Tallinn Health Care College
Tallinn Health Care College
| | |
|
Curriculum subjectPublic health
| Subject |
| Subject code |
5PA11/RT |
| Subject name |
Public health |
| Credit points |
2 ECTS |
| Grading method |
Grade prelim (letters) |
|
| Curriculum subject |
| Curriculum |
2012 TT |
| Study year |
1 |
| Semester |
Spring semester |
| Subject type |
Mandatory |
|
| Academicians |
| Virge Lind |
|
|
Subject loads
|
| Lecture |
12 |
| Seminar |
14 |
| Personal study |
26 |
|
| Aim |
|---|
Objectives
1. To provide an overview about the concept of health, health
conceptions and health promotion principles;
2. to introduce the essence of population health area, also the
functions and organisational regulation in Estonia;
3. to discuss health determinants and to introduce the situation
of population health in Estonia (falling ill, death rate and
health behaviour). |
|
| Study outcome |
|---|
Learning outcomes
Having passed the subject, the student:
1. knows the most widely used concepts used in public health
sphere;
2. knows the historic development and functions of public
health;
3. has an overview about the different conceptions and health
promotion concepts in public health sphere;
4. knows the most important health determinants and their
impact, and their causal relation with health and quality of
life;
5. knows the principles of health policy, has an overview
about Estonian national health strategy, and the preventive
activities carried out within the framework of these
strategies. |
|
| Current rounds |
|---|
| None |
| |
| | |
