Acquiring knowledge of medical and sociological concepts of normal and pathological and various aspects (biomedical, sociomedical, secular, professional) on the concept of health.
Acquiring knowledge of the impact of stress on health as well as the correlation between the social environment and stress.
Acquiring knowledge of the concept and forms of social support, methods of measuring it and the correlation between stress and social support.
Acquiring knowledge of social inequalities in health and health care and individual social factors of the disease.
Getting acquainted with the particularities of social impact on oral health. Acquiring knowledge of the conceptual determination, species and use of health indicators.
Medical and sociological concepts of the normal and the pathological. Health as an ideal and/or as a standard. Biomedical, sociomedical, secular, professional, static and dynamic definitions of health. A movement to promote health. Concept and forms of social support. Methods for measuring social support. The relationship between stress and social support. Stress and disease. Social factors and stress. Social inequalities in health and health care. Social differentiation. Social stratification. Social differences and inequalities. Determination of health inequalities and explanation of their occurrence Social determination of health. Health inequalities and principles of justice in health care. Forms of health inequalities. Health indicators. Conceptual definition. Types of health indicators. Use of health indicators.
Required course materials:
- Cerjan-Letica G, Letica S, Babić-Bosanac S, Mastilica M, Orešković S. Medicinska sociologija. Medicinska naklada, Zagreb, 2003.
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Critically evaluate the medical and sociological concepts of the normal and the pathological
2. Explain certain social factors of disease and social inequalities in health and health care
3. Valorize different views on the concept of health
4. Identify the relationship between stress and health and stress and social support
5. Compare the use of individual health indicators
