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Lecturer(s)
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Reissich Václav, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Introduction to Medical and Health Geographies. Accessible literature. Terminology. The development of the discipline and contemporary tendencies in the world and in the Czech Republic. Triangle of human ecology in the context of health status. Factors of physical geography and their influence on health / sickness rate / mortality. Socio-economic factors and their influence on health / sickness rate / mortality. Geography of HIV / AIDS in the context of the triangle of human ecology. Geography of HIV/AIDS: case studies. Environmental issues and health status of the population.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, Lecture, Seminar
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 13 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 52 hours per semester
- Team project (50/number of students)
- 26 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| manage knowledge of English |
| read and analyse English texts |
| work with datasets and databases |
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| work with datasets from foreign websites |
| work in international team(s) |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to explain connectedness between health status of population, environment and behaviour on one side, and geographical factors on the other side |
| to explain connectednesses in the context of both current global world and particular regions |
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| to process and interpret data |
| to analyse the causes of spreading of particular diseases both on global and local levels and understand it with a context of socio-economic conditions in a region |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Discussion |
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| Lecture |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Seminar |
| Competences |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Individual study |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Project |
| Skills |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
| Competences |
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| Continuous assessment |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Attoh, Samuel Aryeetey. Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa. Pearson. 2010.
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Lomborg, Bj?rn. RethinkHIV : smarter ways to invest in ending HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. 1st pub. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1-107-02869-2.
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Melinda Meade. Medical Geography. 2010. ISBN 978-1-60623-016-9.
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Sachs, Jeffrey, D. The Age of Sustainable Development. Columbia University Press. 2015.
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Timberg, Craig; Halperin, Daniel. Tinderbox. The Penguin Press. 2012.
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Venkatapuram, Sridhar. Health Justice. Cambridge, 2011. ISBN 978-0-7456-5035-7.
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