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Course, academic year 2024/2025
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Urban Health - MZ340A04
Title: Urban Health
Czech title: Zdraví v urbánním prostoru
Guaranteed by: Department of Social Geography and Regional Development (31-340)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2023
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 5
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/2, Ex [HT]
Capacity: 30
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: RNDr. Michala Lustigová, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Ivana Kulhánová, Ph.D.
RNDr. Michala Lustigová, Ph.D.
Class: Původní předmět
Annotation -
The aim of this course is to present a basic overview of the concepts and key determinants of urban health. The seminars will focus on sustainable development goals, measuring health, health inequalities in urban settings, deprived areas or disadvantaged populations. It will also be discussed how obesogenic environment, blue and green spaces, art and cultural environment and also heavy traffic, air pollution or noise may affect the health of the urban populations. Students will be involved in a group project and will learn how to evaluate health risks or health potentials in an urban environment by selecting a specific area in the city of Prague.

Course supported by project: ESF pro VŠ II na UK, Reg. No.: CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/18_056/0013322
Last update: Lustigová Michala, RNDr., Ph.D. (11.02.2025)
Requirements to the exam

Exam requirements:

1) group project report (20 points)

2) group project presentation (10 points)

3) written test (70 points)

Final evaluation: max. 100 points

90 points and more = grade 1

80–89 points = grade 2

70–79 points = grade 3

less than 70 points = failed

Last update: Lustigová Michala, RNDr., Ph.D. (11.02.2025)
Syllabus

The course will include 6 seminars, self-study (e.g., readings, videos), group projects. 

Seminars:

1)      Introduction to urban health (18/02/2025)

2)      Patterns of health within and between populations (04/03/2025)

3)      Social inequalities in health in urban areas (18/03/2025)

4)      Environmental health in urban areas (01/04/2025)

5)      Alternative perspectives of urban health (15/04/2025)

6)      Presentation of students` project (06/05/2025)

All course materials will be available in Moodle.

Last update: Lustigová Michala, RNDr., Ph.D. (11.02.2025)
 
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