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Basics of Public Health
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:21.06.2023 16:01:22
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SVUEK_124 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Solvita Kļaviņa-Makrecka | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Public Health and Epidemiology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 9 Kronvalda boulevard, svek rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67338307 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basics in human biology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Provide basic knowledge and develop skills in public health and to enhance public health career motivation. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Academic and professional education in public health | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Public health: action domains and functions | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Historical development of Public Health | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Health information and data sources | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Public health governance. Public health institutions and Public health careers | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Historical development of public health. Independent work | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Health and health determinants | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Health evaluation approaches | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Health information and data sources | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Demography for public health | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Literature reading. Individual work on public health history. Submission and presentation of individual work on demography. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Cumulative assessment that consists of assessment of the independent work completed during the course – 50% and exam grade – 50%. To be able to take the exam, student has to have a positive assessment in all the independent work completed during the study course. To receive a final grade, examination is mandatory. The assessment of independent work in case of an unsuccessfully passed exam does not increase the final assessment grade. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Describe the public health terms; Describe the functions of public health; Explain the fields and core areas of public health; Define the health concept and describe the health determinants; List the basic demographic measures; Identify the indicators for health measurement and locate health information data sources. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Apply the concepts of public health; Discuss public health issues in the historical context of public health development; Classify the health determinants; Calculate and interpret basic demographic measures; Differentiate and compare the data sources for health information. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Explain the public health issues in the historical and demographic context; Independently select and use appropriate health information and data sources. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Baltiņš M. Lietišķā epidemioloģija. Zinātne, 2003, 11- 51.lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Merrick, Joav. Public Health: Some International Aspects. Nova Science Publishers, Inc, 2016. Chapter 1: Some thoughts about public health. | ||||||||
