Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - Barcelona

Public Health

• code 08603
• course 2
• term Semester 1
• type OB
• credits 4

Module: Module Fundamentals of Care II

Matter: General Community Nursing

Main language of instruction: Catalan

Other languages of instruction: Spanish

Head instructor

Dra. Maria Dolores NAVARRO - mdnavarro@uic.es

Other instructors

Dr. Luis GONZALEZ - lgonzalezp@uic.es

Office hours

Maria D. Navarro (mdnavarro@uic.es)

Public health is the science that is responsible for ensuring the health of the population. Along with other areas of knowledge in health sciences such as epidemiology, biostatistics and research, the area of public health includes aspects of disease prevention, promotion and protection of health, as well as improvement and restoration, both in groups and collectively in the population.

Students will also have the possibility of undertaking a volunteer practicum in NGOs or foundations (places are limited). Students will receive information about the selection process and the various possibilities during the first  day of class.

The solidarity of the UIC project is a learning experience for completeness, promoting skills of personal development (such as responsibility, social commitment, service capacity, etc.).

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To know how to identify the aspects that influence the health of the population in disease prevention and the promotion of healthy habits and lifestyles.

To be able to design, plan and evaluate strategies for disease prevention and health promotion in different health care settings and population groups.

• 10. B - Protecting the health and welfare of individuals or groups by ensuring their safety.
• 11. E - Establish effective communication with patients, families, social groups and partners and promote health education.
• 13. G - Know the principles of health-care funding and use resources appropriately.
• 16. G - Know the health information systems.
• 1. G - Ability to provide technical and professional health care appropriate to the health needs of the people they treat, with full technical and scientific autonomy, according to current and available scientific knowledge and to the quality standards and safety requirements set forth in the applicable legal standards and code of ethics.
• 24. G - Ability to work autonomously.
• 2. E - Plan and provide nursing care for individuals or groups, taking health outcomes into account and their impact, through guidelines for clinical practice and care, which describe the four processes by which a health problem is diagnosed or treated.
• 3. E - Know and apply the theoretical and methodological foundations and principals of nursing.
• 4. B - Understand the interactive behavior of the person according to their gender, group or community, within their social and multicultural context.
• 5. G - Design systems of care programed for people or groups, assessing their impact and making necessary modifications.
• 6. E - Base nursing care on scientific evidence and available resources.
• 9. E - Promote healthy lifestyles, self-care, as well as the maintenance of therapeutic and preventive behaviors.
• 21. B - Oral and written communication.
• 12. B - Know and observe the ethical code of conduct of Spanish nursing, understanding the ethical implications of health in a changing global context.
• 17. E - Perform nursing care based on comprehensive health care, which involves multidisciplinary cooperation, integration of processes and continuity of care.

Students should be able to:

• Describe the determinants of individual and collective health.

• Assess the health needs of the population in terms of biological, psychological, social, cultural and environmental.
• Describe and analyze strategies towards improving individual and population's health.
• Assess existing prevention measures to improve the health of populations.

I. Introduction to public health nursing

Session 1. Health and disease. Concepts and applications of public health nursing.

Session 2. Health indicators. Demography.

Session 3. Determinants of health. Biological, environmental factors, psychological and social factors.

Session 4. General epidemiology. Main study designs. Evidence-based Nursing.

II. Health promotion and disease prevention

Session 5. Natural history of the disease. Disease prevention.

Session 6. Prevention of communicable diseases and

 noncommunicable diseases.

Session 7. Unintended injuries. Accidents.

Session 8. Risk behaviors and substance abuse.

Session 9. Strategies for health promotion. Health habits and lifestyles. Health education programs.

Session 10. Planning and evaluation public health programs.

III. Organization and management of health services

Session 11. Organization and structure of health systems.

Session 12. Quality of care.

Session 13. Health Economics.

Session 14. Health technology assessment.

Session 15. Conclusions.

Will combine lectures with exercises, case methods and group work.

The course is assessed through individual exercises and group work (representing 40% of the final grade for the course), and a final exam through a multiple choice questionnaire on course content (60%). Class attendance, participation and attitude serves to decide the final grade.

For the second round, there will be a single examination of the contents of the subject. No saved notes from the first call.

For students who develop the solidarity practicum in this subject:

The overall evaluation of the course (see above) will have 85% of the total and the solidarity practicum, 15%. It is a prerequisite for applying these percentages, having previously approved the overall mark of the course assessment. The student must notify the Student Services on which subject he/she wants to apply the solidarity practicum at the beginning of the course. There are limited places for the realization of the practicum in each subject. Supportive management practicum will be from Student Services.

The solidarity practicum assessment will be conducted by the NGO or foundation where such practices are carried out, and by conducting a reflective journal. Students must attend a training session prior to the completion of the practicum, directed by Student Services.

No fees of Honor awarded for 2nd call

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Links

Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona: www.aspb.es

American Public Health Association: www.apha.org

Association of Public Health Observatories: www.pho.org.uk

Escuela Nacional de Sanidad: www.isciii.es

European Public Health Association: www.eupha.org

Harvard School of Public Health: www.hsph.harvard.edu

Health Protection Agency: www.hpa.org.uk

Institute of Medicine: www.iom.edu

Pan American Health Organization: www.paho.org

Public Health Agency of Canada: www.publichealth.gc.ca

World Health Organization: www.who.int

E: exam date | R: revision date | 1: first session | 2: second session:

• E1 16/01/2015 12:00h
• R1 28/01/2015 14:00h
• E2 03/07/2015 10:00h
• R2 15/07/2015 12:00h