Public health
Saúde Pública
Curse code:9554317
Maria Fernanda De Mesquita
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
This curricular unit aims to acquire basic knowledge of Public Health that allows:
- To identify and evaluate ecological risk factors with impact on nutritional status.
- To identify and evaluate strategies on disease prevention and health promotion.
- To identify and evaluate decisions in Public Health.
Syllabus:
Lectures:
- Ecology, health and environment.
- Definition of Public Health.
- Public Health intervention.
- Health e Disease-Primary prevention of different chronic disease. Aging and health. From Primary to quaternary prevention.
- Health services organization.
Theoretical / practical classes:
Fieldwork planning to apply the lectures knowledge, such as, discussion of different steps to development a Public Health Project in nutritional component.
Fieldwork:
Concepcion and development of a Public Health Project in nutritional component.
Suggested Bibliography:
- Edelstein S (2011) Nutrition in Public Health: a handbook for developing programs and services, 3rd ed., Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC. ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-7791-3
- Gibney MJ, Margetts BM, Kearney JM & Arab L (2004) Public Health Nutrition, Blackwell Publishing. ISBN-13: 978-0-632-05627-9
- Serra-Majem L, Bartrina JA & Verdú M (2006) Nutrición Y Salud Pública: Métodos, Bases Científicas Y Aplicaciones, Masson. ISBN 84-458-1528-8