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Principles of Public Health

Course Code:

ΚΝ-104

Semester:

1st-semester

Specialization Category:

ΜΕΥ

Course Hours:

3Θ/2Σ

ECTS:

6


Course Tutors

Barbouni Anastasia

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:

  • Understand the history of Public Health and its impact on contemporary Public Health issues
  • Understand and analyze the basic concepts, values and practices in Public Health
  • Recognize and analyze contemporary issues and challenges in Public Health
  • Describe and analyze Public Health policies to protect and improve the health of populations.
    They interpret the impact of policies and legislation on individual and population health.
  • They apply scientifically based knowledge to Public Health issues and contribute to the development of modern understanding of Public Health
  • They apply research tools and analytical methods to critically analyze, monitor and evaluate the health status of populations.
  • Compare and contrast the Public Health challenges faced in different regions around the world and understand the different policies implemented to manage them.

 

GENERAL SKILLS

  • Work in an interdisciplinary environment
  • Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
  • Autonomous and group work
  • Criticism

 

COURSE CONTENT

  • Introduction to Principles of Public Health: Definitions
  • Public Health, Hygiene, Population Health
  • The scientific fields that contribute to the development of Public Health
  • The functions of Public Health-Hygiene
  • Interventions in Public Health-Hygiene
  • The determinants of health
  • Introductory concepts
  • Traditional understanding of the Health-Disease relationship
  • The contribution of therapeutic progress to individual and social health
  • The Global Concept of Public Health
  • The relationship between health determinants
  • Prevention: Definitions and introductory concepts
  • Evaluation of public action in the health sector
  • Legal framework
  • Involved bodies
  • Organizations
  • Evaluation in the field of Public Health-Hygiene: introductory concepts
  • The sanitary observation
  • Definition and application
  • Observation methods in Greece and the OECD countries
  • Supervision of Public Health
  • Observation, supervision and download support
  • Health security
  • Definition and types of health crises
  • Legislative framework
  • Countermeasures
  • Education and Health Promotion
  • Definition and Principles of Health Education
  • The strategic promotions of Health

 

 

STUDENT EVALUATION

Written/Oral final exam (100%) including:

Multiple choice questions
Short development questions

 

RECOMMENDED-BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Κρεμαστινού-Κουρέα, Τ. 2010. Δημόσια Υγεία. Εκδόσεις Τεχνόγραμμα med
  • Τούντας, Γ. 2000. Κοινωνία και Υγεία. Οδυσσέας
  • Farmer, R., Lawrenson, R., Miller, D. 2010. Lecture Notes Επιδημιολογίας και δημόσιας υγείας, Εκδόσεις Παρισιάνου
  • Rosen, G. 2015. A history of public health. JHU Press

 

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