Course: Quality of Life and Social Health Determinants - General Theories and Measurement

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Course title Quality of Life and Social Health Determinants - General Theories and Measurement
Course code USV/UKŽSD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Stejskalová Jana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
List of lectures: 1 lecture, 2 hours 1. Quality of life as a multidimensional concept. Theoretical concepts and definitions. Terminological pitfalls. 2. Quality of life indicators (objective, subjective). 3. Measuring quality of life. Standardized tools. International research studies. 4. Social determinants of health. Models and definitions. The problem of defining the term "health." 5. Social gradient vs. health. Theoretical definitions and practical applications. 6. Stress vs. health. Theoretical definitions and practical applications. 7. Childhood vs. health. Theoretical definitions and practical applications. 8. Social exclusion vs. health. Theoretical definition and practical applications. 9. Work and unemployment in relation to health. Theoretical definition and practical applications. 10. Social support and health. Theoretical definition and practical applications. 11. Addictions and their impact on health. Theoretical definition and practical applications. 12. Transport and its impact on health. Theoretical definition and practical applications. Regional development opportunities. 13. Nutrition and its impact on health. Theoretical definition and practical applications. 14. Tools for measuring social determinants of health. Standardization. Evidence base in relation to social determinants of health.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the basic concepts of quality of life and social determinants of health, their interrelationships, and methods of measurement. The complexity of a multidimensional view of human life allows for the selection of more effective social and health policy tools. The basic theoretical framework forming the content of this course is the concept of social determinants of health published in 2003 by Marmot and Wilkinson.
After completing the course, students will be able to define and research quality of life and social determinants of health, including awareness of interpretative risks (or application of conclusions in practice) and the two-way relationship between health and quality of life/social determinants of health.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Credit (conditions): Seminar paper, presentation of seminar paper in PowerPoint. Exam (conditions): Oral exam
Recommended literature
  • ANDRÁŠKO, I. Quality of Life: An Introduction to the Concept. Brno: Nakladatelství Masyrykovy university, 2015. ISBN 978-80-210-8002-7.
  • Bártlová, S. Sociologie medicíny a zdravotnictví. 6., přeprac. a doplněn. vyd.. Praha: Grada, 2005. ISBN 80-247-1197-4.
  • BRABCOVÁ, I., VACKOVÁ, J. Koncepce deseti sociálních determinant zdraví. časopis kontakt, 2013.
  • Davidová, E. a kol. Kvalita života a sociální determinanty zdraví u Romů a České a Slovenské republice. Praha: TTriton, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7387-428-5.
  • DVOŘÁČKOVÁ, D. Kvalita života seniorů: v domovech pro seniory. Praha: Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-802-4741-383.
  • Fair society, healthy lives. Fair society, healthy lives: Strategic review of health inequalities in England post. London: Marmot review, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9564870-0-1.
  • Gurková, Elena. Hodnocení kvality života : pro klinickou praxi a ošetřovatelský výzkum. 1. vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3625-9.
  • Heřmanová, Eva. Koncepty, teorie a měření kvality života. Vydání první. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství SLON, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7419-106-0.
  • HURRELMANN, et al. Health inequalities and welfare state regimes. A research note. Journal of Public Health, 2011.
  • MARMOT, M., ALLEN, J., GOLDBLATT, P. social movement, based on evidence, to reduce inequalities in health. Social Science and Medicine, 2010.
  • MIČÁNKOVÁ, M. Hodnocení kvality života. Masarykova univerzita: Ekonomicko-správní fakulta, 2012.
  • Payne, J. a kol. Kvalita života a zdraví. Praha: Triton, 2005. ISBN 978-80-725-4657-2.
  • VACKOVÁ, J. a kol. Sociální determinanty zdraví u cizinců žijících v Jihočeském kraji. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7422-544-4.
  • VACKOVÁ, J. Sociální determinanty a jejich vliv na zdraví imigrantů žijících v České republice. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7422-470-6.
  • WILKINSON, R., MARMOT, M. Sociální determinanty zdraví - Fakta a souvislosti. Kostelec nad Černými lesy: Institut zdravotní politiky a ekonomiky, 2005. ISBN 80-86625-46-X.


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