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Social Hygiene

Course Code:

ΔΥ-501

Semester:

5th-semester PH

Specialization Category:

ΜΕΥ

Course Hours:

3Θ

ECTS:

4,5


Course Tutors

Laggas Dimitrios

 

LEARNING RESULTS

The aim of the course is for students to understand:

  • the concept of Social Diseases
  • Social Policy actions
  • building a public policy that supports Health
  • creating a supportive environment
  • the formulation of programme measures, structures and a modern concept of Health and Disease.

To acquire skills related to:

  • the analysis and recognition of the social factors of the Disease affecting the health of the people living in the society
  • the contribution of Primary Health Care to New Public Health
  • the specificities of populations in particular living conditions.

 

GENERAL SKILLS

The aim of the course is to give an insight into the skills and knowledge acquired by the Student.

The student searches, analyzes and synthesizes data and information, using the necessary modern technologies and tools of Social Hygiene

(In the search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary modern technologies and tools of Social Hygiene) Ακριβής μετάφραση πρωτοτύπου.

Adaptation to new technologies and know-how of modern Social Hygiene shaped by the evolution of Society and leading the student to acquire skills for:

  • decision-making to address social diseases
  • autonomous work for the health inspection of social diseases
  • teamwork with other scientists in the interdisciplinary team for addressing social diseases
  • work in an international environment on tackling social diseases created by population movements deliberately or not
  • work in an interdisciplinary environment addressing social diseases
  • generating new research ideas for control and eradication
  • planning and management of projects aimed at better problem management
  • respect for the diversity and multiculturalism often displayed by social diseases
  • respect for the natural environment and control of technology that directly or indirectly assist the presence of tropical diseases
  • demonstrating social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues
  • criticism and self-criticism in the way social diseases are treated.

 

CORSE CONTENT

The aim is to acquire knowledge and develop skills that will enable them to respond to the modern health needs of sensitive population groups and to address Social Diseases and consequently the Social Crises that follow.

  • In general for the Historical Evolution of Social Hygiene and the characterization of Social Diseases. Social Hygiene Actions and Relations with Social Policy. Social knowledge, Medical And Social Assessment, Medical- Social care planning, Assessment of family needs, Cultural awareness
  • Contribution of Primary Health Care to sensitive population groups
  • Social Diseases: Alcoholism, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, AIDS, Disabilities, Gonococcal Urethritis, Hepatitis B, Smoking, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy), Drugs-Drug Addiction, Acute Warts, Syphilis, Down Syndrome, Trichomoniasis, Trachoma, Traffic Accidents, Poverty -Unemployment, Tuberculosis, Adolescent
  • Natural History, Etiology, Reservoirs, Incubation Time, Transmission, Spread and Infection Mechanism, Clinical Image, Pathogen action, Socio-economic knowledge that citizens need to know about the Disease. Medical And Social Care Planning, Emerging Social Problems (directly and from the outside), Creation of a Supportive Environment, Assessment of the needs of the patient’s Family, Strategy for Disease Control and Treatment.
  • Living conditions of Special Populations, Humanitarian Assistance: specifications, skills, training and experience.
  • Characteristics of humanitarian crises for which humanitarian workers must be prepared.

 

STUDENT EVALUATION

The evaluation language is Greek.

During the course, students are pointed out the basic and specialized subjects of the course that they should know. In particular, at the beginning of the semester, a small-scale project with special characteristics is assigned which the student presents to his/her fellow students. They also do group exercises. Finally, the final written examination at the end of the semester as planned by the Department. The final written examination and the individual assessments (presence, exercises, assignment) shape the final grade of the course.

 

RECOMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Greek bibliography

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Foreign language bibliography

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