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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
HSA 6090	CHRONIC DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY	ELECTIVE	1	0	0	3

Offered By

Public Health

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BELGIN ÜNAL

Offered to

Public Health
Public Health

Course Objective

To understand & comprehend the magnitute & importance of CDs; be able to define risk factors & preventive measures

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To understand & learn epidemiology of CDs
2	to define risk factors
3	to define preventive measures
4	be able to follow literature
5	learn ethical & legal aspects of CDs

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Definition of CDs / Demographic & epidemiological transformation
2	Functionality, QoL & CDs
3	Burden of CDs, DALY, QALY
4	Burden of CDs, DALY, QALY
5	Epidemiyology of CHDs / Risk factors of CHDs
6	Control programs Examples of effective control programs North Carelia, CINDI, CARMEN, MONICA
7	Türkiye s CHDs policy
8	Canser epi, risk factors & prevention
9	National cancer prevention policies / Cancer registries
10	Diet & CDs
11	Mortality
12	CASE STUDY
13	CASE STUDY
14	CASE STUDY
15	CASE STUDY

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Brownson RC, Remington PI, Davis JR, eds. Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Control. Second Edition. American Public Health Association Washington, DC 1998.
2. Kuh D, Ben-Shlomo Y, eds. A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology. Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, 1997.
3. Kelsey JL, Whittemore A, Evans AS, Thompson WD. Methods in Observational Epidemiology. Second Edition. Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, 1996.
4. Ebrahim S, Davey Smith G. Multiple risk factor interventions for primary prevention of coronary heart disease. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1999, Issue 1

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	PRF	PERFORMANCE
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + RST* 0.40

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr.belgin Ünal

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	15	1	15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	15	2	30
Preparation for midterm exam	1	3	3
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparing assignments	5	5	25
Midterm	1	1	1
Final	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			85

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.4	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12
LO.1	1	1	1
LO.2	1	1	1
LO.3	1	1	1
LO.4				1	1
LO.5						1	1

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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