Public health and the basic principles of health promotion

Public health and the basic principles of health promotion
Module:	Basic Sciences
ECTS:	4
Contact hours – lectures:	40
Contact hours – seminar:	20
Contact hours – clinical exercises:
Contact hours – clinical practice:
Holder of subject:	Dr Maja Socan, Assistant Professor
Year of study:	First
Public health and the basic principles of health promotion
Contact hours – lectures:	40
Contact hours – seminar:	20
Contact hours – clinical exercises:
Contact hours – clinical practice:
Holder of subject:	Dr Maja Socan, Assistant Professor
Education providers:	Dr Maja Socan, Assistant Professor Marjetka Hovnik Keršmanc, MSc, Senior Lecturer Alenka Hafner, Senior Lecturer Mateja Bahun, Senior Lecturer
Level of study:	First Bologna cycle professional education study program
Semester:	Winter
Language:	Slovene/English
Subject-specific competences:	A student: becomes familiar with the basic public health concepts and functions; becomes familiar with the environmental and socio-economic determinants of health; becomes familiar with health indicators and health information sources and the health status of Slovenian population; becomes familiar with key public health care challenges; becomes familiar with key public health approaches to control major public health issues; becomes familiar with organizational models and economics of health care systems, with an emphasis on health care in Slovenia; obtains basic knowledge about health insurance.
Mandatory references:	Socan, M., 2013. Javno zdravje: visokošolski učbenik za študijski program Zdravstvena nega. Jesenice: Visoka šola za zdravstveno nego. Zorko, M., Hočevar, T., Tančič Grum, A., Kerstin Petrič, V., Radoš Krnel, S., Lovrečič, M., Lovrečič, B., Dernovšek M.Z., Hovnik-Keršmanc, M. & Ivanuša, M., eds, 2014. Alkohol v Sloveniji. trendi v načinu pitja, zdravstvene posledice škodljivega pitja, mnenja akterjev in predlogi ukrepov za učinkovitejšo alkoholno politiko. Ljubljana: Nacionalni inštitut za javno zdravje. Available at: http://www.nijz.si/sites/www.nijz.si/files/publikacije-datoteke/alkohol_v_sloveniji_0.pdf Bajt, M., Gabrijelčič Blenkuš, M., Jeriček Klanšček, H., Kovše, K., Kofol Bric, T., Pribakovič Brinovec, R., Roškar, S., Tomšič, S., Štokelj, R., Zorko, M., eds., 2009. Duševno zdravje v Sloveniji. Ljubljana: Inštitut za varovanje zdravja Republike Slovenije. Available at: http://www.nijz.si/sites/www.nijz.si/files/datoteke/dusevno_zdravje_publikacija.pdf Koprivnikar, H., Gabrijelčič Blenkuš, M. & Drev, A., 2012. Vsevladni pristop za zdravje in blaginjo prebivalcev in zmanjševanje neenakosti v zdravju. Ljubljana: Inštitut za varovanje zdravja Republike Slovenije. Available at: http://www.nijz.si/sites/www.nijz.si/files/publikacije-datoteke/vsevladni_pristop_za_zdravje_in_blaginjo_prebivalcev.pdf
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Study obligations:	50% obligatory attendance at lectures
Assessment methods:	Examination (100%)