COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HEALTH DYNAMICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HSH 6019 HEALTH DYNAMICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR MERYEM ÖZTÜRK HANEY

Offered to

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

Course Objective

It aims to use the dynamics affecting the health of sub-systems such as individual/family/group consisting society, analysis of these dynamics, conceptual background required in decision making, general system theory, nursing theories about health, nursing, environment and the nature of being human and research results

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explains health factors affecting individual, family, group and society.
2   Explains, applies and assesses the results of nursing interventions by defining dynamics affecting health.
3   Knows the dynamics affecting the health of aged population, plans appropriate nursing intervention, applies it, and uses the research results.
4   Applies approaches and interventions fits compliance in complex healh problems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Health and Concepts Forming it
2 Health, Illness and Social Dimensions
3 Postmodernism and Health
4 Concept of Health in Turkey
5 Health Dynamics (homeostasis, bio-complexity) Trying to make sense of health
6 Demographical change and socio-cultural structure Pıcture of health Personal health in complex adaptive system Diabetes control Psychosis Partner violence Panic disorder Woman health dynamics Oldest
7 Pain and complex adaptive system theory Demographical change and socio-cultural structure Public health application in 21st century and changing dynamics
8 General system theory
9 Midterm Exam
10 International Embodiments on Health in the world (organizations, contracts, etc.).
11 Sectoral and Social Dialogue in Health
12 Poverty, nursing and using of poverty research results
13 Health on the basis of fundamental rights
14 Globalization and Health Social Determinants of Health Avoiding Hospitalization in Older Adults
15 Understanding primary care as complex adaptive system Medical sociology and case based complexity Migration, nursing and using of migration research results
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Strumberg J.P., Martin C.M. (2013) Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health. Springer, USA,Chiago.
2. Smith CM., Maurer FA., Community Health Nursing, Theory and Practice, Second Edition, 2000.
3. Hofrıchter R., Health and Sıcial Justice, Politics, Ideology, and Inequıty In The Dıstrıbutıon Of Dısease, A Publıc Health Reader, 2003.
4. Berkman L.F., Kawachı I., Social Epidemiology, Oxford Universty Pres, New York, 2000.
5. Hughestuohy C., Accidental Logics : The Dynamics of Change in the Health Care Arena in the United States, Britain, and Canada, 1999.
6. Clark, M. J., Nursing in the Community, Dimensions Of Community Health Nursing, 3. Edition, Appleton&Lange, 1999.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, question-answer, concept, literature review, self learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 +PAR* 0.10 + FIN*0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 +PAR* 0.10 + RST*0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Through exams, the skills of being able to interpret, remember, decide, explain and combine the knowledge are assessed.
In the assignments of the students, the skills of researching and analyzing a subject, comparing it with world samples, writing and self expression are assessed

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Ass. Prof. Meryem Öztürk Haney E-Mail: meryem.ozturk@deu.edu.tr Tel: 26964

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 2 15 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 2 10 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 2 20 40
Preparing presentations 2 20 40
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.4555

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