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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Introduction to Geography of Health and Disease: definition of the "disease" or "health"; key terminology. Data sources, databases, accessible info and appropriate literature (incl. Gapminder). Example of spatial analysis of the disease in region: triangle of human ecology. Serious pandemics in the world: examples from the history and presence. Geography of HIV / AIDS: global pandemia with a special focus of Sub-saharan Africa. Non-communicable diseases: a case study a particular region. Health and diseases in developed world. Health and disease in our current world: what can I do to protect my health? Current and up-to-date topics.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 20 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| To use and work with particular geographic data sources. |
| To understand scholarly or peer-reviewed texts in English. |
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| To work with datasets from both Czech and foreign databases. |
| To work in team. |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| To understand fundamental aspects of global health issues in both global and local contexts. |
| To understand the links between the environment and health of the population. |
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| To identify key world pandemics or epicentres of both communicable and non-communicable diseases in geographical context. |
| To create graphs on the Gapminder platform and explain them. |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Textual studies |
| Discussion |
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| Lecture |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
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| Individual study |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
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| Seminar work |
| Continuous assessment |
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Recommended literature
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Global Health Facts (2007) dostupné na http://www.globalhealthfacts.org/index.jsp.
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World Health Statistics (2005) dostupné na http://www.who.int/healthinfo/statistics/maps_graphs/en/index.html.
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A.Jirásková, V.Šerý, C.Votrubec. Lékařskogeografické problémy Etiopie. Praha, 1991.
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BARNETT, T., WHITESIDE, A. AIDS IN THE 21ST CENTURY: DISEASE AND GLOBALIZATION. New York, 2002.
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E. Kočárek. Vědy o Zemi a medicína.
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Johnston, R. J. The dictionary of human geography. 4th ed. Malden : Blackwell Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-631-20561-6.
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Melinda Meade. Medical Geography. 2010. ISBN 978-1-60623-016-9.
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Rossling, H.. Faktomluva. 2018. ISBN 978-80-7555-056-9.
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Rossling, H.. Faktomluva. 2018. ISBN 978-80-7555-056-9.
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Sridhar Venkatapuram. Health Justice. Oxford, 2011. ISBN 978-0-7456-5034-0.
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V.ŠERÝ, C.VOTRUBEC. LÉKAŘSKOGEOGRAFICKÉ PROBLÉMY VIETNAMU. Praha, 1988.
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