Subject:

Health and vulnerable groups

Module:

Health Promotion

Holder of subject:

Dr Špela Razpotnik, Assistant Professor

Education providers:

  • Dr Špela Razpotnik, Assistant 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:
 
  • To understand connectedness of socialy-structural factors to social group`s position.
  • To recognize and understand effects of existing policies and strategies at health protection.
  • To learn about characteristics of vulnerable groups
  • To learn about and analyse local strategies in health, specially from the aspect of vulnerable groups
  • To recognize key concepts according to vulnerable groups and their accessibility to health care system.
  • To encourage students for reflexion and creating inovations.

Mandatory  and recommended references:

Mandatory references:

  • BELOVIĆ, Branislava in KRAJNC NIKOLIĆ, Tatjana. (2011). Dejavniki, ki vplivajo na zdravje Romov v Pomurju. Murska Sobota: Zavod za zdravstveno varstvo.
  • FLAKER, Vito (2002)  Živeti s heroinom I. in II. Ljubljana: *cf. 
  • NOLIMAL, Dušan, LESKOVŠEK, Evita, POKRAJAC, Tatjana (2008). Ovire v dostopnosti in dosegljivosti programov pomoči: vidiki uporabnikov prepovedanih drog v Sloveniji, Ljubljana: Ministrstvo za zdravje.
  • RAZPOTNIK, Špela. Brezdomstvo in zdravstvena problematika. V: RAZPOTNIK, Špela (ur.), DEKLEVA, Bojan (ur.). Brezdomstvo, zdravje in dostopnost zdravstvenih storitev. Ljubljana: Ministrstvo za zdravje, 2009, str. 25-33. 
  • RAZPOTNIK, Špela. Izkušnje brezdomcev z zdravstvenim sistemom - analiza skupinskega pogovora. V: RAZPOTNIK, Špela (ur.), DEKLEVA, Bojan (ur.). Brezdomstvo, zdravje in dostopnost zdravstvenih storitev. Ljubljana: Ministrstvo za zdravje, 2009, str. 45-74. 
  • RAZPOTNIK, Špela. Mladi in zdravi, zakaj ne gredo delat?! : problematiziranje družbenega pogleda na brezdomne mlade = They are young; they are healthy, so why don't they go to work?! : examining society's view on youth homelessness. Socialna pedagogika, ISSN 1408-2942, dec. 2010, letn. 14, št. 4, str. 439-466, 531-558. 
  • RAZPOTNIK, Špela, DEKLEVA, Bojan. Homelessness and the accessibility of the health care system. Socialna pedagogika, ISSN 1408-2942, jun. 2009, letn. 13, št. 2, str. 111-130. 
  • ** Literatura se sproti obnavlja.

Conditions for the inclusion in the study:

Finished obligations at compulsary subject Social inequalities in health and determinants of health.

Assessment methods:

  • written examination – 80 %,
  • seminar work – 20 %.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, discussion, case analysis, practical experiences and reflexions, group work, seminar and student individual work.