Course Description

Course Description Course Outline Course Contribution to Program Qualifications Assessment Methods ECTS-Workload Detail Informations of the Course Numerical Data

Course Description

Course	Code	Semester	T+P (Hour)	Credit	ECTS
PUBLIC HEALTH	-	Yearly	37+0	-	2

Course Program

Prerequisites Courses
Recommended Elective Courses

Language of Course	English
Course Level	First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Course Type	Committee Course
Course Coordinator	Assist.Prof. Ömer ATAÇ
Name of Lecturer(s)	Assist.Prof. Ömer ATAÇ, Assist.Prof. Hüseyin KÜÇÜKALİ, Assist.Prof. Ayşe Nur BALCI, Assoc.Prof. Perihan TORUN, Assist.Prof. Ayşe Gül YÜCESAN
Assistant(s)	Öğr.Gör.Dr. Zeynep Meva ALTAŞ
Aim	To explain the relationship between health and disease with social, environmental, economic and cultural variables; to assess community health to provide information on the epidemiological and demographic methods used; preventive medicine and promotinghealth service principles teach; explain the meaning and methods of health management; giving information about maternal and child health, community nutrition, vulnerable groups, occupational health and environmental health.
Course Content	This course contains; Public Health -Cancer Epidemiology ,Public Health -Quality of Life,Public Health -Genetic Epidemiology,Public Health -Vector-borne Diseases,Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and Outbreaks ,Control of Infectious Diseases,Immunization,Travel and Health ,Waterborne and Foodborne Diseases,Community Nutrition,Nutritional Epidemiology,Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes,School Health,Epidemiology of Noncommunicable Diseases ,Air Pollution and Effects on Health ,Airborne Diseases ,Climate Change and Effects on Health,Epidemiology of Neurologic and Psychiatric Problems ,Community Mental Health ,Violence as a Health Problem ,Environmental Health ,Health of Vulnerable Groups ,Health of the Elderly,Occupational Health and Safety,Occupational Diseases and Accidents,Accidents and Injuries.

Course Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
Learns the extent of the problem of diseases transmitted by vectors	10, 16, 9	A
Lists the important diseases carried by vectors	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention methods of malaria.	10, 16, 9	A
Defines the concept of health-related quality of life	10, 16, 9	A
Lists the measurement methods of quality of life and healthy life quality	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the definition of genetic epidemiology and genetic structure-environment interaction models	10, 16, 9	A
Lists research methods used in genetic epidemiology	10, 16, 9	A
Makes the definition of cancer epidemiology	10, 16, 9	A
Lists the frequency and distribution characteristics of cancer types	10, 16, 9	A
Explains cancer morbidity and mortality criteria	10, 16, 9	A
Defines the concepts of causation and risk factor in cancer	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the concepts of cancer prevention and palliative care	10, 16, 9	A
Explain the methods of evaluating the nutritional status of the population.	10, 16, 9	A
Lists the measures can be taken for important nutritional problems.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the control of food safety.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the important nutritional problems in Turkey and in the world.	10, 16, 9	A
Lists the measures to be taken to prevent nutritional problems.	10, 16, 9	A
Lists the causes and preventative measures of type 2 diabetes.	10, 16, 9	A
Learns the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in children, adolescents and adults	10, 16, 9	A
Defines the concept of school health and explains the school-health relationship.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains school health activities.	10, 16, 9	A
Explain the concept of non-communicable disease and explains the risk factors.	10, 16, 9	A
Explain the control methods of non-communicable diseases.	10, 16, 9	A
Defines air pollution, lists the main air pollutants and their effects.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the air quality index and lists the precautions to be taken.	10, 16, 9	A
List the important airborne diseases and the measures to be taken	10, 16, 9	A
Defines global warming/climate change and explains its causes.	10, 16, 9	A
Distinguishes the direct and indirect effects of climate change on health.	10, 16, 9	A
Defines the concepts of endemic, epidemic and pandemic.	10, 16, 9	A
Conducts an outbreak investigation.	10, 16, 9	A
Knows transmission ways of communicable diseases that are important for public health.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the infection chain and protection methods from communicable diseases.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the measures to be taken during communicable disease outbreaks.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the importance of cold chain.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the immunization schedule in our country.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the importance of travel health.	10, 16, 9	A
Lists frequent travel health problems and required travel vaccinations by country.	10, 16, 9	A
Lists the important diseases transmitted by water and food and the measures to be taken.	10, 16, 9	A
Lists the steps to be followed in taking water samples and the causes of food and water contamination.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the preventive measures required for reproductive health.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the frequencies of reproductive health problems in Turkey and world.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains sexually transmitted diseases that are important for public health.	10, 16, 9	A
Defines common problems during pregnancy and childbirth.	10, 16, 9	A
Lists the measures to be taken for healthy pregnancy, birth and safe motherhood.	10, 16, 9	A
Estimates maternal-child health level measurement methods.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the relationship between types of violence and public health.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the ways to prevent accidents.	10, 16, 9	A
Lists the health problems that may arise in situations such as earthquake, flood, war, etc. and lists the measures to be taken.	10, 16, 9	A
Makes the definition of accident and its types.	10, 16, 9	A
Explain the dimensions of work accidents and occupational diseases and their importance in terms of public health.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the scope of occupational health and lists the preventice measures required for occupational health and safety in the workplace.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the prevalance of important health problems of the geriatric age and the methods of prevention.	10, 16, 9	A
Lists the health risks faced by vulnerable groups and the required health services.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the vulnerable groups in population.	10, 16, 9	A
Lists the types of research methods used in environmental epidemiology and defines the essential concepts.	10, 16, 9	A
Defines environmental epidemiology and its characteristics.	10, 16, 9	A
Explain the methods of protection from important health problems arising from the environment.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains the relationship between air, water and soil pollution and health.	10, 16, 9	A
Explain the presentation model of community mental health services in our country.	10, 16, 9	A
Explain the concept of Community Mental Health Service and the developmental stages of Mental Health Services.	10, 16, 9	A
Explains high risk groups and prevention methods considering mental and neurological problems.	10, 16, 9	A
Lists the mental and neurological disorders that are important for public health	10, 16, 9	A

Teaching Methods:	10: Discussion Method, 16: Question - Answer Technique, 9: Lecture Method
Assessment Methods:	A: Traditional Written Exam

Course Outline

Order	Subjects	Preliminary Work
1	Public Health -Cancer Epidemiology	none
2	Public Health -Quality of Life	none
3	Public Health -Genetic Epidemiology	none
4	Public Health -Vector-borne Diseases	none
5	Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and Outbreaks	none
6	Control of Infectious Diseases	none
7	Immunization	none
8	Travel and Health	none
9	Waterborne and Foodborne Diseases	none
10	Community Nutrition	none
11	Nutritional Epidemiology	none
12	Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes	none
13	School Health	none
14	Epidemiology of Noncommunicable Diseases	none
15	Air Pollution and Effects on Health	none
16	Airborne Diseases	none
17	Climate Change and Effects on Health	none
18	Epidemiology of Neurologic and Psychiatric Problems	none
19	Community Mental Health	none
20	Violence as a Health Problem	none
21	Environmental Health	none
22	Health of Vulnerable Groups	none
23	Health of the Elderly	none
24	Occupational Health and Safety	none
25	Occupational Diseases and Accidents	none
26	Accidents and Injuries	none

Resources

1- ''Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health 6th Edition'' Detels,Gulliford, Abdool Karim, Tan, Oxford University Press, 2015. 2-“Applied Demography and Public Health” Nazrul Hoque, Mary A. McGehee, Benjamin S. Bradshaw (Eds.), Springer, 2013. 3-“Epidemiology: Principles and Practical Guidelines” Jan Van den Broeck, Jonathan R. Brestoff, Eds., 2013, Springer. 4-“Epidemiology and Demography in Public Health” Japhet Killewo (Ed. In Chief), H. Kristian Heggenhougen, Stella R. Quah (Eds.), 2010, Elsevier. 5-“Modern Methods for Epidemiology” Yu-Kang Tu, Darren C. Greenwood (Eds.), Springer, 2012.

Lecture Notes

Course Contribution to Program Qualifications

Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
No	Program Qualification	Contribution Level
No	Program Qualification	1	2	3	4	5
1	PQ1: Knows the morphological and functional normal and abnormal structure of human body.	X
2	PQ2: Knows the essential ways of determining the underlying causes of the pathologies with basic scientific approaches and the diagnoses of illnesses and disorders.		X
3	PQ3: Knows the reasons for illnesses, the ways of protection, and the methods of promotion and improvement of public health.					X
4	PQ4: Knows the methods of advancing his/her knowledge about health and its practice.		X
5	PQ5: Accesses, interprets and applies the advanced interdisciplinary information related to health.	X
6	PQ6: Performs a complete clinical examination of the human body, both morphologically and functionally and defines the problems.
7	PQ7: Interprets examination data for diagnoses, compares with clinical data, and provides solutions.
8	PQ8: Selects and applies appropriate tools for promotion and improvement of individual and public health.	X
9	PQ9: Plans and conducts an advanced study of health independently.
10	PQ10: Takes responsibility individually and as a team member to solve the problems encountered in the promotion and improvement of individual and public health.			X
11	PQ11: Takes responsibility for any intervention on the human body for the diagnosis and treatment.
12	PQ12: Determines personal learning requirements and decides and develops a positive lifelong learning attitude.	X
13	PQ13: Evaluates the information gained in the field of health with a critical approach.	X
14	PQ14: Informs the patient, the relevant people and institutions, and the public about the health problem and conveys recommendations of solutions in writing and/or verbally.		X
15	PQ15: Shares their recommendations on promotion and improvement of health with interdisciplinary experts by supporting with data.	X
16	PQ16: Uses English at least at the General Level of European Language Portfolio B1, follows resources in his/her field and communicates.
17	PQ17: Uses computer software, information, and communication technologies at least at the Advanced Level of European Computer Operating License.
18	PQ18: Acts in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of obtaining, interpreting, applying and announcing the data related to the field of health.		X
19	PQ19: Develops strategy, policy and implementation plans on health issues and evaluate the results obtained the framework of quality processes.
20	PQ20: Systematically shares his/her works on promoting and improving health with quantitative and qualitative data and interdisciplinary experts.		X
21	PQ21: Has sufficient awareness on occupational health and safety issues.					X

Assessment Methods

Contribution Level	Absolute Evaluation
Rate of Midterm Exam to Success		40
Rate of Final Exam to Success		60
Total		100

ECTS / Workload Table
Activities	Number of	Duration(Hour)	Total Workload(Hour)
Course Hours	37	1	37
Guided Problem Solving	0	0	0
Resolution of Homework Problems and Submission as a Report	0	0	0
Term Project	0	0	0
Presentation of Project / Seminar	0	0	0
Quiz	0	0	0
Midterm Exam	16	1	16
General Exam	16	1	16
Performance Task, Maintenance Plan	0	0	0
Total Workload(Hour)			69
*Dersin AKTS Kredisi = Toplam İş Yükü (Saat)/30=(69/30)**			2
ECTS of the course: 30 hours of work is counted as 1 ECTS credit.

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