Course Name | Health and Society: Epidemiology |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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HIM 102 | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Required | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
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Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | The course aims to let the students to learn the basic concepts of health and society and the relation between these concepts. Besides this course aims to provide students with the knowledge of basic determinants of public health, risk factors, and various health systems. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | The course will basically structured around two main concepts and individual health and society health. The course content design to teach the basic concepts of creating and sustaining healthy societies. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction What do we mean by a Healthy Society? | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
2 | The Concept of Health and Basic Concepts | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
3 | Health and Diseases | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
4 | Bayram | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
5 | The Major Determinants of Health Environment, Behaviour, Heritage, Health Services | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
6 | Determining the Health of Society The major risk factors | |
7 | Midterm | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
8 | Health Practices and Its Importance The examples of health development practices HW: The examples of practices that are developed to improve public health and the evaluation of its results | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
9 | Health Policies that Effect Societies Demographic factors, local management practices, human resources, environmental issues, drugs, crisis HW Delivery! | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
10 | Education-Occupation- Income Level and Health Rural and urban areas | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
11 | Society, Gender and Health Interaction | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
12 | Basic Healthcare practices in Turkey Protective, rehabilitation and curing | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
13 | Traditional Curing Methods | |
14 | Presentation | |
15 | Presentation | |
16 | Review of the Semester |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Parts from the reference of instructor and PowerPoint presentations. |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Sağlık Bakanlığı ve TÜİK İstatistikleri, The World Health Reports (2000-2012), WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler, Editörler: Bertan M, Güler Ç. Güneş Kitabevi Ltd.Şti. Ankara, 1995 Denise M. Oleske. Epidemiology and Delivery of Health Care Services. (2009) Springer |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 5 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 15 |
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 3 | 45 |
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | 1 | 35 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 5 | 65 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 35 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 3 | 45 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | ||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 3 | 10 | |
Presentation / Jury | |||
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 20 | ||
Final Exams | 1 | 25 | |
Total | 148 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
1 | To be able to acquire and use theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of health management. | X | |||||
2 | To be able to create and use new information by integrating information in the field of health management with information from different disciplines | X | |||||
3 |
| X | |||||
4 |
| X | |||||
5 |
| X | |||||
6 |
| X | |||||
7 |
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8 |
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9 |
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10 |
| X | |||||
11 |
| X | |||||
12 |
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13 |
| X |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest