COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HEALTH PROTECTION AND PROMOTION IN VULNERABLE GROUPS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLENDAM KARADAĞ

Offered to

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

Course Objective

This course allows the student to have information about who the vulnerable groups are, their epidemiology in the world, the sociocultural, psychological and economic problems they experience, to analyze the vulnerable groups by using their nursing roles in line with the policies to protect and improve health, and to analyze their mental processes (creative and critical thinking) during all these knowledge gains. , problem solving, decision making) to learn the knowledge and skills related to the field-specific nursing approaches in line with the current literature and the latest evidence-based information.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowing who are the vulnerable groups in societies
2   Knowing the epidemiology of vulnerable groups in the world
3   Learning social determinants in vulnerable groups
4   Addressing and discussing the causes of individual, social, cultural and psychological problems experienced by vulnerable groups
5   To be able to discuss the individual, economic and social effects of the problems experienced by vulnerable groups by considering them together with nursing approaches.
6   Learning and discussing policies towards vulnerable groups in the world and in our country
7   Producing solutions by considering the care management of vulnerable groups with multidisciplinary professional nursing approaches
8   To be able to examine and apply the current literature in line with scientific research methods in order to create innovative care strategies for developing nursing approaches for vulnerable groups.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, Course Description An Overview of Vulnerable / Vulnerable Group and Health Promotion Concepts
2 Social Determinants in Vulnerable Groups
3 Health Protection and Promotion for the Physically and Orthopedically Disabled, Visual and Hearing Impaired
4 Health Protection and Promotion of the Living on the Streets and the Homeless
5 Health Protection and Promotion of Children with Specific Learning Disabilities and Special Needs and their Caregivers
6 Health Protection and Promotion of Elderly Living Alone
7 Health Protection and Promotion Alcohol and Drug Users
8 Health Protection and Promotion of Prisoners and Convicts
9 Health Protection and Promotion of LGBTI Individuals
10 Health Protection and Promotion of Early and Forced Marriage Children and Adolescent Mothers
11 Health Protection and Promotion of the Poor and Unemployed
12 Health Protection and Promotion of Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Migrants
13 Health Protection and Promotion Ethnic Identity-Based Groups/Minorities (Roma, Different Cultures and Languages, etc.)
14 Health Protection and Promotion of Single Parent Families Course evaluation and discussion of suggestions

Recomended or Required Reading

WHO. Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health. Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Geneva; WHO; 2008.
Zeeman L, Sherriff N, Browne K, McGlynn N, Mirandola M, Gios L, et al. A review of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) health and healthcare inequalities. European Journal of Public Health. 2019;29(5):974-80.
Espelin J, Halter MJ. Substance-related and addictive disorders. In: Halter MJ, eds. Varcarolis foundations of psychiatric-mental health nursing: A clinical approach. 8 ed. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier, 2018; 878-921.
Videbeck SL. Psychiatric mental health nursing. 8 ed. China: Wolters Kluwer, 2020.
Poudel A, Sharma C, Gautam S, et al. Psychosocial problems among individuals with substance use disorders in drug rehabilitation centers, Nepal. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy. 2016; 11: 1-10.
Ç Özbay Y, Yılmaz S, Büyüköztürk Ş, et al. Madde bağımlılığı: Temiz bir yaşam için bireyin güçlendirilmesi. Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions. 2018; 5: 81-130.
UNFPA. CEFM Temel Eğitim Modülü UNFPA Türkiye de, çocuk yaşta, erken ve zorla evliliklerin önlenmesi projesi BM Ortak Programı Multisektörel Temel Eğitim Modülü. 2018.
UNFPA. Çocuk yaşta erken ve zorla evliliklerin sağlık riskleri ve sonuçlarına çok sektörlü yaklaşım. 2020.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, question-answer, discussion, research, group work, case discussion, video display, homework presentations, brainstorming, application areas

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.30 +PAR * 0.30 +FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.30 +PAR * 0.30 +RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The semester grade shall be calculated by taking 30% of the homework/presentation, 30% participant of lesson, and will 40% of the final grade.
Semester Grade: 30% of the homework/presentation grade + 30% participant of lesson grade + 40% final grade

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Gülendam Karadağ
gkaradag71@gmail.com
gulendam.karadag@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Each semester varies according to the individual program created.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 6 30
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 3 10 30
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.155
LO.255
LO.3555
LO.455555
LO.5555555
LO.6555555555
LO.7555555
LO.85555555

CONTACT INFORMATION
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