Health and environment

Subject:	Health and environment
Module:	Health Promotion
Holder of subject:	Dr Ivan Eržen, Associate Professor
Education providers:	Dr Ivan Eržen, Associate Professor
Contact hours - lectures:	50
Contact hours - seminar:	40
Contact hours - other forms of study:	20
Individual student work:	140
ECTS:	10
Level of study:	Second Bologna cycle study program Health Promotion
Semester:	Summer
Language:	Slovene/English
Subject specific competences:	Students: will have knowledge about influence of living environment on individuals health; aim of this subject is to promote understanding of meaning of ensuring fundamental conditions to create and maintain healthy living environment; aim of this subject is also to promote understanding of specific working methods to discover and control harmfulness in living environment.
Mandatory and recommended references:	Mandatory references: Eržen I et al. Zdravje in Okolje-izbrana poglavja. Maribot: Medicinska fakulteta 2010 M. Bilban, Medicina dela, Zavod za varstvo pri delu, Ljubljana, 1999. Recommended references: Coggon C. et al. National Integrated Programmes on Environment and Health. WHO 1993 Yassi A et al. Basic Environmental Health. Oxford University Press 2001 http://themes.eea.eu.int/ http://www.sigov.si/mop/ http://www.epa.gov/epahome/resource.htm
Conditions for the inclusion in the study:	Basic knowledge of public health.
Assessment methods:	written examination – 70 %, seminar work – 30 %.
Teaching methods:	Lectures, seminars, case study, student’s presentations, small group work, consultations, team work, individual work.