Public Health - FG10094

• Title: Public Health
• Guaranteed by: Department of Preventive Medicine (15-220)
• Faculty: Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:11/28, C [HS]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Guarantor: doc. MUDr. Lenka Hodačová, Ph.D.
• Pre-requisite : {General Medicine 3rd year}
• Incompatibility : FV10066
• Interchangeability : FA0110062, FV10066
• In complex pre-requisite: FG10076, FG10077, FG10078, FG10079, FG10080, FG10097

Annotation

English

Last update: Bc. Iva Malířová (11.01.2024)

Public health. Determinants of health, social determinants. Health status of population, main health problems of the European population. Demography, and its importance for health care, ageing of population and its consequences for health and social care. Basic principles and applications of epidemiology, types of epidemiological studies. Disease prevention and health promotion. Health needs assessment. Health policy, health care systems. Health economy and financing of health care. Health care management. Health legislation. Mental health and illness. Social pediatrics. World Health Organization and its importance. Quality of life.

Czech

Last update: Bc. Iva Malířová (11.01.2024)

Veřejné zdravotnictví. Determinanty zdraví, sociální determinanty. Zdravotní stav obyvatelstva, hlavní zdravotní problémy evropské populace. Demografie a její význam pro zdravotní péči, stárnutí populace a jeho důsledky pro zdravotní a sociální péči. Základní principy a aplikace epidemiologie, typy epidemiologických studií. Prevence nemocí a podpora zdraví. Hodnocení zdravotních potřeb. Zdravotní politika, systémy zdravotní péče. Ekonomika zdravotnictví a financování zdravotní péče. Řízení zdravotní péče. Zdravotnická legislativa. Duševní zdraví a nemoci. Sociální pediatrie. Světová zdravotnická organizace a její význam. Kvalita života.

Entry requirements

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Entrance requirements: prerequisites: General Medicine 3rd year

Aim of the course

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Outputs:

1. the student will gain a basic teoretical overview of public health and social medicine issues

2. the student will obtain basic information about the funcitoning of health care systems, health care policy and common public health problems

Requirements to the exam

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Examination/credit requirements

Credit

1. Attendance at seminars is compulsory. One properly excused absence will be tolerated; late arrivals will be counted as absences. In the case of more than one absence, the student will be examined on public heatlh topics in order to receive credit. Any absences greater than 40% (3 or more seminars) will be handled individually with the head of the department chair and the course quarantor.

2. Active participation in seminars. The topics of the individual seminars (and their schedule) are posted on the departmental board.

3. Preparation and presentation of a chosen public health topic at the last seminar (in groups).

Consultations: are available by appointment with the teachers of Department of Preventive Medicine.

Syllabus

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Lecturers

• Lenka Hodačová, Assoc. Prof., M.D., Ph.D.
• Roman Prymula, Prof., M.D., Ph.D.
• David Skorunka, M.D., Ph.D.
• Lenka Kotingová, M.D., Ph.D.

Public Health, definiton, history, core concepts and functions. Health Literacy. Health Care. Types of Health Care. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Screening. (Hodacova 2)

Systemic Perspective in Medicine: The Family as a Partner for Collaboration During the Medical Treatment. (Skorunka 2)

Epidemiology. Epidemiological Studies. Evidence Based Medicine. Comparing Disease Occurence. Quality of Life. (Hodačová 2)

World Health Organization and its role in public health. European Health Policy. WHO programmes. Health 2030. (Kotingová 2)

Health Care Systems - Typology. Basic Characteristics of the Health Care System in the Czech Republic. (Prymula 3, online)

 

Practical courses & seminars

Lecturers

• Lenka Hodačová, Assoc. Prof., M.D., Ph.D.
• David Skorunka, M.D., Ph.D.
• Jan Hodač, Ing.
• Lenka Kotingová, M.D., Ph.D.
• RNDr. BcA. Tereza Pařilová, Ph.D.
• Mgr. Štěpán Kalousek

Mental Health and Illness; Epidemiology, Preventive Strategies, Interdisciplinary Collaboration. (Skorunka 4)

 

Health Needs Assessment. Need, Demand, Supply. Priorities in Health Care. Health Care Planning. Health Economy. Financing of Health Care Systems. (Hodačová, Hodač 4)

Health and Culture. Cultural Influence on Health Beliefs and Health/Illness Behaviour. Health status of population and its measurement. Morbidity, mortality, basic indicators. Data sources. (Pařilová, Hodačová, 4)

 

Determinants of health. Social determinants of health. Equity in health. Quality measurement and improvements in health care. (Pařilová 4)

 

Social Pediatrics: the Main Risk Factors in Child Health Development, Foster and Institutional Care, Related Risks. Syndrome CAN. 

Quality of life. (Hodačová, Kotingová 4)

 

Healthcare law. (Kalousek 4)

 

Demography. Public Health and Aging. Sources and Critical Use of Health Information.

The Ageing of Population and Consequences for Health Policy and Health Care. Social Consequences of Chronic Morbidity, Disability in Older People. Special Care for Elderly, Integrated Community Care. Hospices. (Hodačová 4)

 

Project Presentation. Obtaining Credit. (Hodačová 4)

Comments

 

The Public Health and Medical Law course is part of the state exam from Preventive Medicine in the 6th year.

 

Attendance at lectures and vigilance at compulsory seminars is recommended to gain all the basic and up-to date knowledge of the field.

Literature

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Compulsory literature

1. Materials prepared by the lecturers and presented in MOODLE.
2. ČELEDOVÁ, Libuše a Jan HOLČÍK. Social medicine: an introduction to new public health. Prague: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2019. ISBN 978-80-246-4276-5.
3. Gillam S., Yates J., Badrinath P. (Eds.). Essential Public Health. Theory and Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-68983.
4. D. Armstrong. Outline of Sociology as Applied to Medicine, 5th. ed., Oxford Univerzity Press:New York 2003, ISBN 0340 809205

 
Recommend literature

 

1. Carr S., Unwin N., Pless-Mulloli T. An Introduction to Public Health and Epidemiology. Berkshire: Open University Press, 2007. ISBN 0335-21625-0.
2. R. Bealehole, R. Bonita, T. Kjellstrom. Basic Epidemiology. World Health Organization, Geneva, 1993. ISBN 92-4-154446-5
3. Regmi K., Gee I., (eds.) Public Health Intelligence. Issue of Measures and Method. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2016. ISBN 978-3-319-28324-1.
4. Albrecht, C., Fitzpatrick, R., Scrimshaw, C.S., (eds.) The Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine. Sage, 2000, ISBN 0-7619-5617-4
5. McDaniel, S., Doherty, W., Hepworth, J. (Eds.). Medical Family Therapy and Integrated Care, 2nd Edition.  Washington: APA, 2014. 
6. Rapley, M., Moncrieff, J., Dillon, J. (Eds.). De-Medicalizing Misery; Psychiatry, Psychology, and the Human Condition. London: Palgrave, 2011.