| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Bachelor's Degree |
| YEAR OF STUDY | 3 |
| SEMESTER | Fifth Term (Fall) |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 3 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | Assistant Professor Merve Özdemir
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) will learn social and biological factors that affect health status
2) will know risk groups in a community
3) will learn health promotion practices for risk groups
4) will learn public nutrition problems and its origin
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | No |
| COURSE DEFINITION | Development of student's knowledge and skills on community structure, measurements of community health status and construction of health systems. |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | Explanation of Terms / Factors Affecting Social Structure | | 2nd Week | Methods of Determining the Health Status of the Community / Social sciences-health relationship | | 3rd Week | Social Factors Affecting Health Level / Concept of Health and Disease | | 4th Week | Gender-health interaction / Education level, occupation, income level and health | | 5th Week | Rural-urban area and health / Food production and eating habits | | 6th Week | Traditional approaches in the treatment of diseases / Health care systems | | 7th Week | Midterm | | 8th Week | Communication in health services / Criteria showing the health level of the community | | 9th Week | Risk groups in society / Place of women in society, gender | | 10th Week | Anthropometric methods in determining nutrition and health status / Mother Health and pregnancy period | | 11th Week | Infancy and Childhood / Common feeding problems in society, suggestions for solution / School age and adolescence | | 12th Week | Infectious Diseases / Environmental Health / | | 13th Week | Adults and Elderly | | 14th Week | Overview |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler. Editörler : Bertan M, Güler Ç. Güneş Kitabevi Ltd.Şti., Ankara, 1995.
Bilir N. Epidemiyoloji. Hatiboğlu yayınları ; 24. Ders kitabı dizisi ; 14, 1989. ISBN:9789757527114
WHO: The World Health Reports (2000-2009). Geneva, Switzerland.
Türkiye Nüfus ve Sağlık Araştırması 1998-2003-2008. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Nüfus Etüdleri Enstitüsü, Ankara.
Sağlık Bakanlığı İstatistikleri, TÜİK İstatistikleri, DPT Verileri. |
| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Practice,Project,Presentation |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 40 | | Assignment | 1 | 10 | | Total(%) | | 50 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 50 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 50 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Preparation for Quiz | | | | | Individual or group work | | | | | Preparation for Final exam | 14 | 1 | 14 | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | 7 | 2 | 14 | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Homework | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Total Workload | | | 82 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 2,73 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 3 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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