AGEING AND PROBLEMS

PUBH532

Course Code: PUBH532
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 8

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Rengin Erdal

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Discuss the healthy and active ageing strategies

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course aims to teacch the characteristics and health determinants of the elderly

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Defining health and ageing
2^nd Week	A conceptual framework for the health of the elderly
3^rd Week	Demographic transition and health of the elderly
4^th Week	Determinants of the health of the elderly
5^th Week	Health priorities for elderly
6^th Week	Non communicable diseases in the elderly
7^th Week	Mental health in the elderly
8^th Week	Injury prevention in the elderly
9^th Week	Improving the health of the elderly
10^th Week	Ageing and Gender
11^th Week	Elderly abuse
12^th Week	Elderly rights
13^th Week	Actions toward healthy ageing
14^th Week
15^th Week

Recommended or Required Reading

1. Cutler D.M, Wise D.A. Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability Among the Elderly University Of Chicago Press, 2009
2. Karadakovan Ayfer. Yaşlı Sağlığı ve Bakım. 2014
3. Wan He, Daniel Goodkind, and Paul Kowal U.S. Census Bureau, International Population Reports, P95/16-1, An Aging World: 2015, U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, DC,2016
4. WHO. World report on ageing and health. 2015

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Problem Solving
Questions/Answers
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Assignment	10	30
Total(%)		60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		40
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	12	12
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	8	112
Preparation for Final exam	1	24	24
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework	10	4	40
Total Work Load			230
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			7.66
ECTS Credit of the Course			8

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1
K1	X
K2
K3
K4
K5	X
K6	X
K7
K8
K9
K10	X
K11	X