COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENDER AND WOMEN'S HEALTH

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HEF 2100 GENDER AND WOMEN'S HEALTH ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Nursing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HANDE YAĞCAN

Offered to

Nursing

Course Objective

In this course, it is aimed to increase the students' awareness on gender equality and gender issues to contribute scientific studies to solve the gender inequality problem. Also it aims to develop and implement social policy proposals to prevent women's health problems arising from gender inequality by providing a critical perspective on the effects of gender inequality on women's health.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. The students can examine the concepts of gender and society with a critical perspective on the world and know the gender inequality rates in Türkiye.
2   2. The student can define the effects of gender inequality on women's health.
3   3. The student can define menopause period according to social point of view and to know women's health problems specific to menopause
4   4. The student can identify vulnerable women and be aware of women's health problems and develop solutions.
5   5. The student can explain the social events effects on women's health and provide evidence-based information for the solution of women's health problems and nursing approaches.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and planning of the course Discussion of the expectations of students and lecturers Assist Prof. Hande YAĞCAN
2 Gender and Women's Health Assist Prof. Hande YAĞCAN
3 Laws Related to Women's Health Associate Professor. Dilek Bilgiç
4 Health Literacy and Women's Health Assist Prof. Buse Güler
5 Adolescent Pregnancy and Women's Health Assist Prof. Buse Güler
6 Relative Marriage, Custom and Women's Health Assist Prof. Hülya Özberk
7 Violence Against Women and Women's Health Associate Professor. Dilek Bilgiç
8 Midterm Exam + Developing a Project on Combating Gender Discrimination Professor Merlinda Aluş Tokat Assist Prof. Hülya Özberk
9 Holiday
10 Women's Health in Menopause and Elderly Period Assist Prof. Hülya Özberk
11 War, migration and women's health Assist Prof. Hande YAĞCAN
12 Health of convicted women Professor Merlinda Aluş Tokat
13 Health of Disabled Women Associate Professor. Dilek Bilgiç
14 Poverty and Women's Health Assist Prof. Hülya Özberk
15 Work Life and Women's Health Assist Prof. Buse Güler

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Taşkın L. (2023). Doğum ve Kadın Sağlığı Hemşireliği. Genişletilmiş 18. Baskı, Akademisyen Kitabevi, Ankara
2. Sevil Ü. (2016). Adölesan Dönem. Ed: Şirin A., Kavlak O. Kadın Sağlığı. Genişletilmiş 2. Baskı, Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, Ss: 57.
3. Sevil Ü., Gürkan A. (2017). Her Alanda Kadın Olmak. 1. Baskı, Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, Ankara.
4. Keser A., Yıldırım F., Kaplan M. (2016). Hastalıkta Sağlıkta Kadın Olmak. 1. Baskı, Ankara Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, Ankara.
5. Akın A.,Özpınar S. (2019) Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Kadın Sağlığı. 1.Baskı, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara.
6. Gender equality https://www.unicef.org/gender-equality
7. UNDP. Gender Inequality.
8. WHO. (2009). Gender equality, women and health: implications for actions A discussion paper for further consultation and inputs. https://www.who.int/gender/women_health_report/discussion_paper_20091109_en.pdf
9. WHO. (2012). Gender and Health. http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/169531/Eurohealth-Vol-18-No-2.pdf
10. Gender equality https://www.unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/our-work/social/gender-equality
11. Priority Gender Equality https://en.unesco.org/
12. Kadın Cinselliği http://www.cetad.org.tr/CetadData/Books/37/pdf-dosyasini-indirmek-icin-tiklayiniz.pdf
Kadına ve aile bireylerine yönelik şiddet nedir https://ailevecalisma.gov.tr/ksgm/siddete-maruz-kalindiginda

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, question-answer, small group discussion, power point presentation, role play, brain storming

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Final
3 FSB Final Sonu Başarı Değerlendirmesi VZ *0.50 +FN * 0.50
4 BUT Bütünleme
5 BSB Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Değerlendirmesi VZ *0.50 +BUT * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

In the assessment of the course, 50% of the midterm grade and 50% of the final grade shall determine the semester grade.
Midterm Grade includes %25 midterm exam, %15 homework/ presentations and %10 classroom activities.
Semester Grade: 50% 1st Midterm Exam grade + 50% final grade

Assessment Criteria

In exams; interpretation, recall, decision making, explanation, classification, information combining skills will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Professor. Merlinda Aluş Tokat
merlinda_alus@yahoo.com
Tel: 4124770
Associate Professor. Dilek Bilgiç
bilgicdilek@gmail.com
Tel: 4126968
Assist Prof. Hande YAĞCAN
02324124776
hande.yagcan@gmail.com
Assist Prof. Hülya Özberk
hulyaozberk1@gmail.com
Tel: 4124765
Assist Prof. Buse Güler
busebahitli@gmail.com
Tel: 4126970

Office Hours

Could be seen on Wednesdays between 12.30-13.30 by appointment.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 2 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Independant Study 1 4 4
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15
LO.25
LO.355
LO.455555
LO.55555