Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS Credits
2BES122Demographic Structure And Health2+0+023

Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Nutrition and Dietetics
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Objectives of the Course Teaching general demographic concepts, components and indicators, current demographic information on maternal and child health and nutrition.
Course Content Introduction to public health, concept of public health, disease and health, criteria determining the level of health, epidemiological research methods, demographic-population structure, health management, maternal health, family planning, health education, immunization, environmental health, occupational health.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Instructor Çağla Pınarlı cagla.pinarli@gedik.edu.tr
Assistants Research Assist. Merve Özvar merve.ozvar@gedik.edu.tr
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Basic Knowledge of Public Health. Güler Ç, Akın L (Eds), Hacettepe University Hospitals Extended II. edition, Ankara, 2012.
Course notes will be given weekly.
Ders notları
Vize/Final

Course Category
Social Sciences %30
Health %50
Field %20

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 2 28
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 3 42
Mid-terms 1 3 3
Final examination 1 6 6
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 3 79

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Learns general demographic concepts
2 Have ideas and practice about population size and increase
3 Knows fertility issues and factors affecting fertility
4 Gain knowledge of mortality
5 Gain knowledge about migration and urbanization
6 Learns maternal-child health indicators and current values
7 Learns nutritional and anthropometric indicators and their current values


Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction, Definition, elements and data sources of demography
2 Demographic Metrics and Concepts of Demography
3 Population size, density, distribution
4 Population structure, age and gender structure, population growth
5 Fertility
6 Factors affecting fertility, Family planning and contraceptive methods
7 Mortality
8 Midterm Exam Week
9 Risky pregnancies
10 Migration, urbanization and health
11 nutritional status
12 nutritional status
13 Maternal and child nutrition
14 Maternal and child nutrition
15 An Overview
16 Final Exam Week


Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10
All 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1
C1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1
C2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1
C3 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1
C4 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1
C5 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1
C6 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1
C7 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1

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