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Public Health and Epidemiology

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2022 12:44:22
Study Course Information
Course Code:ZHAS_025LQF level:Level 5
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:Clinical Medicine; Public HealthTarget Audience:Dentistry
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Laura Isajeva
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Department of Conservative Dentistry and Oral Health
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:20 Dzirciema Street, LV-1007, zhsatrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67455560
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)7Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures14
Classes (count)7Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes14
Total Contact Hours28
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Not required.
Objective:
The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of modern Public Health and Epidemiology core issues as well as to build students' scientific, critical, systematic and analytical thinking.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Health – definitions, concepts, terms.Lectures1.00auditorium
2Public health - definitions, concepts, problems to be solved. History of public health. Evidence-based Public Health.Lectures1.00E-Studies platform
3Health economics. Health care system.Lectures1.00E-Studies platform
4Public health problem. Priority public health issues.Lectures1.00auditorium
5Disease prevention and screening.Lectures1.00auditorium
6Health promotion. Epidemiology - definitions, basic postulates, classification.Lectures1.00E-Studies platform
7Epidemiology - disease prevalence indicatorsLectures1.00E-Studies platform
8Public health history. Public health history in Latvia and situation review today.Classes1.00auditorium
9Monitoring and health information.Classes1.00auditorium
10Screening. Methods for identifying public health problems. Health data sources, their use. Health characteristics.Classes1.00auditorium
11Strategic documents. Public Health Guidelines for 2014 – 2020. International Public Health Cooperation. The WHO's international role in public health. The Strategic Health Document "Health for All in the 21st Century".Classes1.00auditorium
12Frequency indicators. Epidemiological key figures.Classes1.00auditorium
13Evidence-based public health.Classes1.00auditorium
14Health care financing system. Topicalities in Latvia. Examination.Classes1.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Attendance of classes, group work and individually assigned independent work. Prepare for classes using e-learning environment and scientific literature. Completion of the course evaluation questionnaire.
Assessment Criteria:
The cumulative rating is made up of: -Lesson attendance and participation in group and individual assignments (50%); -Average arithmetic result in test questions (50%). Both components of the assessment are equally important, each accounting for 50% of the final assessment. At the end the mark is determined by converting the percentage assessment to the mark in accordance with the Study Regulations.
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:As a result of the study course, students acquire basic knowledge in public health and epidemiology guidelines and strategy, and in the organization of the health care system.
Skills:Students will be able to: • apply public health concepts, terms; • use the concepts and terms of epidemiology; • apply appropriate knowledge in patient education; • choose the most appropriate health care recommendation for the patient.
Competencies:Upon completion of the study course students will be able to apply practically acquired knowledge in patient care, will be able to formulate public health definitions, concepts, will be able to develop preventive recommendations for patients and logically formulate and explain the meaning of epidemiology.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1M.Baltiņš „Lietišķā epidemioloģija”. „Zinātne”, Rīga, 2003. (akceptējams izdevums)
2R.Beaglehole, R.Bonita, T.Kjellstrom „Basic Epidemiology”. WHO, Geneva, 2006. (akceptējams izdevums)
3Textbook of Epidemiology / L. M. Bouter, G. A. Zielhuis, M. P. A. Zeegers, 2018.
4J.F.Jekel, J.G.Elmore, D.L.Katz. Jekel's Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Preventive Medicine, and Public Health. „Saunders”, Philadelphia, London, 2020
5Essential Public Health, Theory and Practice, S.Gillam, J.Yates, P. Badrinath, Cambridge University Press, 2012. (akceptējams izdevums)
6Evidence- Based Public Health, Ross C.Brownson, Elizabeth A.Baker, Terry L.Leet, Katheleen N.Gillespie, Oxford University Press, 2018.
7Rosen G. A History of Public Health. The John Hopkins University Press, 2015
8Gostin LO. Public Health Law and Ethics. University of California Press, 2018.
9Schneider MJ. Introduction to Public Health (3rd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2020.
10McCracken K., Kevin D.R., Global health: an introduction to current and future trends, ASV & Kanāda, Routledge, 2017.
Additional Reading
1An Introduction to the Sociology of Health and Illness / Kevin White. 3rd edition, 2017.
2Raymond S. Greenberg. "Medical Epidemiology: Population Health and Effective Health Care", 5th edition, 2015.
3L.Gordis. Gordis Epidemiology (3rd Edition). Elsevier Saunders, 2019.
4B.B.Gerstman „Epidemiology Kept Simple” (3rd edition). „WileyLiss”, New York, 2013.
Other Information Sources
1Interneta resurss
2https://spkc.gov.lv/lv/statistika-un-petijumi/petijumi-un-z…