Course topics: 1. Introduction to terminology, basic concepts and definitions 2. Health inequalities , their causes and strategies to address 3. Socioeconomic position as a determinant of health (social gradient and health) 4. Employment and unemployment and their impact on health 5. Education and its impact on health 6. Psychosocial environment and health 7. Research on socioeconomic determinants (best known studies) 8. Social marketing and its impact on health 9. Communication theories and basic communication models for health – media and health 10. Health literacy and its essential elements 11. Health equity , basic terminology and strategy papers 12. Strategies to reduce health inequalities , strategies to improve health culturally of different communities, examples of good practice

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Supervisors and educators:
doc. PhDr. Silvia Puteková, PhD. - Kogarant
doc. PhDr. Róbert Ochaba, PhD. - Zabezpečuje, Hlavný garant, Skúšajúci, Cvičiaci, Kogarant, Prednášajúci, Zodpovedný za elearning
PhDr. Michal Rafajdus, PhD. - Kogarant, Schvaľujúci zápis
doc. Ing. Margaréta Kačmariková, PhD. - Kogarant
PhDr. Jarmila Pekarčíková, PhD. - Kogarant

Code: VZB31

Period: ZS

Credits: 2