COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL DETERMINES OF HEALTH

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HSH 5006 SOCIAL DETERMINES OF HEALTH ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MERYEM ÖZTÜRK HANEY

Offered to

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to train nurses that have enough knowledge in the assessment of national and international social determinants (religion, population structure, globalization, inequalities, urbanization, migration, political and social politics) that affect individual, family and society, are aware of the responsibilities of nurses and other health workers and have the characteristics of universal scientist

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Explains national and international social determinants (demographical, religious, political structures) that affect individual, family and society.
2   2. Analyzes the reasons of social determinants
3   3. Explains the effects of social determinants on health and health workers
4   4. Explains the role of nurse in making the effects of social determinants positive and can fulfill responsibilities

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Inequalities in health (gender etc.) / The impact of social determinants
2 Social determinants of health / quality of life
3 Can poverty be the social determinant of health
4 Globalization and health impact
5 Immigration, urbanization and housing health
6 Social determinants of health at older ages
7 Social environment and psychological effects
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Social determinants of health in Turkey
10 Could educational status be a social determinant of health
11 Postmodernism and health
12 Case of illness/case of Health/ Effect of social determinants
13 Can lifestyle be the social determinant of health
14 Healthy nutrition / food safety
15 Patient and Health Institutions Interaction / social determinants and access to services

Recomended or Required Reading

Barbiero, V. K. (2006). Africa health trends: a 21st century imperative. Washington, DC: The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Christiansen, T., Bech, M., Lauridsen, J., Nielsen, P. (2006). Demographic Changes And Aggregate Health-Care Expenditure In Europe, Enepri Research Report No. 32. European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes.
Congdon, P. (2006). A model for geographical variation in health and total life expectancy, Demographıc Research, Vol:14, Article:9.
Hayutin, A. M. (2007). How Population Aging Differs Across Countries: A Briefing on Global Demographics, Erişim Tarihi: 28.06.2010. http://longevity.stanford.edu/files/BriefingGlobalDemographics_0.pdf
Ala, M. (2009). Yoksulluk ve Küresel Çözümsüzlük. PARADOKS, Ekonomi, Sosyoloji ve Politika Dergisi, 5, 2. http://www.paradoks.org
Aktan C. C. (ed.). (2002). Yoksullukla Mücadele Stratejileri, Ankara: Hak-Iş Konfederasyonu Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, question-answer, literature review, self learning,

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.25 + ASG* 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + ASG* 0.25 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

(Which dimensions of learning outcomes are measured by which assessment criteria Assessment criteria should be associated with learning methods.)

Through exams, the skills of being able to interpret, remember, decide, explain and combine the knowledge are assessed.

In the assignments of the students, the skills of researching and analyzing a subject, comparing it with world samples, writing and self expression are assessed.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Şeyda Özbıçakçı ozbicak@deu.edu.tr Tel. 4124769

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 3 4 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Preparing assignments 3 4 12
Preparing presentations 4 4 16
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 3 14 42
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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