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| AFT6007 | Public Health in Disasters | 2+2+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | Department of Disaster Medicine (Interdisciplinary) | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Sevil TURHAN | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Murat Livaoğlu, Prof. Dr. Servet Kerimoğlu, Prof. Dr. Abdülkadir Gündüz | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of the course is to transfer basic information about public health in disasters to students. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | design and carry out projects aimed at protecting and improving human health in disasters. | 3,4,6 | 1,5, | | PO - 2 : | Contribute to the scientific development of disaster medicine based on ethical rules and using scientific methods. | | 1,5, | | PO - 3 : | continuously follow up-to-date information in the field of disaster medicine and makes original scientific studies that will bring innovation to the field. | | 1,5, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction to disaster epidemiology, General effects of disasters on public health, Approach to special groups in disasters (children, pregnant women, elderly, disabled), Notification and surveillance in disasters, Disaster epidemiology, Applications of epidemiology in disasters, Study designs in disaster epidemiology, Methodological challenges in disaster epidemiology, Environmental health in disasters, Environmental surveillance in disasters, Water supply and sanitation in disasters, Organizing post-disaster shelter services, Organization of domestic and international aid in disasters, Organization of domestic and foreign aid teams in disaster areas |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to disaster epidemiology
| | | Week 2 | General effects of disasters on public health
| | | Week 3 | Approach to special groups in disasters (children, pregnant women, elderly, disabled)
| | | Week 4 | Notification and surveillance in disasters
| | | Week 5 | Disaster epidemiology
| | | Week 6 | Applications of epidemiology in disasters
| | | Week 7 | Study designs in disaster epidemiology
| | | Week 8 | Methodological challenges in disaster epidemiology
| | | Week 9 | Midterm exam
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Environmental health in disasters | | | Week 11 | Environmental surveillance in disasters
| | | Week 12 | Water supply and sanitation in disasters | | | Week 13 | Organizing post-disaster shelter services
| | | Week 14 | Organization of domestic and international aid in disasters
| | | Week 15 | Organization of domestic and foreign aid teams in disaster areas | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Bruce W. Clements, Julie Casani. Disasters and Public Health: Planning and Response. 2009. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2016
ISBN 0128019891, 9780128019894 | | | |
| 1 | Jennifer A. Horney. Disaster Epidemiology: Methods and Applications Academic Press, 2017ISBN0128095075, 9780128095072 | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | | | | | | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 8 | 40 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 10 | 60 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 244 |
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