Community Health I

Code:

MT142

Acronym:

S_CO_I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2006/2007 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Population Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MED	194	Plano oficial a partir de 2003	1	3		-

Objectives

To provide the students with abilities and behaviours that allows the analysis of socio-sanitarian situations on the community and to generate a global and efficient intervention in community health.

Program

A.Theoretical Content
Public Health and Community Health; Socio-sanitarian Conditions;
Health in Portugal;
Old and new epidemics in Portugal; Behaviour and citizenship; Challenges in a health promotion strategy;
Demography and Health; Environment and Health; Occupation and Health;
Health and Primary Health Care;
Nutrition and Community Health.

B. Practical content
Socio-sanitarian conditions;
Health in Portugal;
Aging and socio-sanitarian implications;
Promotion and education for health;

Main Bibliography

- Detels R, Holland WW, McEwen J. and Omenn G.S.. Oxford Textbook of Public Health. Oxford University Press, New York. Third Edition, 1997.
- Maxcy-Rosenau-Last. Public Health & Preventive Medicine. Appleton & Lange. Stamford, Connecticut, 1998. (Fourteenth edition).
- Patricia A. Reagan, Jodi Brookins-Fisher. Community Health in the 21st Century. Pearson Education, San Francisco. Second Edition, 2002.

Complementary Bibliography

Specific bibliography will be suggested for each session,

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical lectures and practical lessons.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

Legal procedures

Calculation formula of final grade

FC = final written examination (80%) + practical evaluation (20%)

Classification improvement

See above

Observations

The whole regulation of the discipline is in the official guide delivered at the beginning of the subject.