Course: Public Health

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Course title Public Health
Course code UZV/PAVZ6
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hoffmannová Andrea, Mgr.
Course content
- Public health care as a scientific discipline - 2 hours - Historical overview of the discipline in the Czech Republic and in the world - 1 hour - Theories of health and illness, definitions of health and illness, determinants influencing the health - 3 hours - Quality of life - 3 hours - Key pillars of social policy - 3 hours - World Health Organization (WHO) - its characteristics; summary of its basic aims - 3 hours - Health care system - basic concepts, organizational structure, financing of health care facilities and services - 3 hours - Social security - general health insurance, social insurance (health insurance, pension insurance), social support, social assistance - 3 hours - Protecting people in emergency situations, integrated rescue system - 3 hours

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
  • Home preparation for classes - 6 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 24 hours per semester
learning outcomes
Knowledge
understand the importance of the organisation of health and social policy in relation to the provision of quality, comprehensive health and social care to the client
understand the importance of the organisation of health and social policy in relation to the provision of quality, comprehensive health and social care to the client
learn about the objectives of the World Health Organization's European Strategy (Health for All for the 21st Century)
learn about the objectives of the World Health Organization's European Strategy (Health for All for the 21st Century)
describe the health care system, its organisational structure and the system of financing health care facilities and services
describe the health care system, its organisational structure and the system of financing health care facilities and services
have an overview of human protection in emergency situations, have knowledge of the integrated rescue system
have an overview of human protection in emergency situations, have knowledge of the integrated rescue system
know the general principles of prevention, understand the differences between different types of prevention
know the general principles of prevention, understand the differences between different types of prevention
Skills
know the historical development of the field of public health in the Czech Republic and in the world
know the historical development of the field of public health in the Czech Republic and in the world
list and explain in detail the determinants of health
list and explain in detail the determinants of health
present the basic pillars of social policy
present the basic pillars of social policy
critically evaluate the system of social security, general health insurance, social insurance, state social support and social assistance
critically evaluate the system of social security, general health insurance, social insurance, state social support and social assistance
be familiar with the integrated rescue system
be familiar with the integrated rescue system
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
assessment methods
Analysis of seminar paper
Analysis of seminar paper
Recommended literature
  • Zdraví 21 ? zdraví do 21. století. Praha: MZ ČR, 2001.
  • BARTÁK, M. Ekonomika zdraví: sociální, ekonomické a právní aspekty péče o zdraví. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7357-503-8.
  • Cichá M. Úvod do veřejného zdravotnictví. Distanční studijní opora. Zlín, 2011.
  • DOLANSKÝ, H. Veřejné zdravotnictví. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik, Ústav ošetřovatelství, 2008.
  • HOLČÍK, J., KÁŇOVÁ, P., PRUDIL, L. Systém péče o zdraví a zdravotnictví: východiska, základní pojmy a perspektivy. Brno: Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, 2015.
  • HOLČÍK, J. Zdravotní gramotnost a její role v péči o zdraví: k teoretickým základům cesty ke zdraví. Brno: MSD, 2009.
  • JANEČKOVÁ, Hana a Helena HNILICOVÁ. Úvod do veřejného zdravotnictví. Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7367-592-9.
  • ŠTEFKOVIČOVÁ, M. Vybrané kapitoly z verejného zdravotníctva I.: vysokoškolská učebnica pre študentov ošetrovateľstva, fyzioterapie a laboratórnych vyšetrovacích metód v zdravotníctve. Ve Zlíně: Univerzita Tomáše Bati, 2015.
  • ŠULCOVÁ, M. Veřejné zdravotnictví: učební texty pro zdravotnické obory. Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, Fakulta zdravotnických studií, 2018.
  • TYL, J., SCHNEIBERG, F. a kol. Kapitoly ze sociální medicíny a veřejného zdravotnictví. Praha: Karolinum, 1998. ISBN 382-118-9717-80.


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