Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
SYB2172019192HEALTH LİTERACYCompulsory233
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To gain the knowledge and skills that can protect their own health and provide consultancy to the public about health.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç. Dr. Turgut ŞAHİNÖZ
Learning Outcomes
1To be able to apply health counseling skills, interventions and strategies.
2To have a comprehensive understanding in the field of health.
3To be able to watch national and international publications in the field of health.
4To be able to participate in scientific research in the field of health
5Providing health services in accordance with ethical principles, rules and laws
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Health services in our country, maternal and child health, immunization, infectious diseases, adolescence, first aid, personal hygiene, diseases of the age, use of drugs, harmful habits, sports, old age, home care, school health, patient rights.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Meeting and Orientation
2Introducing the Purpose and Content of the Training
3Health services in Turkey
4maternal and infant health and immunization
5Infectious diseases
6Adolescence period
7first aid
8personal hygiene
9chronic diseases
10Medicines and their use
11Harmful habits and sports
12Old age and home care
13School health
14Right of patients
Recommended or Required Reading
Kalaycıoğlu, Sibel, Tol, Ulaş Uğraş, Küçükural, Önder and Cengiz Kurtuluş. Life Style Preferences in Terms of Elderly People and Their Relatives. Turkey Academy of Sciences Koşar, Nesrin. Elderly Welfare Area in Social Services, Şafak Matbaacılık, 1996, Şahinöz, Turgut. Health Literacy, 2013, Gümüşhane University. Önal Dölek Bilge, Geriatric Social Work, V. National Aging Congress Book, Sivas, 7-8 May 2009, Güven, Sevil. Family Relations in Old Age, Society and Social Work, Issue: 1, Month: October, Year: 2000, Page: 92? 99., Sevil, Hüseyin Tekin. Psycho-Social Problems of Elderly. Ankara: T.C. SSYAB
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures14228
Self Study14570
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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3
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4
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5
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6
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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