| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 4 |
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| 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
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | There are no other recommended courses related to this course. |
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| 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. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
The historical development of public health, public health, definition and concepts |
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2nd Week |
Demography and health, health indicators |
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3rd Week |
Epidemiology |
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4th Week |
Behavioral factors affecting health |
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5th Week |
The relationship between environment and health, environmental health |
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6th Week |
Occupational diseases, occupational health and safety |
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7th Week |
Public health perspective, health planning, organization and evaluation |
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8th Week |
Midterm exam |
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9th Week |
The public health perspective, the importance of health education |
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10th Week |
Introduction to special topics in public health |
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11th Week |
Women's health, peproductive health, family planning |
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12th Week |
Child health, adolescent health, immunization |
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13th Week |
Control of communicable diseases, old age problems, the control of non-communicable diseases |
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14th Week |
Public health in terms of accidents, disasters and disaster medicine |
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| 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. |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Questions/Answers
- Discussion
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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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 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
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| Individual or group work |
15 |
3 |
45 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
10 |
10 |
| Course hours |
15 |
3 |
45 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
6 |
6 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
|
|
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| Final exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Homework |
1 |
10 |
10 |
| Total Work Load | 118 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 3.93 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 4 |
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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