| Course Type | Elective Course |
| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
| Year of Study | - |
| Semester | - |
| ECTS | 5 |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Define special health problems, understand their importance and manages them
- Plan and coordinate service delivery for general conditions affecting public health
- Care about behavioral factors that affect health
- Understand the importance of epidemiology and lists health criteria
- Define public health, understands its importance
|
| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
| Prerequisites | No |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components | There are no other recommended courses related to this course. |
| Course Description | This course has been prepared for students to learn the necessary information to be known and applied on subjects such as basic health services, infectious diseases, pandemics, mother-child health, environmental health, occupational health, nutrition, school health, protection from injuries and accidents. |
| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
|
1st Week |
The historical development of public health, public health, definition and concepts |
|
2nd Week |
Demography and health, health indicators |
|
3rd Week |
Epidemiology |
|
4th Week |
Behavioral factors affecting health |
|
5th Week |
The relationship between environment and health, environmental health |
|
6th Week |
Occupational diseases, occupational health and safety |
|
7th Week |
Public health perspective, health planning, organization and evaluation |
|
8th Week |
Midterm exam |
|
9th Week |
The public health perspective, the importance of health education |
|
10th Week |
Introduction to special topics in public health |
|
11th Week |
Women's health, peproductive health, family planning |
|
12th Week |
Child health, adolescent health, immunization |
|
13th Week |
Control of communicable diseases, old age problems, the control of non-communicable diseases |
|
14th Week |
Public health in terms of accidents, disasters and disaster medicine |
|
15th Week |
Public health in terms of accidents, disasters and disaster medicine |
|
| Recommended or Required Reading | Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler. Güler Ç, Akın L (Eds), Hacettepe Üniversitesi Hastaneleri Basımevi, Genişletilmiş II. Baskı, Ankara, 2012. Yeni Halk Sağlığı (Acar-Vaizoğlu S, Ç. Ed.; The New Public Health Theodore T, Varavikova Ed.), Üçüncü Baskıdan Çeviri, Palme Yayınevi, 2019. Aslan D. Halk Sağlığı ve Beslenme. Hipokrat Kitabevi yayınları, 2021. |
| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Questions/Answers
- Discussion
|
| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
|
Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
30 |
| Assignment |
1 |
20 |
| Total(%) |
|
50 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
50 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
50 |
| Total(%) |
|
100 |
|
| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Individual or group work |
14 |
4 |
56 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
15 |
15 |
| Course hours |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
10 |
10 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Final exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Homework |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Article |
2 |
5 |
10 |
| Total Work Load | 135 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 4.5 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 5 |
|
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Work Placement(s) | No |