Preventive Medicine 3.

Daten

Offizielle Daten in der Fachveröffentlichung für das folgende akademische Jahr: 2026-2027

Thematik

The aim of the course is the introduction into the environmental related health impacts and with a particular focus on the prevention.

Vorlesungen

• 1.

  Epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular diseases I.

  - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• 2.

  Epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular diseases II.

  - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• 3.

  Epidemiology and prevention of diabetes. Metabolic syndrome.

  - Bellyeiné Pozsgai Éva
• 4.

  Epidemiology and prevention of osteoporosis.

  - Bellyeiné Pozsgai Éva
• 5.

  Epidemiology and prevention of cancer. I.

  - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• 6.

  Epidemiology and prevention of cancer. II.

  - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• 7.

  Epidemiology and prevention of enteric non-communicable diseases

  - Lohner Szimonetta Ivett

Praktika

• 1.

  Lifestyle counselling 1.

  - Balogh Erika
• 2.

  Lifestyle counselling 2.

  - Balogh Erika
• 3.

  Individual health plan design 1.

  - Szendi Katalin
• 4.

  Individual health plan design 2.

  - Szendi Katalin
• 5.

  Mental health promotion, mental hygiene 1.

  - Horváth-Sarródi Andrea
• 6.

  Mental health promotion, mental hygiene 2.

  - Horváth-Sarródi Andrea
• 7.

  Mental health promotion, mental hygiene 3.

  - Horváth-Sarródi Andrea

Seminare

Materialien zum Aneignen des Lehrstoffes

Obligatorische Literatur

Vom Institut veröffentlichter Lehrstoff

Educational material uploaded on PotePedia.

Skript

Empfohlene Literatur

Tompa (editor): Basic Principles of Public Health, ISBN: 978 963 9879 13 3

Voraussetzung zum Absolvieren des Semesters

Absence of 2x45 minutes from practical is acceptable. Above this the semester cannot be accepted.

Semesteranforderungen

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Möglichkeiten zur Nachholung der Fehlzeiten

Students may attend the practical of another group on the same week. Pre-consultation with practical leader is needed.

Prüfungsfragen

Exam questions: 

Rely on material from lectures and seminars 

Educational material uploaded on PotePedia 

In the exam knowledge of every delivered lecture and practice can be asked (also those facts which are not written on slides, but were mentioned at lessons!!) 

 

Topic list: 

1. Ecology 1, Organization levels, Gaia theory, competition, niche-theory 

2. Ecology 2, Population in biology, ecosystem, food-chain, diversity 

3. Ecology 3, Interactions among populations, Lotka-Volterra model, population growth 

4. Ecology 4, Human ecology, Special situation of the human population(s) in the ecosystem 

5. Ecology 5. Meadows’ models, global problems, examples from the game theory 

6. The etiological factors of global warming. 

7. The direct health related effects of global warming. 

8. The indirect health related effects of global warming. 

9. The effect of climate change on biodiversity. 

10. Socioeconomic effects - The future situation of food and water: Access and Safety. 

11. Health effects of air pollution 

12. Outdoor air pollution 1, Elements of air pollution. Atmospheric transmission. 

13. Outdoor air pollution 2, The role of the ozone layer 

14. Outdoor air pollution 3, Major pollutants 

15. Outdoor air pollution 4, Residential solid fuel combustion 

16. Outdoor air pollution 5, Smogs 

17. Indoor air pollution 1, Major pollutants 

18. Indoor air pollution 2, carbon-monoxide 

19. Indoor air pollution 3, Biological pollutants 

20. Indoor air pollution 4, Sick building syndrome and Building related illness 

21. Water 1, Global water resources, water demands, water balance 

22. Water 2, Water 2, Hydrological cycles 

23. Water 3, Essential ions in drinking water 

24. Water 4, Water pollutants/contaminants: classification, effects 

25. Water 5, The Minamata disaese; arsenic in drinking water 

26. Water 6, Secondary contaminants 

27. Water 7, Water-borne epidemics, crucial infectious agents 

28. Water 8, Water-soluble forms of iodine, effects; iodine in water and soil 

29. Hazardous wastes, applied tests; Self-purification of waters 

30. The scope of environmental-health. Man and the environment. 

31. The IARC monograph programme. 

32. Basics of ecotoxicology. Circulation of pollutants. 

33. Stockholm convention and POP compounds 

34. Asbestos 

35. Glyphosate 

36. Systemic insecticides and honeybees  

37. Electromagnetic radiations and their health effects and prevention 

38. Major polluting radioisotopes and their health effect 

39. Aerobiology 

40. Significance and measurement of UV radiation (laboratory practice) 

41. Significance and measurement of radon exposure (laboratory practice) 

42. UV radiation in the atmosphere – The Chapman-cycle 

43. Dose-response curves, thresholds 

44. Water microbiology (laboratory practice): applied techniques and parameters used for evaluation 

45. Water chemistry I (laboratory practice): nitrogen forms, hardness 

46. Water chemistry II (laboratory practice):  chlorine in water, pH 

Prüfer

• Bérczi Bálint Dániel
• Gyöngyi Zoltán
• Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• Márovics Gergely Péter
• Szabó István (Népeg)
• Szendi Katalin
• Varga Csaba (Népeg)

Praktika, Seminarleiter/innen

• Balogh Erika
• Bérczi Bálint Dániel
• Gyöngyi Zoltán
• Horváth-Sarródi Andrea
• Márovics Gergely Péter
• Szendi Katalin