UOGP029 Public Health Protection

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2020
Extent and Intensity
9/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Hana Ševčíková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. MUDr. Rastislav Maďar, Ph.D., MBA, FRCPS.
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Veronika Slováček Hagenová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is conceived as theoretical course. It is based on goals of the National Health Program. It provides pivotal information on hygiene and epidemiology related to public health protection and support, on prevention of occurrence and spreading and on restriction of occurrence of infectious diseases, on mass-occurrence diseases, on occupational illnesses and other important health impairments. It acquaints the students with general epidemiology and epidemiological work methods, prevention of nosocomial infections, issues of drug addiction, its hazards, prevention and treatment and subsequent care in case of addiction.
Syllabus
  • 1. Position of hygiene in the system of individual and community health sciences.
    2. Fields of hygiene, organizational scheme of hygiene services and hygiene care.
    3. Hygiene of the environment, knowledge and estimation of hazardous factors. Environment protection including legislation.
    4. Occupational medicine. Definitions and contents, hazardous factors of work environment, their assessment and biological impact. Principles of primary and secondary prevention.
    5. Hygiene of children and adolescents. General sanitary requirements on facilities for children and adolescents. Health risks for children and adolescents, prevention potential.
    6. Hygiene of nutrition. Principles of well-balanced diet. Nutrition of specific groups of people.
    7. Basic principles of epidemiological work method.
    Basic principles of general and special epidemiology of infectious diseases. Routes of infection transmission.
Literature
    required literature
  • Šrámová, H. Nozokomiální nákazy. Praha: Maxdorf, 2013. ISBN 978-80-726-2597-0. info
  • ŠEVČÍKOVÁ, H. Přenosné nemoci (obecná část). Distanční studijní opora [online]. c2012, posl. akt. srpen 2012 [cit. 2012-08-23]. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
  • ŠEVČÍKOVÁ, H. Přenosné nemoci (speciální část 1). Distanční studijní opora [online]. c2012, posl. akt. srpen 2012 [cit. 2012-08-23]. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
  • ŠEVČÍKOVÁ, H. Přenosné nemoci (speciální část 2). Distanční studijní opora [online]. c2012, posl. akt. srpen 2012 [cit. 2012-08-23]. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
  • MAĎAR, R. a kol. Prevence nozokomiálních nákaz v klinické praxi. Praha:Grada, 2006. ISBN 80-247-1673-9. info
    recommended literature
  • GÖPFERTOVÁ, D., PAZDIORA, P., DÁŇOVÁ, J. Epidemiologie infekčních nemocí. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 2005. ISBN 80-2460-452-3. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 9 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Successful credit test, cut-off score: 80%
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2020, recent)
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