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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Topics for lectures: 1.Health and its social value. 2.Health condition of population in the Czech Republic 3.Changes in the health status during centuries; social impact of diseases. 4.The main determinants of health, possibilities of their influences, quality of life in elderly. 5.Prevention, health insurance in the Czech Republic. 6.WHO strategic programs 7.The position of the Public Health in the 21st century, new challenges, new tasks. 8.Public Health as the system. Health institutions, health care providers, education.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course explains the history and present of health policy. It will provide basic information on the broad concept of public health, its protection and support. Students will learn about the system of public health and healthcare institutions and the main determinants of health and their prevention.
The aim of the course is to provide the Public Health´s basic characteristics. The value of Public Health; the importance of decision making; the outside influence of everyday life.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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1.Active participation in lectures 2.Discussion on selected topics of lectures
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Recommended literature
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(2010). Epidemiology and demography in public health. San Diego, Calif.: Elsevier Academic Press.
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Berridge, V. (2016). Public Health: a Very Short Introduction. New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press.
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GOSTIN, Lawrence O a Lindsay F WILEY. (2018). Public health law and ethics: a reader. Oakland, California: University of California Press.
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GUEST, Charles. (2013). Oxford handbook of public health practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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KILLORAN, Amanda a Michael P. KELLY. (2010). Evidence-based public health: effectiveness and efficiency. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Rothman, K. J. at all. Modern Epidemiology.
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Rothman, K. J. (2012). Epidemiology: An Introduction. Oxford University Press.
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ZLÁMAL, J., VOMÁČKA, J., MIKŠOVÁ, Z. (2016). The basics of management for the followers of health sciences. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého.
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