Public Health (SVUEK_098)
About Study Course
Objective
To provide knowledge in the main concepts of public health for increasing understanding in health information and evidence based public health practice.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge in human physiology and propedeutics, basic arithmetics and English reading.
Learning outcomes
• define concepts of health, public health;
• define concepts of disease prevention and health promotion in relation to social work;
• list the fundamental principles of disease screening;
• list the main demographic indicators and explain relationship between demography and public health;
• describe theories in social medicine and to list social determinants of health;
• explain the meaning of evidence-based public health;
• identify sources and methods for collecting health information; to describe their advantages and limitations;
• list and describe epidemiological study designs, and to identify factors which may affect validity of epidemiological studies;
• list and describe fundamental issues of health care organisation and financing.
• interpret the concepts of health and disease in the professional context;
• demonstrate determinants of health with examples, including the social determinants of health;
• calculate basic epidemiological measures;
• calculate and interpret the measures of association;
• distinguish between crude, specific and standardized rates;
• differentiate designs of epidemiological studies;
• calculate diagnostic test performance and validity measures;
• find relevant health information and critically assess how reliable it is.
• debate about public health problems and potential solutions in the professional context;
• evaluate public health problem by using suitable data sources and indicators;
• assess correspondence between research question and study design.
