In the event that the health authorities announce a new period of confinement due to the evolution of
the health crisis caused by COVID-19, the teaching staff will promptly communicate how this may effect
the teaching methodologies and activities as well as the assessment.
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, includes aspects related to the prevention of disease, promotion and protection of health, as well as its improvement and restoration, both group level and the population.
In this course students will be able to make a solidarity practicum carrying out voluntary activities in NGOs or foundations (places are limited). At the beginning of the course students will receive information about the selection process and their various possibilities.
The solidarity project of the UIC is an integral, formative experience that promotes the acquisition of skills for personal development (such as responsibility, social commitment, service capacity, etc.).
Pre-course requirements
No prerequisites are required.
Objectives
Know how to identify aspects that influence population health, prevention of disease and the promotion of healthy habits and lifestyles.
Be able to design, plan and analyze strategies for disease prevention and health promotion in different health care settings and population groups.
Learning objectives in solidarity practicum:
Develop commitment to their own values .
Develop the ability to make ethically informed choices.
Cultivate a sense of responsibility one's own conduct and behavior.
Develop the ability to think for themselves.
Improve their ability to communicate, with special emphasis on listening.
Improve their ability to organize and use time effectively.
Develop their commitment to exercise their rights and responsibilities as a citizen, actively and willingly contributing to social, economic and environmental improvement.
Competences / Learning outcomes of the degree programme
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.
Learning outcomes of the subject
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 aspects.
Describe and analyze strategies to improve individual and collective health.
Assess existing prevention measures to improve the health of populations.
Syllabus
I. Introduction to public health nursing
Item 1. Public health: concept and applications in nursing.
Item 2. Health demographics. Measurement of the level of health.
Item 3. Determinants of health.
Item 4. Concepts of epidemiology.
Item 5. Measurement of phenomena in health.
Item 6. Evidence-based nursing.
II. Health promotion and disease prevention
Item 7. Prevention levels. Communicable and non-communicable diseases.
Item 8. The new model of patient, literacy in health and salutogenesis. Health promotion and health education.
Item 9. Risky behaviours and addictions. Injuries from external causes. Occupational Health.
Item 10. Planning public health programmes.
Item 11. Evaluation of public health programmes through qualitative methodology.
III. Organization and management of health services
Item 12. Health management. Quality of care and patient safety.
Item 13. Health economics.
Item 14. Managing a public health crisis
Teaching and learning activities
Evaluation systems and criteria
Bibliography and resources
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Daban F, Pasarín MI, Rodríguez-Sanz M, et al. Evaluación de la reforma de atención primaria: prácticas preventivas y desigualdades. Aten primaria, 2007; 39: 339-346.
Informe SESPAS 2004. La salud pública desde la perspectiva de género y clase social. Gaceta Sanitaria, 2004; 18 (supl.1).
Navarro-Rubio MD, Jovell AJ, Schor EL. Socioeconomic status and preventive health-care use by children in Spain. Am J Prev Med, 1995; 11: 256-262.
Piedrola Gil. Medicina preventiva y salud pública. Barcelona: Elsevier, 2008.
Royal College of Nursing. Nurses as partners in delivering public health. London: The Royal College of Nursisng, 2007.
World Health Organization. The world health report 2005. Make every mother and child count. Geneva: WHO, 2005.
Yach D, Hawkes C, Gould L, Hofman K. The global burden of chronic diseases. Overcoming impediments to prevention and control. JAMA 2004; 291: 2616-2622.
Links
Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona: www.aspb.es
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - Barcelona