Public Health Nursing

Code: ENF14447L

3 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours

Scientific Area: Nursing

Teaching languages: Portuguese, English

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Presentation

This UC contributes, through its programmatic contents, to the understanding of current dynamics of public health in Portugal.

Sustainable Development Goals

Erradicar a pobreza - Acabar com a pobreza em todas as suas formas, em todos os lugares

Saúde de qualidade - Assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar para todos, em todas as idades.

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

Goals
Understanding current public health dynamics in Portugal
Develop analytical skills on epidemiological, environmental and entomological surveillance
Acquire theoretical reflection bases on the National Health Plan and national disease control program
Acquire theoretical reflection bases on health determinants and health inequalities
Understand the importance of health literacy for the promotion of citizenship in health

Skills
Understand the organization of public health services in Portugal
Describes epidemiological, environmental and entomological surveillance
Identifies and analyzes the main health indicators
Describes in detail the determinants of health
Describes the main factors underlying health inequalities
Explains the importance of health literacy in promoting citizenship in health
Develops self-learning by reading and analyzing scientific texts

• Public Health: History, Scope and Methods
• The Public Health Law
• Public Health in Portugal / Organization of public health services
• Fundamentals of Epidemiology and Epidemiological, Environmental and Entomological Surveillance
• Health Education
• The National Health Service
• Health indicators
• National Health Plan / National PNS Program
• Health determinants and health inequalities
• Health literacy

Teaching Methods

Teaching methodologies focus on lectures and discussion sessions guided/moderated by the lecturer. In addition to the presentation of the syllabus topics by the lecturer in lectures, teaching sessions also involve the active participation of students in theoretical-practical sessions. The bibliographic materials distributed in advance or to be researched in self-study will contribute to making the sessions more dynamic and to the acquisition of skills by students.
The proposed methodologies aim to enable students to achieve the proposed objectives. To this end, students will be encouraged from the outset to intervene, ask questions and clarify doubts whenever they feel the need and consider it appropriate. This methodology also aims to stimulate students' communication, analysis and critical thinking skills in this initial phase of their academic career.
The methodological use of comparing conceptual models and practical examples captures attention, promotes learning, stimulates interest in the different programme contents, and allows the objectives and skills established for this course unit to be achieved.

Assessment

Assessment will be continuous and will take into account the student's active participation in the various activities proposed. For students who opt for continuous assessment, there will be two assessment moments ? an individual written test (60%) at the end of the teaching sessions and a poster presentation in the last theoretical-practical (40%).
Students who do not obtain a grade equal to or higher than 9.5 will be subject to a final assessment. In accordance with the Regulations of the University of Évora, students who do not take one of the scheduled assessments will automatically opt for the final assessment system, and the provisions of the aforementioned regulations will apply.