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Theory of Public Health
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:29.08.2024 11:14:48
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SVUEK_037 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Anita Villeruša | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Institute of Public Health | ||||||||
| 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) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Public health and epidemiology, ethics, philosophy, sociology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of the study course is to acquaint students with the diversity of the theoretical basis used in public health research and practice, to develop students' understanding of the link between evidence-based public health policy, practice and research, developing the ability to critically analyze the situation, to develop, adapt and implement proposals and to evaluate the achievements in various sub-areas of public health. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Development of public health as practice and science in a historical context. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The role of the state in the health of the individual and the health of the population. Areas of activity and competencies of public health services and specialists, the greatest achievements in public in the last century. The range of future public health issues and challenges. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Philosophical and ethical aspects of public health. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Population health at the macro and micro levels, health determinants. Social and ecological understanding of health. The concept of causation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Types of evidence, their acquisition and use. Principles of choosing the problem to be solved. Epidemiology in support of evidence-based Public Health. Strategic planning as a tool for problem solving. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Evidence-based public health policies and practices for reducing infectious and non-communicable diseases. Example: Covid-19 pandemic response strategies globally and nationally. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Application of sociological theories in public health research and practice. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Possibilities of using sociological theories and their usefulness in generating theoretical and practical innovations in public health. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Significance of different sociological concepts – social capital, disease narratives, social construction of health and disease, stigma, social context of suicide, agency and structure – and their application in public health. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Society and health. Causes and solutions of the formation of sociological concepts. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Application of key theories that explain an individual's behavior and behavior between the individual and the societal level in public health practice. The process of health behavior change, the factors that affect it. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Theories used in health promotion. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | The process of implementing the goals and tasks set in the public health policy. Use of theories in program planning, implementation and evaluation. Planning models. Prioritization. Advocacy and lobbying. Community involvement. Opportunities to influence the government, media support. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Politics in public health and public health policy at different levels. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Evaluation of public health policies and programs. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Types of public health policy and program evaluation, designs, indicators. Selection and development of indicators. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Situation analysis, policy evaluation – independent works prepared and submitted in writing. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Participation in the course, group work (20%,); situation analysis, policy evaluation – individual task submitted and presented (30%), written exam (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Will be able to comment on the diversity of theories used in public health; illustrate current public health issues and define the most effective approaches to address them. | ||||||||
| Skills: | To find and systematize the main documents supporting public health policy; to substantiate the origin of public health problems with evidence, to explain their multifactorial etiology; to prepare an analysis and assessment of the state of public health in a specific environment; select and calculate various indicators. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Apply various theories in solving public health problems and choose the most effective prevention options and argue them. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Essential Public Health, Theory and Practice. S.Gillam, J.Yates, P. Badrinath. Cambridge University Press, 2012. (ProQuestEbookCentral) | ||||||||
| 2 | Evidence- Based Public Health. 3rd ed. Ross C.Brownson, Elizabeth A.Baker, Terry L.Leet, Katheleen N.Gillespie. Oxford University Press, 2018. | ||||||||
| 3 | Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice. 4th ed. Edited by: Ichiro Kawachi, Lain Lang and Walter Ricciardi. Oxford University Press, 2022 | ||||||||
| 4 | Transdisciplinary Public Health : Research, Education, and Practice. Haire-Joshu, Debra; McBride, Timothy D. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013 (ProQuestEbookCentral) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Managing Chronic Conditions. Experience in eight countries. Ellen Nolte, Cecile Knai, Martin McKee. European Observatory on Health System and Policies, WHO, 2008. | ||||||||
| 2 | Developing Practice for Public Health and Health Promotion. Jennie Naidoo and Jane Wills, Bailliere Tindall. 2010 | ||||||||
| 3 | Principles of Public Health Practice. F.Douglas Scutchfield, C.William Keck. Thomson/Delmar Learning, 2003 | ||||||||
| 4 | Textbook of International Health: Global Health in a Dynamic World. 3rd ed. by Anne-Emanuelle Birn (Author), Yogan Pillay (Author), Timothy H. Holtz (Author). 2009 | ||||||||
| 5 | Ecological Public Health: Reshaping the Conditions for Good Health. Rayner, Geof; Lang, Tim. Taylor & Francis Group, 2012 (ProQuestEbookCentral) | ||||||||
| 6 | A History of Public Health, Revised expanded version. Georg Rosen. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015. | ||||||||
| 7 | Rose's strategy of preventive medicine. Geoffrey Rose. Oxford University Press, 2008. | ||||||||
| 8 | Oxford textbook of global public health. 7th ed., edited by Roger Detels, Robert Beaglehole, Mary Ann Lansang and Martin Gulliford. Oxford University Press, 2021 | ||||||||
| 9 | Lietišķā epidemioloģija. Māris Baltiņš. Zinātne, 2003, 11- 51. | ||||||||
| 10 | Eiropas slimību profilakses un kontroles centra dati un publikācijas | ||||||||
| 11 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 12 | Oxford textbook of global public health. 7th ed., edited by Roger Detels, Robert Beaglehole, Mary Ann Lansang and Martin Gulliford. Oxford University Press, 2021 | ||||||||
| 13 | Rose's strategy of preventive medicine. Geoffrey Rose. Oxford University Press, 2008. | ||||||||
| 14 | A History of Public Health, Revised expanded version. Georg Rosen. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015. | ||||||||
| 15 | Ecological Public Health: Reshaping the Conditions for Good Health. Rayner, Geof; Lang, Tim. Taylor & Francis Group, 2012 (ProQuestEbookCentral) | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | PVO un Eiropas reģiona datu bāzes Health for All, Whosis u.c. un publikācijas www.who.int/research/en; www.who.int/whosis/en/; | ||||||||
| 2 | CDC datu bāzes un publikācijas | ||||||||
| 3 | Global Health Observatory (GHO) publikācijas | ||||||||
| 4 | Veselība 2020, https://www.spkc.gov.lv/lv/starptautiskie-dokumenti/veselib… | ||||||||
| 5 | Nacionālais attīstības plāns (NAP 2020 un NAP 2027) | ||||||||
| 6 | Eiropas Observatorija | ||||||||
| 7 | Latvijas Sabiedrības veselības pamatnostādnes 2014.-2020. | ||||||||
| 8 | Sabiedrības veselības analīze Latvijā, statistikas apkopojumi veselības apsekojuma rezultāti LR Centrālā Statistikas pārvalde, www.csb.gov.lv; u.c. | ||||||||
