta
jaro 2025
Rozsah
2/0/0. 2 kr. (plus ukončení). Ukončení: zk.
Vyučováno kontaktně
Vyučující
Mgr. Hynek Pikhart, Ph.D., M.Sc. (přednášející)
Mgr. Andrea Dalecká, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Anna Bartošková, Ph.D. (přednášející)
MUDr. Martin Bobák, M.Sc., Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Albert Kšiňan, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Gabriela Kšiňanová, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Consuelo Quispe Haro (přednášející)
Garance
Mgr. Hynek Pikhart, Ph.D., M.Sc.
RECETOX – Přírodovědecká fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Hynek Pikhart, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: RECETOX – Přírodovědecká fakulta
Předpoklady
! E0360 Sociální epidemiologie
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The aim of the course is to introduce students to social epidemiology and the basics of demography. Individual lectures will include an overview of the social determinants of health, discussing the mechanisms of their action across the life course. Students will explore methods of measuring population health and health inequalities. Students will extend their knowledge of epidemiological methods that will be practiced by analyzing and interpreting research findings during the practical part of the lectures.
Výstupy z učení
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of social determinants of health, including the ability to explain the underlying mechanisms
• Explain the concepts of demographic and epidemiological transitions
• Describe and calculate measures of population health, including different types of standardization
• Understand the concept of life course epidemiology with the ability to introduce practical examples
• Utilize research findings to propose evidence-based social interventions for improvements in public health.
Osnova
  • Introduction to social epidemiology and population health
  • Demographic and epidemiological transition
  • Socioeconomic position and health, relative vs. absolute differences in health status
  • Measures of population health, direct and indirect standardization
  • Psychosocial and psychological factors
  • Individual vs. group exposures
  • Psychosocial factors in the work environment and health
  • Determinants of health in childhood and adolescence
  • Determinants of health across the life course
  • Long-term changes and secular trends in health status
  • Mechanisms of social influences on health
  • Social interventions
Literatura
  • Social epidemiology. Edited by Lisa F. Berkman - Ichirō Kawachi - M. Maria Glymour. Second edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, xvii, 615. ISBN 9780195377903. info
  • Social determinants of healththe solid facts. Edited by Richard G. Wilkinson - M. G. Marmot. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, 2003, 33 p. ISBN 9289013710. info
  • BARTLEY, Mel. Health inequality : an introduction to concepts, theories and methods. Second edition. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2017, 1 online. ISBN 9780745691138. URL info
  • Handbook of epidemiology. Edited by Wolfgang Ahrens. 1st ed. Berlin: Springer, 2005, ix, 115. ISBN 3540005668. info
Výukové metody
Lectures, class discussion, group projects evaluated through presentation.
Metody hodnocení
Two written tests (25% and 40%)
• There will be two non-cumulative exams per semester (midterm and final)
• Based on lecture materials
• See the course calendar for exam dates

Group project and presentation (20%)
• There will be a practical assignment that will require in-home preparation (studying the assigned research article, preparing the answers for the research questions, and presenting it in the final lecture)
• Submit the pre-class assignments to the is.muni Homework Vaults (“Odevzdávárna”)

Activity (15%)
• The instructor may award students 0-3 points for in-class activity in each course week. The maximum number of points earned in this way is 15, i.e., 15% of the total grade during the semester.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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