SKY749 - HEALTH SOCIOLOGY
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEALTH SOCIOLOGY | SKY749 | 3rd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Team/Group Work Other: Seminars | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Faculty Members | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of this course is to put into place the social factors as the main determinants of health, gain the ability to analyze and assess the relationship among social factors, health, disease, health services and medicine with a sociological perspective. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Generally, content of health and society course consist of issues health, diseases and community definitions and theories, explanations and approaches of health and illness, factors affecting health, social determinants of health and analysis of health with community relations in a conceptual framework. | |||||
| References | 1. Aggleton P. (1990). Defining Health. Routledge, London. 2. Amic BC, Levine S, Tarlov AR and Wals DC. (1995). Society and Health. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 3. Bilton T, Bonnet K, Jones P et al. (2003). Introductory Sociology. Plagrave Macmillan. (Çeviri: İnal K, Kartal Y, Özkale N vd. Sosyoloji. Gözden Geçirilmiş 2. Baskı, Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara). 4. Cirhinlioğlu Z. (2001). Sağlık Sosyolojisi. Birinci Basım, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara 5. CSDH. (2008). Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health. Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Geneva, World Health Organization. 6. Demir N. (2010). Birey, Toplum, Bilim: Sosyoloji Temel Kavramlar. Dördüncü Bası, Turhan Kitabevi, Ankara. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Health and Society: A General Framework |
| Week 2 | Health-Society Relations: A Conceptual FrameworkforAnalysis |
| Week 3 | Factors that affect to health: Health Determinants |
| Week 4 | Family, Children and Health |
| Week 5 | Age, Material Status, Gender and Health |
| Week 6 | Midterm Exam |
| Week 7 | Race, Ethnicity and Health |
| Week 8 | Politics, Political Economy andHealth |
| Week 9 | Class, Business /Labor andHealth |
| Week 10 | Education, Culture/Lifestyleand Health |
| Week 11 | Social Security, Health Services and Health |
| Week 12 | Environment, Pollution and Health |
| Week 13 | Religion, Law and Health |
| Week 14 | Shelter, Food, Nutritionand Health, Doctor- Patient Relationship, Community Participationand Health |
| Week 15 | Preparation for the Final Exam |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 1 | 10 |
| Midterms | 1 | 20 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 12 | 4 | 48 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 50 | 50 |
| Total Workload | 30 | 127 | 210 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Development of theoretical and practical information related to the field of health care management | X | ||||
| 2. Analyzing and directing administrative, financial, legal, technical and medical processes of health care organizations | X | ||||
| 3. To have knowledge and skills on managing information systems in health caremanagement and to be able to effectively use it | X | ||||
| 4. To make advanced analysesof health system at national and international level,health planning and health policy, and health sector with economic and financial aspects | X | ||||
| 5. To have knowledge and skills to make advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses in health caremanagement and to be able to apply this knowledge | X | ||||
| 6. To have the ability to think critically and innovatively in dealing with problems faced during health care management processes, to have the ability to develop scientific methods and technics in decision making and problem solving | X | ||||
| 7. To act in accordance with the principles of scientific research, publishing and management | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest