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University College of Physiotherapy
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Grao en Fisioterapia
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  FISIOTERAPIA COMUNITARIA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA
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UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION; BASIC CONCEPTS IN COMMUNITY HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE PHYSIOTHERAPY. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK.


Lesson 1. Concept of health.





Health and their determinants.
Lesson 2. Community physiotherapy and public Health. Biopsicosocial perspective and his implications.
Concept of community health and levels of action.
Concept of public Health and actions.
Levels of prevention.
Lesson 3. Social organization of healthcare. Models of healthcare. National system of health.
Intervention in formal and informal community environments. Primary attention of health. Domiciliary attention and in working/leisure- community environments. Cooperation.
UNIT 2. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH DEMOGRAPHY

Lesson 4. Demography.
Concept. Dinamic and static demography. Taxes adjust.
Lesson 5. Types of epidemiologic studies. Criteria for the classification
Lesos 6. Frequency disease measurements. Incidence and prevalence.
Lesson 7. Cohort studies. Relative risk. Advantages and limitations
Lesson 8. Case-control studies. Odds ratio. Advantages and limitations.
Lesson 9. Studies for the evaluation of diagnostic tests. Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values.
Lesson 10. General epidemiology of communicable diseases. General basis for their prevention.
Lesson 11. General epidemiology of chronic diseases. Double burden of disease. Indicators of chronic diseases. Years of disability-adjusted life.
Lesson 12. Vaccines. Concept. Classification. composition
UNIT 3. TEAM METHODOLOGY AND ACTION IN COMMUNITY PHYSIOTHERAPY.

Lesson 13. Communication and team working.
Team working concept versus working in groups. Functioning, organization and communication.
Leeson 14. Health Promotion. Health Education. Concept and methods.
Lesson 15. Health Panning. Health plans and programs.
Lesson 16. Qualitative research. Concept and phases.
echniques of information collection (individual and by group ones).
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