Course: Public health care and health and social policy

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Course title Public health care and health and social policy
Course code KAZ/VZSP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
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)
  • Hejdová Jana, Ing.
Course content
Lectures 1. The field of public health - its current concept and meaning, subject, overview of historical development in the field. 2. Health and disease as a biopsychosocial category - determinants of health, the most common causes of diseases, international classification of diseases. 3. Prevention in health care - dispensary, primary, secondary, tertiary prevention. 4. Types of healthcare - healthcare systems and their structure. 5. Healthcare legislation - basic legal regulations in the field of health care, Act on the General Health Insurance Company of the Czech Republic, Act on healthcare in non-state healthcare facilities, Act on medical emergency services. 6. Health policy, WHO programs, regional health policy. 7. The system and methods of financing health and social care - health systems and economy, history of health economics. 8. Social security system in the Czech Republic - social insurance, state social support, social assistance, social care. 9. Organizations dealing with health care in the Czech Republic and in the world - the World Health Declaration and the Health for the 21st Century policy. 10. National health information system, ICN, registries. 11. Methods of studying the health status of the population - the importance of measuring the health status of the population, methods of searching for health disorders in the population. 12. Education in healthcare. Eligibility to perform the medical profession.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 24 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 18 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
no specific knowledge prerequisites are required
Skills
specific skill prerequisites are not required
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
lists and describes forms of prevention
characterizes WHO's health care and health promotion programmes
will explain the system of providing health care and its financing in the Czech Republic and in the world
will describe the methods and methods of assessing the health status of the population
characterizes legislation related to public health
will describe the importance and function of all major global organizations profiled in the public health sector
will explain the need and continuity of education in healthcare
will describe WHO's European strategy for the 21st century
Skills
collects, evaluates and possibly uses data on the health status of the population from available sources
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Skills
Lecture with visual aids
Competences
Lecture with visual aids
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Skills
Seminar work
Competences
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • ČELEDOVÁ, Libuše, HOLČÍK, Jan a kol. Nové kapitoly ze sociálního lékařství a veřejného zdravotnictví.. Praha: Karolinum, 2017. ISBN 978-80-246-3809-6.
  • HAMPLOVÁ, Lidmila. Veřejné zdravotnictví a výchova ke zdraví: pro zdravotnické obory.. Praha : Grada, 2019. ISBN 978-80-271-0568-7.
  • ŠULCOVÁ, Margaréta. Veřejné zdravotnictví: učební texty pro zdravotnické obory. 2. vyd.. Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, Fakulta zdravotnických studií, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7561-115-4.


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