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13860
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| Year |
3
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| Semester |
A1
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| ECTS Credits |
14
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| Workload |
OT(120H)/TC(20H)/TP(20H)
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| Scientific area |
Community Health
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Entry requirements |
The learning of Preventive Medicine is a continuum and involves the integration of attitudes, knowledge and skills already developed and learned in previous curricular units, blocks or modules of the first years of the Integrated Master in Medicine, and especially in the Module of General Epidemiology and Community Health.
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Mode of delivery |
Presential
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Work placements |
Not applicable
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Learning outcomes |
Understand the concepts of health of populations and their determinants and instruments for their application in professional practice.
Know health policies, existing health structures / resources that support and enable the implementation of preventive policies and activities.
Identify and effectively navigate the portals of the main sources of information and update scientific, epidemiological and public health knowledge.
Recognize, justify and develop appropriate preventive strategies for these health problems.
Contextualize the action of physicians in health promotion, integrated prevention and control of chronic and communicable diseases, epidemiological surveillance, health policies, regardless of specialty and / or occupation.
Encourage the broad and social participation of physicians in the promotion of health as a public good, in the defense, mediation and empowerment of the common interests of health and of citizens, users and the patients.
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Syllabus |
Health challenges in a global world. Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Health Determinants. Health and Human Development. The activities of the World Health Organization (WHO). Major causes of mortality in the world. Health indicators and disease measures. National / international monitoring system. Health strategies and planning. The WHO leadership. Contextualization of health planning and health policies. Epidemiological transition: from communicable diseases to the epidemic of chronic noncommunicable diseases. Life cycle prevention approach.
Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable and Communicable Diseases. Epidemiological surveillance. WHO prevention / control programs.
Environmental health. Climate change, air pollution: effects on human health; preventive strategies. Tobacco and Alcohol Prevention and Control (WHO). Advocacy in health. The role of health professionals and organized civil society.
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Main Bibliography |
Beaglehole R, Bonita R, Kjellstrom T. Basic Epidemiology. World Health Organization, 2nd edition, 2006. Tamburlini G. Children’s special vulnerability to environmental health hazards: an overview. In: Tamburlini G, von Ehrenstein O, Bertollini R. Children’s health and the environment: A review of the evidence.WHO/EEA,1998. The Global Strategy For Asthma Management And Prevention (GINA). A Pocket Guide for Physicians and Nurses, Updated 2015. Additional bibliography: US Taskforce of Preventive Services – Recommendations. Cancer Research UK. World Health Organization. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Direção Geral da Saúde.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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