Essentials of Public Health

Code:

MSP12_6

Acronym:

MSP12_6

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Public Health

Instance: 2016/2017 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Public Health and Forensic Sciences, and Medical Education
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree Course in Public Health

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MSP	20	Master Degree Public Health - Official Plan12	1	-	4	36	108

Teaching language

English

Objectives

The Curricular Unit aims to present an introduction to the fundamental set of topics and knowledge needed to define and identify the major public health problems, at the national and the international level, the most common methods used in public health research and the policy choices involved in the organization of health services.

Learning outcomes and competences

The student will be able to critically evaluate the extent and the relevance of social and health problems that constitute the reference framework of the activities in public health, its global dimension, and namely using a critical appraisal of the relative importance of public health issues.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Public Health: History, Scope and Methods.
The Sciences of Public Health.
Genetics and environment: individual interactions and systems approaches
Social determinants of health.
Ageing.
Vulnerable populations.
Control of Communicable Diseases.
Control of Chronic Diseases (non communicable).
Health surveillance and the different surveillance generation
The Future of Health in a changing world.
Organization of Public Health Services: international comparison; The "Public Health Laws".
The Public Health in Portugal. The National Health Service.
Research in Health Services.

Mandatory literature

Beaglehole R, Bonita R. ; Public Health at the Crossroads , Cambridge University Press, 1997
Maxcy K, Rosenau M, Last J; Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Prentice-Hall International Inc. Connecticut, 1998
Freudenberg N; Corporations, consumption, and protecting publich health., New York: Oxford University Press, 2014

Teaching methods and learning activities

It is estimated a total of 108 hours of student work, of which 36 are contact hours, distributed as follows:
T:18;
TP: 9;
PL: 9.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Attendance of at least 75% of all classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Developmento of a individual critical report.