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Planning and Evaluation of Science-Based Prevention Programmes

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:28.02.2023 14:21:29
Study Course Information
Course Code:MDAK_037LQF level:Level 7
Credit Points:4.00ECTS:6.00
Branch of Science:Clinical Medicine; Health CareTarget Audience:Nursing Science
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Olga Juhņeviča
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Riga, Anniņmuižas boulevard 26a, mdakatrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061568
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)12Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures24
Classes (count)12Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes24
Total Contact Hours48
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Public health and epidemiology, research, infection control, internal medicine and statistics.
Objective:
Able to create innovations and combine theory and methods in the planning and evaluation of science-based prevention programmes, understand their application in health care and learn to apply them in practice.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Classification and integration of sciences into practice. Relationship between science and social practice. Levels and methods of scientific knowledgeLectures1.00E-Studies platform
2The process of evidence-based medicine. Challenges in the development of science.Lectures1.00E-Studies platform
3Public health strategy in Latvia: overview, analysis, implementation in practice. Public health monitoring.Lectures1.00E-Studies platform
Classes2.00E-Studies platform
4Identification and formulation of a public health problem. Dimensions of health problems. Emerging problems in health care, Healthism. Methodological approaches to the study of health problems.Lectures2.00E-Studies platform
Classes2.00E-Studies platform
5Healthcare organisation. Health system, its functions. Improving the functioning of the healthcare system.Lectures1.00E-Studies platform
Classes2.00E-Studies platform
6Prevention models, types of prevention programs. Organization and implementation of disease prevention in Latvia. Outcome in health care. Fundamental principles for the further development of health in Europe.Lectures2.00E-Studies platform
Classes2.00E-Studies platform
7The scientific view of health. Conceptual analysis of the concept of health competence. Conceptual models of health behaviour. Principles of health promotion in prevention work.Lectures2.00E-Studies platform
Classes2.00E-Studies platform
8Stages and implementation of a scientifically based prevention programme: steps of the logic model, identification and evaluation of the intervention (indicators)Lectures2.00E-Studies platform
Classes2.00E-Studies platform
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Research work, development of a scientifically-based prevention programme in public health promotion.
Assessment Criteria:
Completion of assignments: 50%; Development of a scientifically based prevention programme, presentation, ability to answer questions: 50% Independent work, presentation of independent work.
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:Will be able to create new knowledge in the process of integration of science in the organisation of public health strategy.
Skills:Will be able to reasonably explain aspects, identify scientifically based problems in the health care system.
Competencies:Will be able to plan, develop and evaluate a science-based prevention program to promote public health.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Veselības veicināšanas un slimību profilakses plāns, Aktualizēts Veselības veicināšanas un slimību profilakses starpsektoru sadarbības komitejā 14.06.2019.
2Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Europe / Copenhagen : WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2019
3Latvijas Zinātņu Akadēmijas stratēģija 2021.-2027. gadam. Latvijas Zinātņu Akadēmija, 2021, 43.lpp
4Daiga Behmane, Alina Dudele, Anita Villeruša, et.al. Latvia Health System Review 2019, Health Systems in Transition. Vol 21 No 4, 2019 Dec; 21(4):1-165
5Konceptuālais ziņojums "Par veselības aprūpes sistēmas reformu". (Ministru kabineta 2017. gada 7. augusta rīkojums Nr. 394)
6Pamatnostādņu projekts "Sabiedrības veselības pamatnostādnes 2021.-2027.gadam". Veselības Ministrija, 2021
7Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students:
8Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Europe / Copenhagen : WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2019
Additional Reading
1Ināra Upmale. Pieaugušo veselības izglītības darba organizācija un vadība primārās veselības aprūpes māsas praksē. Promocijas darbs, LU, Rīga, 2013., 201. lpp.
2Juris Bārzdiņš. Uz procesu orientētas vadīšanas ieviešanas iespējas slimnīcā. Promocijas darbs, LU, Rīga 2015., 190. lpp.
3Preventing disease through healthy environments : a global assessment of the burden of disease from environmental risks \ Geneva : WHO,2016
4Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students:
5Preventing disease through healthy environments : a global assessment of the burden of disease from environmental risks \ Geneva : WHO,2016
Other Information Sources
1Promoting health, preventing disease: the economic case / Maidenhead: Berkshire, 2015., 25. p
2Health System Efficiency: How to make measurement matter for policy and management / WHO, 2016., 266.p