FVPAA014 Public Health

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2023
Extent and Intensity
17/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Hynek Dolanský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kateřina Janků, Ph.D.
Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Bortlíková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The subject provides an overview of the complexity of issues related to public health policy and strategy. Based on a historical and ethical perspective, students can understand public health issues with an emphasis on health promotion and prevention of illness, on assistance to persons with various conditions and health consequences through an organized effort of the society. The subject explains the importance of health determinants in human life and the significance of risk factors that negatively impact health and result in disease, influencing the quality of life or increasing mortality. The determiners of worldwide significance are discussed. The significance of prevention and implemented quality in human life is presented as a major social issue requiring focused attention and continuous control. The subject explains health policy implemented to date and the WHO programmes of Health for all 2000, policy Health 21, as well as the European policy for health and well-being for the 21st century called Health 2020, considering their positive influence in meeting programme goals in the CR and elsewhere. Health literacy, as well as health education promoted in co-operation with governmental institutions, the Ministry of Health and health insurance companies belong to important activities related to fostering of public health in the population. The subject also presents the concept of health service and health care provision in the public health care system and health insurance Framework, explaining to students the progress in this are on a national and European scale. The importance of accessibility of health care and health services is stressed for individuals, families and communities, considering the occurrence of social inequalities. The social importance of health and health impairment and its criteria, including socioeconomic criteria, handle the issue in the context of national, European and world-wide demography. History of health care systems is explained, as well as their types, models and formation processes, their positives and negatives, differences, and the principles of solidarity and equity. International comparison is provided. The subject further delineates primary care and the so-called first-contact practitioners, i.e., the physicians who bring the health care closer to citizens, insured persons or patients in their places of residence and workplaces. Conditions for providing fully reimbursed, partly reimbursed and out-of-pocket covered services in the public health insurance system are explained along with legislative processes, organisation of health care, transformation in the CR after 1989 related to privatization processes, and issues concerning medical and non-medical health professions. Mechanisms of quality control in health care are discussed together with the role of the state and health insurance companies, issues related to review medicine and the position of physician reviewers and health care workers entitled to professional audits in the health insurance system. The importance of healthy ageing, quality of life, demand for and consumption of health and social care in old age is explained.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to Public Health Practice – What Is Public Health? – What Does Public Health Do? Public Health Structure.
    2. A History of the Public Health System.
    3. Health and Disease; key terms, WHO definition, differences in the concepts of health and illness, health potential, well-being, socioeconomic perspective of health, disease/illness and its consequences.
    4. Determinants of Health. The Social Value of Health, Public Health & Social Justice, Criteria and Impact of Impaired Health.
    5. Different Public Health Approaches. Public Health Approach Defined by Prevention. Medical Care Clinical, Prevention Population Health.
    6. Efficacy vs. Effectiveness vs. Equity.
    7. WHO Health Policy Health 21, Health 2020, Health 2030.
    8. Studies of the Health Status of Populations, the Health of National and International Populations, a Worldwide Comparison.
    9. Epidemiologic Indicators of Health Status to Guide Health Care Management Decision Making. Demography and Public Health.
    10. Public Health as Is Real Life; Global Health; Who Will Keep the Public Healthy?
    11. Health Care Systems: Types & Concept.
    12. Importance of Statistics and Information Systems in Health Care, International Classification of Disease ICD-10, Health Registers and Programs.
    Supplementary topic
    Private Health Insurance in OECD Countries: The Benefits and Costs for Individuals and Health Systems
    Project: What is public health in the student's country
    Tasks 1: What is the health insurance system in your country? What are Insurance-based health systems? (a) public Bismarck model of health care; b) private (voluntary) health insurance – liberal model of health care so-called market healthcare).
    Tasks 2: What is the healthcare system in your country? (National Health Service – paid from public taxes – Beveridge model / Semask (Semashko's) model /…
    The project will be sufficient for successfully completing the course.
    Discussion
    Discussion on global health research in the world and in the Czech Republic focused on selected global priorities (e.g. antimicrobial resistance, population ageing, climate change, etc.).
Literature
    required literature
  • DICLEMENTE, Ralph J., Richard A. CROSBY a Laura F. SALAZAR, 2020. Essentials of Public Health Research Methods. Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN 9781284175462.
  • DETELS, Roger, Martin GULLIFORD, Quarraisha Abdool KARIM a Chorh Chuan TAN, 2015. Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health: Oxford Textbook. 6th edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192534347.
  • TULCHINSKY, Theodore H., Elena A. VARAVIKOVA a , 2014. The New Public Health. Academic Press. ISBN 9780124157675.
  • ROSE, Geoffrey, 2008. Rose's Strategy of Preventive Medicine: The Complete Original Text. USA: Oxford University Press. Revised edition. ISBN 978-0192630971.
  • DEMARCO, Rosanna F. a Judith HEALEY-WALSH, 2019. Community & Public Health Nursing: Evidence for Practice. 3rd Edition. ISBN 978-1975111694.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Discussion
Consultation
Assessment methods
Test
Project: What is public health in the student's country?
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 17 HOD/SEM.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2018, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024, Winter 2024, Summer 2025.
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