Public Health 5 (Detailed Epidemiology)

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Topic

The aim of the subject is the introduction into the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases, focusing on the primary and secondary prevention possibilities.

Lectures

• 1. Most important public health related problems of developed countries (mortality and morbidity trends, changes, risk factors) - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• 2. Epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular diseases I. (Ischemic heart disease) - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• 3. Epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular diseases II. (Cerebrovascular diseases, hypertension) - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• 4.

  Epidemiology and prevention of osteoporosis.

  - Bellyeiné Pozsgai Éva
• 5. Epidemiology and prevention of diabetes mellitus - Bellyeiné Pozsgai Éva
• 6. Epidemiology and prevention of cancers I. - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• 7. Epidemiology and prevention of cancers II. - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• 8. Epidemiology and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hepatic cirrhosis - Lohner Szimonetta Ivett
• 9. Epidemiology and prevention of asthma bronchiale and allergic rhinitis. - Horváth-Sarródi Andrea
• 10. Epidemiology and prevention of non-communicable gastrointestinal diseases (ulcer, inflammatory bowel diseases) - Lohner Szimonetta Ivett
• 11. Epidemiology and prevention of mental disorders (depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, Alzheimer disease) - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• 12. Epidemiology and prevention of suicide - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• 13. Epidemiology and prevention of addictions (alcohol, smoking, drug addiction) - Horváth-Sarródi Andrea
• 14. Prevention of non-communicable diseases; compulsory and recommended screening methods - Horváth-Sarródi Andrea

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Edit Paulik: Public Health and Preventive Medicine; Medicina Publishing House, Budapest 2013.

Literature developed by the Department

Educational material uploaded on PotePedia.

Notes

Recommended literature

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

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Mid-term exams

Active participation in the lecture is an advantage for the exam.

Making up for missed classes

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Exam topics/questions

Public Health 5. (Detailed Epidemiology)

Topic list:

 

1. Importance of non-communicable diseases in developed countries (mortality, morbidity, trends) 
2. Epidemiology of ischaemic heart disease 
3. Main modifiable risk factors of coronary heart disease 
4. Other modifiable risk factors of coronary heart disease 
5. Risk factors of coronary heart disease (excluding main and other modifiable risk factors) 
6. Epidemiology and prevention of cerebrovascular diseases 
7. Epidemiology and prevention of hypertension 
8. Cardiovascular diseases: risk assessment and prevention 
9. Morbidity and mortality of malignant diseases 
10. Role of infectious diseases in tumour development 
11. Risk factors of malignant diseases 
12. Screening of malignant diseases 
13. Epidemiology and prevention of lung cancer 
14. Epidemiology and prevention of colorectal cancer 
15. Epidemiology and prevention of breast cancer 
16. Epidemiology and prevention of prostate and cervix cancer 
17. Epidemiology and prevention of liver-, pancreas- and gastric cancer 
18. Epidemiology and prevention of head and neck cancers and skin cancers 
19. Epidemiology and prevention of diabetes 
20. Epidemiology and prevention of osteoporosis 
21. Epidemiology and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 
22. Epidemiology and prevention of asthma 
23. Epidemiology and prevention of allergic rhinitis 
24. Epidemiology and prevention of hepatic cirrhosis 
25. Epidemiology and prevention of ulcer disease 
26. Epidemiology and prevention of inflammatory bowel diseases 
27. Epidemiology and prevention of suicide 
28. Epidemiology and prevention of depression and mood disorders 
29. Epidemiology and prevention of anxiety disorders 
30. Epidemiology and prevention of schizophrenia and dementias 
31. Epidemiology and prevention of addictions 
32. Recommended and compulsory screening methods for non-communicable diseases (excluding cancers) 

Examiners

• Bellyeiné Pozsgai Éva
• Berényi Károly
• Gyöngyi Zoltán
• Horváth-Sarródi Andrea
• Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• Kiss Zsuzsanna (Orsós Zsuzsanna)
• Lohner Szimonetta Ivett
• Szendi Katalin
• Varga Csaba (Népeg)

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars