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Public Health - DA0108435
Title: Public Health
Guaranteed by: Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (13-471)
Faculty: Second Faculty of Medicine
Actual: from 2023
Semester: winter
Points: 5
E-Credits: 5
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/30, C [HT]
Extent per academic year: 3 [weeks]
Capacity: unknown / unlimited (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Guarantor: MUDr. Ivana Holcátová, CSc.
Classification: Medicine > Clinical Disciplines
Pre-requisite : DA0105454
Annotation -
Last update: KASPAR/FTVS.CUNI.CZ (07.11.2017)
Integrated subject formed by preventive medicine-primary prevention, epidemiology of noncommunicable diseases, health and social legislation, handicap problems, systems of health and social care, economic analyses of health programmes, legal responsibility, medical information system, demography in medicine.
Course completion requirements
Last update: KASPAR/FTVS.CUNI.CZ (17.09.2018)

Public Health - International students, 4th year

State exam

Public health - questions

1 1. The important milestones in historical development of medicine and public health.

2 2. Cultural,social,economics and political factors of health care development after World War II.

3 3. Health care systems and policies.

4 4. Measurement of health and disease, chronic disease burden.

5 5. Theories of the organizational changes of health care systems after World War II..

6 6. The current problems, reforms and models in the organization and financing of health care systems.

7 7. Public administration of health systems.

8 8. Outcomes measurements and health systems assessment.

9 9. The scope of public health.

10 10. Historical development of public health.

11 11. Research methods of public health.

12 12. Health and disease determinants.

13 13. Global health.

14 14. Health policy.

15 15. Actors and institutions of public and health policy.

16 16. International actors in public health development.

17 17. Current international ideas, controversies and pressures for health care reforms.

18 18. Law (introductions to law theory, medical and public health law).

19 19. Human rights related to health.

20 20. Research methods of health and health policy.

21 21. Outcomes research and evaluation of public health and health policy.

22 22. Health and economics.

23 23. Macroeconomic aspects of health care.

24 24. Microeconomic aspects of health economics.

25 25. Health promotion, primary prevention (theory and practice).

26 26. Public health in the 21st century. Challenges.

27 27. Evidence based medicine and public health, evidence based health policy.

28 28. Strategic programmes: Health 2020 for Europe, Healthy people 2020 in the USA.

29 29. Health governance.

30 30. Health and social care for children with disability.

31 31. Disability and ageing. Health and social care of elderly.

32 32. Child abuse and neglect.

33 33. Children at risk, the convention on the rights of the child.

34 34. Substitute family care - adoption, foster, care, SOS children villages.

35 1. Mental health protection

36 2. Cancer risk factors,primary and secondary prevention

37 3. The role of nutrition in cardiovascular disease prevention

38 4. Smoking - health, socila,economical and ecological problem

39 5. Smoking cessetion methods

40 6. The role of fat soluble vitamins in disease prevention

41 7. The role of water soluble vitamins in disease prevention

42 8. The role of minerals in disease prevention

43 9. Involuntary smoking and health

44 10. Injury prevention in a community level, injury epidemiology

45 11. Physical aktivity in noncommunicable disease prevention

46 12. Alternative nutrition, national diets

47 13. Dietary guidelines in health and disease prevention

48 14. Health counseling in noncommunicable disease prevention

49 15. Senior injury prevention

50 16. Child injury prevention

51 17. Health determinants, living conditions, environment, lifestyle

52 18. Nutritional status assesment

53 19. Lifestyle and noncommunicable diseases

54 20. New trends in nutrition, functional foods, nutraceuticals

55 21. Global environmental problems

56 22. Indoor environment

57 23. Ionizing radiation

58 24. Non-ionizing radiation

59 25. Toxic chemicals in the environment

60 26. Occupational health and safety

61 27. Noise as a health problem

62 28. Drinking water

63 29. Health risk prevention in school environment

64 30. Foodborne disease prevention

65 31. Environment and health

66 32. Air pollution, health effect, primary and secondary emissions

67 33. Soil health risk, solid waste

68 34. Food contaminants

69 35. Food additives

70 36. Water related health risk

71 37. International environmental agreements

72 38. Global warming

73 39. Waste water

74 40. Food safety and control

Literature -
Last update: DELIOP (06.09.2021)

1.BARTH, Margaret M., Ronny A. BELL a Karen GRIMMER. Public Health Nutrition: Public Health Nutrition: Rural, Urban, and Global Community-Based Practice. 1. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2020. ISBN 9780826146847

2.BENCKO, Vladimír. Hygiene and Epidemiology Selected Chapters. Karolinum, 2020. ISBN 978-80-246-4306-9.

3.BIDAISEE, Satesh, UDDIN, Sadik, KEKU, Emmanuel, MERRICK, Joav. Public Health: Topics, Themes and Trends, 2019. ISBN: 978-1-53616-655-2

4.DETELS, Roger, Martin GULLIFOR, Quarraisha Abdool KARIM a Chorh Chuan TAN. Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health, Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN 019881013X, 9780198810131.

5.ELMORE, Joann, WILD, Dorothea, NELSON, Heidi, KATZ, David. Jekel‘s Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Preventive Medicine, and Public Health, 5. st. Louis: Elsevier, 2020. ISBN 9780323642019

6.Injury and Violence Prevention: A Compendium of Aap Clinical Practice Guidelines and Policies, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2020, ISBN-13: 978-1-61002-432-7

7.Violence and injuries in Europe: burden, prevention and priorities for action. 1. World Health Organization, 2020. ISBN ISBN 978 92 890 5510 9.

8.World Cancer Report: Cancer Research for Cancer Prevention World Cancer Reports Edited by Wild CP, Weiderpass E, Stewart BW ISBN-13 (Print Book) 978-92-832-0447-3

9.http://www.iarc.fr/en/publications/IARC publications

10.http://www.iarc.fr/en/cancertopics/index.php

Requirements to the exam
Last update: KASPAR/FTVS.CUNI.CZ (17.09.2018)

Public Health - International students, 4th year

State exam

Public health - questions

1 1. The important milestones in historical development of medicine and public health.

2 2. Cultural,social,economics and political factors of health care development after World War II.

3 3. Health care systems and policies.

4 4. Measurement of health and disease, chronic disease burden.

5 5. Theories of the organizational changes of health care systems after World War II..

6 6. The current problems, reforms and models in the organization and financing of health care systems.

7 7. Public administration of health systems.

8 8. Outcomes measurements and health systems assessment.

9 9. The scope of public health.

10 10. Historical development of public health.

11 11. Research methods of public health.

12 12. Health and disease determinants.

13 13. Global health.

14 14. Health policy.

15 15. Actors and institutions of public and health policy.

16 16. International actors in public health development.

17 17. Current international ideas, controversies and pressures for health care reforms.

18 18. Law (introductions to law theory, medical and public health law).

19 19. Human rights related to health.

20 20. Research methods of health and health policy.

21 21. Outcomes research and evaluation of public health and health policy.

22 22. Health and economics.

23 23. Macroeconomic aspects of health care.

24 24. Microeconomic aspects of health economics.

25 25. Health promotion, primary prevention (theory and practice).

26 26. Public health in the 21st century. Challenges.

27 27. Evidence based medicine and public health, evidence based health policy.

28 28. Strategic programmes: Health 2020 for Europe, Healthy people 2020 in the USA.

29 29. Health governance.

30 30. Health and social care for children with disability.

31 31. Disability and ageing. Health and social care of elderly.

32 32. Child abuse and neglect.

33 33. Children at risk, the convention on the rights of the child.

34 34. Substitute family care - adoption, foster, care, SOS children villages.

35 1. Mental health protection

36 2. Cancer risk factors,primary and secondary prevention

37 3. The role of nutrition in cardiovascular disease prevention

38 4. Smoking - health, socila,economical and ecological problem

39 5. Smoking cessetion methods

40 6. The role of fat soluble vitamins in disease prevention

41 7. The role of water soluble vitamins in disease prevention

42 8. The role of minerals in disease prevention

43 9. Involuntary smoking and health

44 10. Injury prevention in a community level, injury epidemiology

45 11. Physical aktivity in noncommunicable disease prevention

46 12. Alternative nutrition, national diets

47 13. Dietary guidelines in health and disease prevention

48 14. Health counseling in noncommunicable disease prevention

49 15. Senior injury prevention

50 16. Child injury prevention

51 17. Health determinants, living conditions, environment, lifestyle

52 18. Nutritional status assesment

53 19. Lifestyle and noncommunicable diseases

54 20. New trends in nutrition, functional foods, nutraceuticals

55 21. Global environmental problems

56 22. Indoor environment

57 23. Ionizing radiation

58 24. Non-ionizing radiation

59 25. Toxic chemicals in the environment

60 26. Occupational health and safety

61 27. Noise as a health problem

62 28. Drinking water

63 29. Health risk prevention in school environment

64 30. Foodborne disease prevention

65 31. Environment and health

66 32. Air pollution, health effect, primary and secondary emissions

67 33. Soil health risk, solid waste

68 34. Food contaminants

69 35. Food additives

70 36. Water related health risk

71 37. International environmental agreements

72 38. Global warming

73 39. Waste water

74 40. Food safety and control

Syllabus
Last update: KASPAR/FTVS.CUNI.CZ (07.11.2017)

PUBLIC HEALTH

Introduction to Public Health, determinants of health, measurement of health status and outcomes of health care

Social security systems in international perspective and their ralation to health

International health organizations and programs

Economics and reform of health care: financing, paying, providers and organization of delivery systems

Health policy and politics

International comparison of health care systems, health care systems in selected OECD countries

Health care systém in the Czech Republic

Quality in health care, quality assurance

Health and social care in children with handicap

Home care in selected OECD countries and in the Czech Republic

Health and social services for the older people, field visit in the Gerontocentrum

Children with handicap, field visit in the institute Modrý klíč

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Preventive medicine, introduction, health status determinants, life style and noncommunicable diseases prevention

Nutrition in chronic diseases prevention, dietary guidelines

Smoking related problems, nicotin addiction treatment

Injury epidemiology and prevention

Cardiovascular diseases epidemiology and prevention

Occupational health and safety

Mental health, psychological and behavioral risk factors

Housing and health, indoor air pollution

Environmental health

 
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