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1. 1. Introduction • Public health definition, important concepts
(development and tasks of public health, definitions of health, disease,
clinical medicine, population medicine) • Organized efforts by the society to
strengthen, preserve and restore health (PH measures, prevention levels,
national practice) • Overview of major health problems (infectious diseases,
chronic non-communicable diseases, injuries, mental disorders) • Determination
of key risk factors (natural, socio-economic) • Reducing inequalities in health,
by considering socio-economic, natural factors and multiculturalism • Monitoring
and use of population health indicators • Creating criteria for the management
of population health risks • Demographic and epidemiological changes • Routine
and occasional sources of health data • Descriptive epidemiology – indicators of
disease burden • Analytical epidemiology – epidemiological research • Spatial
epidemiology – geographical analysis • Interpretation of the results of
epidemiological studies 2. HEALTH PREVENTION THROUGHT OUT THE LIFE SPAN 2.1
Interdisciplinary health prevention focused on children and youth The concepts
of designing individual and/or group preventive programs for boosting health of
youth and children and the actions for selected common problems in this
population Communicable disease and immune system • Physical activity for
boosting immune system of children and adolescents • The role of nutrients for
preserving and boosting immunes system in children and youth • Challenges in
immunization and vaccination today: nursing perspective • The role of nutrients
and/or bioactive substances in immune response and variability in responses
after bioactive substances dietary intake in children and youth • The concept of
designing individual and/or group prevention programs for health promotion to
prevent infections Sexuality • Prevention of sexually-transmitted diseases:
health promotion • Health promotion of preconception health Allergies and asthma
• Identification of environmental risk factors for asthma or allergy development
• Nutritional guidelines for introducing allergens into diet (pregnancy,
children, adolescents) • Microbiota – colon-brain axis in relation to allergies
in children • The role of nursing care in children and youth with asthma/allergy
• The concept of designing individual and/or group preventive programs for
health promotion in youth and children for preventing asthma/allergy • Exercise
as a supplementary tool for managing asthma ADHD • Social context of ADHD
development and consequences of ADHD during growth: the importance for planning
health promotion • The concept of designing individual and/or group preventive
programs for preventing ADHD related symptoms in children (preschool and school)
and adolescents • Exercise as a supplementary tool for ADHD • Amino-acid
metabolism and crucial nutrients (tyrosine, tryptophan) in relation to ADHD
Diabetes • Exercise and physical activity for children and youth with diabetes
• Changes in society, related to risk factors for diabetes development in
children and adolescents: the importance for planning health promotion • The
role of nursing care in children and youth with diabetes • The concept of
designing individual and/or group preventive programs for youth and children for
preventing or treating diabetes • Biomarkers related to nutritional status and
diabetes in children and adolescents Musculo-skeletal problems • Problematics of
musculoskeletal diseases of children in context of accelerated growth • The role
of nursing care in early detection and prevention of chronic musculoskeletal
pain in children and youth • Models of care of musculoskeletal pain in children
and youth and the role of nursing • Physical activity of growing individuals and
ergonomic interventions for prevention of musculoskeletal diseases • Preventing
overtraining in children and adolescents 2.2 Interdisciplinary health prevention
focused on adult population Concepts of designing individual and/or group
preventive programs for health promotion in adult population and actions for
selected common issues in this population Musculoskeletal disorders • Physical
activity and ergonomic interventions for prevention of most common
musculoskeletal diseases of working population (low back pain, cervicobrachial
syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome) • Nursing models for prevention and management
of chronic pain of musculoskeletal system and connective tissues • Using special
non-pharmacological methods for prevention and management of chronic pain Cancer
• Epidemiological review of neoplasms, their characteristics, and crucial risk
factors for their development • The contribution of nursing care in promotion
of individual screening for the disease and participating in existing programs
for early cancer detection • Physical activity for cancer prevention in adult
population • Balanced diet for cancer prevention Workplace health • Model of
health in work settings and its promotion from the nurses’ perspective
• Ergonomic adjustment of working environment and targeted exercise for
preventing working injuries and intoxications • Exercise and workplace
interventions for preserving cardiovascular health Cardiovascular disease • The
importance of identification of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases related
to lifestyle in planning health promotion • European guidelines for prevention
of cardiovascular diseases in clinical practice • System for assessing and
evaluating nutritional intake (biological markers, analytical methods), and
development of new tools and methods for evaluating nutritional status of adult
population • Nutrition and energy intake in relation to body composition, effect
on health and lifespan of adult population • Bioactive substances in diet, new
foods, creating functional foods for prevention of diseases in adult population,
molecular methods for determining food quality, food safety and the effects of
nutrition on human organism Respiratory disorders • Prevention of chronic
respiratory diseases in developed countries: the role of nursing care
• Prevention of acute respiratory diseases through vaccination: the role of
nursing care • Exercise as a mean to increase respiratory capacity and learning
correct breathing patterns • Nutrition for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Mental health and cognition • Physical activity as supportive tool for reducing
and preventing depression and anxiety related to work • Social aspects of mental
and behavioural illnesses development, multicultural aspects • Prevention,
early diagnostic and early treatment of mental and behavioural illnesses in
adults: the role of nursing care • Associations between mental or behavioural
illnesses and biological markers • Psychology, motivators for food choice,
modern techniques for health promotion and transmitting information on
preventive nutrition • Strategies of nutritional interventions in working
population with mental or behavioural illnesses Healthy pregnancy
• Identification of extrinsic factors that affect foetus development and the
course of healthy pregnancy and delivery • Early prevention of urinary
incontinence: health promotion • The concept of designing individual and/or
group programs for health promotion during pregnancy (School for parents),
consideration of cultural differences 2.3 Interdisciplinary health prevention
focused on elderly Concepts of designing individual and/or group programs for
health promotion for elderly and actions for selected common problems of this
population Cardiovascular disorders • The role of nursing care in the
identification of risk factors for development of cardiovascular diseases
related to lifestyle and aging • Physical activity for prevention of stroke and
infarct in elderly • The role of bioactive substances in prevention of
cardiovascular diseases in elderly Mental health and cognition • The
application of strategies for decreasing the risk of cognitive decline (in
particular the development of Alzheimer’s disease) in nursing care
• Interventions for preventing depression, loneliness and social isolation among
the elderly in health promotion of healthy ageing • Physical exercise for
prevention and treatment of neurological and psychiatric issues (insomnia,
depression, balance impairments, dementia) • Exercise for strengthening the
most important motor-cognitive abilities for independence and everyday
activities • The role of bioactive substances in relation to mental disorders
Diabetes • Physical activity for prevention of diabetes in the insulin
resistance phase • Nutrition for elderly with endocrine disruptions
• Development of new functional foods for preventive nutrition of elderly
• Prevention and management of diabetes and its consequences in elderly: the
role of nursing care • Obstacles in management and treatment of diabetes in
elderly Musculo-skeletal disorders • Nutrition for preservation of
musculoskeletal system of elderly • Prevention of aging-related diseases
(osteoporosis, menopausal period) that affect diseases of musculoskeletal system
• Nursing models for prevention and management of chronic pain accompanying
musculoskeletal disorders • Physical activity and targeted exercise for
prevention and treatment of degenerative diseases of musculoskeletal system
(joint degenerations, sarcopenia, osteopenia, balance deterioration) and
individual injuries, typical for elderly (hip fracture)