Course: Protection and promotion of public health

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Course title Protection and promotion of public health
Course code FZS/OPV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Loosová Jana, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1) Introduction to the protection and promotion of public health; historical remarks on the development of medicine and public health; definition and interpretation of the concepts of health, disease; ethical aspects of health; definition of primary, secondary, tertiary health care; historical and current role of prevention and primary care in the health care of the population 2) Health determinants, their nature, dynamics and validity; methods of assessing the health status of the population; health indicators of the population in the Czech Republic, dynamics of development and comparison of these parameters on the European and world scale; health statistics and informatics, application in public health, basic statistical methods and their use; National Health Information System 3) Health legislation of the Czech Republic in the context of the constitutional and legal system of the Czech Republic and the EU legal system; legal status of health care institutions (MO), insurance companies, professional organizations (chambers), professional societies, providers and health professionals as individuals in the Czech healthcare system; the main legal standards currently in force in the health sector; selected problems of health insurance and special sections of health law, data protection in health care 4) Health policy, definition of health systems, interpretation of terms, objectives and strategies and instruments of health policy, development of European and world health policy; World Health Organization (WHO), WHO programs; WHO's European strategy for the 21st century; health policy in the Czech Republic, development, current situation and perspectives, comparison in the EU context 5) Health care economy and health care financing, general principles of economy in health care, description of basic health systems in terms of financing; description of health care financing in the Czech Republic; drug policy and its application 6) Medical facility management; characteristics of basic types of healthcare facilities providing health care; primary care facilities as an essential tool for influencing the health of the population; basic links of health and social care 7) Regional health policy; overview of the regional health system; basic importance, role and basic organizational chart of regional hospital; emergency medical services (RZP, LZS), pre-hospital health care; medical facility management; professional and hospital care facilities; information technologies, information systems as tools for management of medical facilities, expert information systems and support of clinical activities 8) Hygiene and epidemiology within the framework of public health protection 1: explanation of basic terms, description of basic environmental factors influencing health, risk assessment in the environment (work), organization and tasks of health service in health care system, occupational diseases 9) Hygiene and epidemiology in public health protection 2: monitoring the quality and safety of healthcare provided; Health Care Infections (HAI) accreditation, medical facility certification

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Students' self-study
Learning outcomes
The course is designed as theoretical. It is based on the objectives of the National Health Program. It provides essential information on hygiene and epidemiology in protecting and promoting public health, preventing, spreading and reducing the incidence of infectious diseases, mass diseases, work-related illnesses and other major health disorders.
Students obtain knowledge in given course in accordance with requirements and course programme.
Prerequisites
Preconditions are frased in the annotation of the course and in the curriculum of the studying programme.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Classified credit: - self-study, - 80% participation in classes, - written test and oral examination.
Recommended literature
  • Současně platná legislativa vztahující se k hygienickým oborům a ochraně veřejného zdraví..
  • Základní dokumenty WHO.
  • Zákon č. 258/2000 Sb., o ochraně veřejného zdraví a jeho příslušné prováděcí předpisy.
  • Zákon č. 372/2011 Sb., o zdravotních službách a podmínkách jejich poskytování (zákon o zdravotních službách).
  • HAMPLOVÁ, Lidmila. Veřejné zdravotnictví a výchova ke zdraví: pro zdravotnické obory. Praha: Grada, 2019. ISBN 978-80-271-0568-7.
  • JANEČKOVÁ, Hana a Helena HNILICOVÁ. Úvod do veřejného zdravotnictví. Praha: Portál, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7367-592-9.
  • KRÝSA, Ivo. Zákon o ochraně veřejného zdraví: komentář. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7552-070-8.
  • MALINA, Antonín. Úvod do veřejného zdravotnictví pro nelékaře. Praha: Institut postgraduálního vzdělávání, 2013. ISBN 978-80-87023-29-7.
  • MÜLLEROVÁ, Dana a Anna AUJEZDSKÁ. Hygiena, preventivní lékařství a veřejné zdravotnictví. Praha: Karolinum, 2014. ISBN 978-80-246-2510-2.


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