UONP008 Health Education

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/20/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Yvetta Vrublová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Zdeňka Římovská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Yvetta Vrublová, Ph.D.
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Veronika Slováček Hagenová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
UONP008/A: Wed 27. 9. 13:05–17:10 C307, Wed 4. 10. 12:15–16:20 C307, Wed 25. 10. 12:15–16:20 C307, Thu 2. 11. 8:55–13:00 C307, Z. Římovská
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
Course Annotation: The course is conceived as a theoretical-practical one. It is part of the complex of courses which profiled graduate to work in primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare sector. It enables students to acquire professional knowledge of supporting and maintaining health by following a healthy lifestyle in different periods of human life. It introduces to the problems of addiction, its risks, prevention, treatment and aftercare. Students gain knowledge for effective education and provision of information on the risks ascertained and in case of direct threat to the health of individuals, families and communities.
Learning outcomes
Competences: Students can explain the role of midwives
Expertise: knowledge of the importance of health education and its integration into the healthcare system,
Professional skills: students understand health education as an integral part of prevention in all age groups of the individual and in various communities with regard to ethnic differences
General qualification: Student are able to lead the individual to a healthy lifestyle
Competence - professional knowledge and skills in the field of education towards a healthy lifestyle and maintaining health.
Syllabus
  • 1. Health and disease, the definition of basic concepts, determinants of health, perception of health and illness, attitudes towards one’s own health. 2. Lifestyle. 3. Stress. 4. Health education, preventive programs in the Czech Republic. 5. Movement, receipt and distribution of nutrition, excess weight, obesity and their risks. 6. Eating disorders. 7. Addictive substances, alcohol, nicotine. 8. Drugs, addiction, treatment, preventive programs. 9. Education towards healthy sex life. 10. Sexual abuse, prostitution. 11. Bullying, cyberbullying, social networks and their risks. 12. Coping with life’s difficulties. Economic dependence. 13. -20. Presentation of prevention programs, model situations.
Literature
    required literature
  • MACHOVÁ, J., KUBÁTOVÁ, D. a kol. Výchova ke zdraví. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2715-8. info
  • PLEVOVÁ, I. a kol. Ošetřovatelství II. Grada Publishing, a. s., 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3558-0. info
    recommended literature
  • WASSERBAUER, S. Výchova ke zdraví. Praha: SZU 1999.
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Psychologie zdraví. Praha: Portál, 2001. ISBN 80-7178-551-2. info
Assessment methods
Fulfilment of 80% instruction attendance (students who could not attend compulsory instruction for serious reasons will be assigned an alternative way of fulfilling their study requirements).
Credit - preparation of a presentation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Accreditation winter, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2023, recent)
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