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Health Literacy in Interdisciplinary Discourse - ODO114010

Title:	Zdravotní gramotnost v interdisciplinárním diskurzu
Guaranteed by:	Katedra pedagogiky (41-KPG)
Faculty:	Faculty of Education
Actual:	from 2022
Semester:	summer
E-Credits:	0
Examination process:	summer s.:
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:0/0, other [HT]
Extent per academic year:	12 [hours]
Capacity:	unknown / unknown (10)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	not taught
Language:	Czech
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	course is intended for doctoral students only enabled for web enrollment

Guarantor:	PhDr. Michal Zvírotský, Ph.D.
Comes under:	PVP Pedagogika - PedF
Interchangeability :	OPDQ1P124B
Is interchangeable with:	OPDQ1P124B

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Annotation -

Last update: PhDr. Michal Zvírotský, Ph.D. (20.05.2019)

The course is focused on secondary literacy in relation to human health. It should provide students with a system of knowledge and skills that will enable them to critically assess health information with special regard to the issue of education. The issues of health and illness are discussed in detail, different perspectives on health and disease are analyzed in cultural and historical contexts. At the same time, the influence of education on the formation of health-relevant behavior of people is emphasized. The subject is based on the ideas of a European health strategy that works with the concept of health literacy as a condition for assuming responsibility for one's own health.

Aim of the course -

Last update: PhDr. Michal Zvírotský, Ph.D. (20.05.2019)

The aim of the course is to motivate students to active and informed interest in the issue of human health within the European health strategy. Students should understand the importance of widely conceived health literacy for the successful professional activity of the teaching staff as well as for the theoretical work in education sciences.

Literature - Czech

Last update: PhDr. Michal Zvírotský, Ph.D. (21.11.2017)

HOLČÍK, J. Zdraví 21 : Výklad základních pojmů. Úvod do evropské zdravotní strategie. Praha : Ministerstvo zdravotnictví České republiky.

KEBZA, V. Psychosociální determinanty zdraví. Praha : Academia, 2005. ISBN 80-200-1307-5.

MACHOVÁ, J.; KUBÁTOVÁ, D. a kol. Výchova ke zdraví. Praha : Grada, 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-5351-5.

MARMOT, M.; WILKINSON, R.G. (eds.) Social Determinants of Health. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-19-856589-5.

NIELSEN-BOHLMAN, L. (ed.) Health Literacy : A Prescription to End Confusion. Washington : National Academies Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0309091176.

OSBORNE, H. Health Literacy from A to Z. Sudbury : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2005. ISBN 978-0763745509.

SCHWARTZBERG, J.G. et al. Understanding Health Literacy. New York : American Medical Association, 2005. ISBN 1-57947-630-9.

WHALEN, S.; SPLENDORIO, D.; CHIARIELLO, S. Tools for Teaching Health. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2007. ISBN 978-0-7879-9407-5.

WHO Health Promotion Glossary. Geneva : World Health Organisation, 1998.

ZARCADOOLAS, CH.; PLEASANT, A.F.; GREER, D.S. Advancing Health Literacy. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2006. ISBN 0-7879-8433-7.

ZVÍROTSKÝ, M. Úvod do zdravotní gramotnosti pro pedagogy. Praha : Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Pedagogická fakulta, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7290-431-0.

Requirements to the exam - Czech

Last update: PhDr. Michal Zvírotský, Ph.D. (21.11.2017)

Zkouška formou rozpravy nad závěrečnou písemnou prací. Práce bude mít charakter studie na vybrané téma zdravotní gramotnosti, předpokládá se výběr dílčí problematiky relevantní k tématu disertační práce doktoranda.

Syllabus -

Last update: PhDr. Michal Zvírotský, Ph.D. (20.05.2019)

1. Theoretical definition of the concept of health literacy.

2. Human health as a phenomenon and subject of interdisciplinary study.

3. Basic knowledge of the theory of health and disease - integrally anthropological approach.

4. Health status of European population as a starting point of health education.

5. Health and disease in education contexts, health education as a pedagogical problem.

6. European health strategy and selected program documents supporting public health.

7. Possibilities of measurement and evaluation of human literacy level.

8. Selected methodological approaches to the study of health literacy in the school environment.