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Public Health and Epidemiology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:16.11.2022 12:17:43
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SVUEK_128 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Aija Bukova-Žideļūna | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Public Health and Epidemiology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 9 Kronvalda boulevard, svek rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67338307 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | Lecture Length (academic hours) | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic knowledge in normal and pathological physiology, biochemistry and mathematical statistics. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide knowledge about the basic issues of the public health sector and to learn the ideas, basic concepts and methods used in epidemiology in studying and solving health problems. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Health, public health, evidence-based public health | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Disease prevention, health promotion | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Sources of health information. Common, specific and standardised indicators | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Epidemiology. Causality. Basic indicators in epidemiology – incidence and prevalence | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Sampling and measurement errors. Descriptive studies | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Analytical studies. Association indicators. Screening. Evaluation of diagnostic tests | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Organisation of health care | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Social determinants of health | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Health, public health, evidence-based public health | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Disease prevention, health promotion | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Sources of health information. Common, specific and standardised indicators | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Epidemiology. Causality. Basic indicators in epidemiology – incidence and prevalence | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Sampling and measurement errors. Descriptive studies | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Analytical studies. Association indicators. Screening. Evaluation of diagnostic tests | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Organisation of health care | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Social determinants of health | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual work during classes, discussing the problems of the subject of the respective class, epidemiology calculations (basic epidemiological indicators, diagnostic test indicators, association indicators), work with scientific literature at home, presentation of independent work in class. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance of classes (10%), regular oral testing of understanding and skills during classes (10%); home assignments (20%); written exam (60%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | • Will define the concept of health and name the main categories of factors affecting health. • Will name the determinants of social health. • Will formulate the tasks of public health as science and practice. • Will define the levels of disease prevention and the basic functions of health promotion. • Will name the main principles of health care organisation and financing. • Will describe the basic concepts of modern epidemiology and application thereof in health sciences. • Will explain the concept of evidence-based health care. • Will explain the principles of prevalence and incidence calculation. • Will formulate basic demographic indicators. • Will define the basic principles of disease screening. • Will name the accuracy and performance indicators of diagnostic tests. • Will describe the types and sources of health information. • Will name research designs used in epidemiology, their characteristics, advantages and disadvantages. • Will define and explain association indicators used in epidemiology. | ||||||||
| Skills: | • Will name examples of factors affecting health in the specialty of nutrition. • Will describe examples of disease prevention and health promotion within one’s specialty. • Will calculate basic indicators of frequency of health events and conditions. • Will calculate basic demographic indicators. • Will differentiate between common, specific and standardised indicators. • Will calculate the accuracy and performance indicators of diagnostic tests. • Will differentiate and compare different sources of health information. • Will differentiate the types of epidemiological studies according to their design. • Will calculate association indicators used in epidemiology. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | • Will interpret the concept of health and factors affecting health in the specialty of nutrition. • Will substantiate the importance of health promotion and prevention in the specialty of nutrition. • Will apply the indicators of health event frequency and demographic indicators in health problem research. • Will critically evaluate health information depending on the data sources. • Will compare research results depending on the design of epidemiological studies and association indicators measured. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | M.Baltiņš. "Lietišķā epidemioloģija". Rīga, Zinātne, 2003., 354.lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Bouter, L.M., Zielhuis, G.A., Zeegers, M.P. Textbook of epidemiology. Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, 2018 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Beaglehole R., Bonita R., Kjellstrom T. Basic Epidemiology. Geneva: WHO, 2006. | ||||||||
| 2 | Gillam S., Yates J., Badrinath P. Essential Public Health. Theory and Practice. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. xiii, 335 p. | ||||||||
| 3 | Naidoo J., Wills J. Public Health and Health Promotion. Developing Practice. Elsevier Limited, 2005. xii, 283 p. | ||||||||
| 4 | Berkman L.F., Kawachi I. (ed.). Social Epidemiology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. xxii, 391 p. | ||||||||
| 5 | Tragakes E. u.c. Veselības aprūpes sistēmas pārejas periodā: Latvija. Pārskats par veselības aprūpes sistēmu. PVO Eiropas Reģionālais birojs, 2008. xxiv, 248 lpp. | ||||||||
| 6 | Figueras J. et al. (ed.). Health systems in transition: learning from experience. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2004. 152 p. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | European Health for All database (HFA-DB) | ||||||||
| 2 | https://www.cdc.gov | ||||||||
