Curricular Unit:			Code:
Disease Prevention Programs			1006PPDO
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	CTSP	Gerontology and Community Intervention	3 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Spring Semester		Portuguese/English	39
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
In the course of Prevention of Disease Programs, students are expected to be able to: - Acquire knowledge that allows them to understand the distinction between having an illness, feeling sick and behaving like a patient - Identify the main causes and risk factors for morbidity and mortality; - Understanding the importance of involving the elderly in disease prevention at the different levels of prevention; - Be sensitive to the specific needs of the elderly - Develop skills that enable them to communicate effectively with the elderly - to examine the particularities of Community intervention in the field of health and disease; - Identify the different stages of a community prevention program, from initial evaluation to follow-up evaluation after implementation; - Identify the specificities of community prevention programs for different target audiences and specific problems; - Design and plan a community prevention program for the elderly.
Syllabus:
1. Health and disease in the elderly population 1.1 Having a disease, feeling sick and behaving like a sick person 1.2 Diseases of high mortality and morbidity 1.2.1 Hypertension 1.2.2 Diabetes mellitus 1.2.3 Cardiovascular diseases 1.2.4 Cerebrovascular diseases 1.2.5 Dementia 2. Construction of social and community prevention programs 2.1 Initial evaluation 2.2 Design the intervention 2.2.1 Phases in program 2.2.1.1 Identification of the problem 2.2.1.2 Construction of the program - identification of the target population; Objectives, content, implementation, outcome indicators, budget preparation, human and material resources, sources of funding 2.3 Implementation 2.3.1 Selection of participants 2.3.2 Awareness raising and mobilization 2.3.3 Execution 2.4 Evaluation of the intervention 2.4.1 Evaluation of programs 2.4.2 Types of evaluation 2.4.3 Role of evaluation in intervention 2.4.4 Strategies for evaluating and recording information 2.4.5 Data analysis - Use of results
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The knowledge and understanding of the contents about programs of prevention of diseases will be developed through the exposition and analysis of the theoretical contents. The individual work will enable the practical application of the theoretical contents to be practiced.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Methods: interrogative / active, expository and demonstrative Oral presentation of programmatic content. Active / participatory methodology, with the support of audiovisual media and articles of bibliographic relevance. Individual and group work, leading to active participation in the class, with the support of the teacher. The theoretical evaluation of the curricular unit is made through two individual written tests, which focuses on the contents taught (weighting of 4 each test). The theoretical evaluation of the curricular unit is made through participation in the classes, particularly in the presentation and discussion of the construction work of a disease prevention program (weighting of 2). The student must obtain the minimum mark of 10 values for their approval.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
Knowledge and understanding of the theoretical aspects are evaluated through two written tests. The commitment, the motivation to understand and the capacity for practical application of the knowledge are evaluated in the theoretical classes through the analysis of the work of building a program to prevent a disease
Reading:
1.Barbero, J.M. & Cortès, F. (2005). Trabajo comunitário, organización y desarrollo social. Madrid: Alianza Editorial. 2.Menezes, I. (2010). Intervenção Comunitária - Uma Perspectiva Psicológica. Porto: Legis Editora. 3.Serrano, G.P. (2008). Elaboração de projectos sociais. Porto: Porto Editora. 4.World Health Organization, & European Commission (2009). Report of the Workshop on integration of data on physical activity patterns. Zurich. 5.World Health Organization (2011). First Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and Noncommunicable Disease Control. Prevention and control of NCDS: Priorities for investment , (pp. 1-13). Moscow. 6.World Health Organization (2011). Global status report on noncommunicable diseases 2010: Description of the global burden of NCDs, their risk factors and determinants. http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789240686458_eng.pdf 7.World Health Organization (2014). World Health Statistics 2014. WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data.