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| Course Description |
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| Course Name |
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Environmental health-I |
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| Course Code |
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HAS522 |
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| Course Type |
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Optional |
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| Level of Course |
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Second Cycle |
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| Year of Study |
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1 |
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| Course Semester |
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Fall (16 Weeks) |
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| ECTS |
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5 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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Prof.Dr. MUHSİN AKBABA
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course |
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Explains the importance of the issues covered by the environmental health and their role in health care; and has sufficient experience to carry out preventive care
Cooperates with relevant agencies and organizations in the field of environmental health, plans environmental health education programs, directs them amd cooperates with other related disciplines
Knows the importance of tap and city water for human health, performs physical, chemical and bacteriological examination of the water, determines the level of chlorine in the water and interprets it, and disinfects water
Renders harmless human feces and urine, knows their importance in the context of human health
Lists healthy housing conditions, knows the role of sheltering for meeting physiological and psychological needs of people and the role of stopping infectious diseases; and takes precautions in need
Knows the importance of vector control and effects of the pesticides, the noise and air-pollution on human health, take precautions against air pollution
Knows the importance of food-control in the context of human health, collects food-samples for physical, chemical and bacteriological investigation of the aliments, evaluates the results and takes precautions
Manages waste disposals, performs legal regulations, knows solid wastes´ types and features, removes their adverse effects on human health
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| Mode of Delivery |
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Face-to-Face |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites |
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None |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
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None |
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| Aim(s) of Course |
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To teach environmental health issues and their role in health care, providing sufficient experience in the practice of environmental health |
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| Course Contents |
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Definition and aim of the environmental health, regarding it in the context of healthy environment, of tap water, of city water and of wastes |
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| Language of Instruction |
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Turkish |
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| Work Place |
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Classroom |
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Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities |
| Week | Subject | Student's Preliminary Work | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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1 |
The basic concepts of environmental health |
Literature review |
Interactive |
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Human ecology |
Literature review |
Interactive |
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3 |
Relationship between health and the environment |
Literature review
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Interactive |
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4 |
Pollutants |
Literature review
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Interactive |
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5 |
Environmental health cycle |
Literature review |
Interactive |
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6 |
Environmental health and preventive medical science |
Literature review |
Interactive |
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7 |
MID-TERM EXAM |
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8 |
Eco-system and health |
Literature review |
Interactive |
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Healthy tap and city water |
Literature review |
Interactive |
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10 |
Tap water dysinfection |
Literature review |
Interactive |
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11 |
Wastes |
Literature review |
Interactive |
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12 |
Wastes |
Literature review |
Interactive |
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13 |
Wastes |
Literature review |
Interactive |
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14 |
Air-pollution |
Literature review |
Interactive |
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15 |
Air-pollution |
Literature review |
Interactive |
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16/17 |
Noise |
Literature review |
Interactive |
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Required Course Resources |
| Resource Type | Resource Name |
| Recommended Course Material(s) |
 Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler, Ed: Prof.Dr. Çağatay Güler, Prof.Dr. Levent AKIN, 2012, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları
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| Required Course Material(s) |
Internet
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Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria |
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Semester/Year Assessments |
Number |
Contribution Percentage |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
70 |
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Homeworks/Projects/Others |
4 |
30 |
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Total |
100 |
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Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success |
40 |
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Final Assessments
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100 |
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Rate of Final Assessments to Success
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60 |
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Total |
100 |
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| Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes |
| # | Key Learning Outcome | Contribution* |
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Plan and apply research(medical,clinical,service research), analyse,evaluate,form and present reports and articles |
1 |
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Measure and evaluate health level of the community, collect and evaluate health statistics, perform surveillance |
1 |
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Manage resources such as health, manpower and finance |
1 |
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Explain the importance of epidemics management |
5 |
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Execute infectious diseases management |
5 |
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Organise and perform primary, secondary and tertiary preventive health services |
4 |
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7 |
Evaluate and manage child health programs |
1 |
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8 |
Execute chronic diseases management |
1 |
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9 |
Execute women/reproductive health services |
1 |
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10 |
Execute environmental health management |
5 |
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11 |
Execute occupational health management |
4 |
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12 |
Execute nutritional health management |
4 |
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13 |
Plan and perform scientific researches |
0 |
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14 |
Perform field researches |
0 |
| * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum). |
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| Student Workload - ECTS |
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Related Works |
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Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) |
14 |
3 |
42 |
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Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) |
14 |
2 |
28 |
| Assesment Related Works |
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Homeworks, Projects, Others |
4 |
5 |
20 |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
10 |
10 |
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Final Exam |
1 |
20 |
20 |
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Total Workload: | 120 |
| Total Workload / 25 (h): | 4.8 |
| ECTS Credit: | 5 |
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