Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - BarcelonaPublic Health: Demography and Epidemiology
Module: Medicina social, habilidades de comunicación e iniciación a la investigación
Matter: Salud pública: demografía y epidemiología
Main language of instruction: Spanish
Head instructor
Dr. Pere CASTELLVI - pcastellvi@uic.es
Office hours
Pere Castellvi Obiols PhD
pcastellvi@uic.es
Public health is the area of science that is responsible for ensuring the health and welfare of the population. It includes disciplines such as epidemiology, biostatistics, demography, research methodology, disease prevention, health promotion, health policy and management, and social and behavioral sciences, as well as other disciplines central to its program; but also includes skills such as data processing, bioinformatics, cultural diversity, communication, leadership, professionalism, planning and evaluation of health technologies and programs, among other areas.
Even as subspecialities has given way to school health, maternal and child health, occupational health, environmental health, health management or health technology assessment, among others. In this sense, public health provides health professionals the ability to observe the existing problems in the population, analyze them and establish a plan for improvement.
It is necessary that the student is familiar with the contents of other subjects such as environmental health and epidemiology, focus in medicine (II), biostatistics and epidemiological research.
To know how to identify the aspects that influence the health of the community in disease prevention and the promotion of health habits and lifestyles.
to be able to design and plan strategies for disease prevention and health promotion in different health care settings and population groups.
Students should be able to:
• Identify and analyze the aspects that influence the health of the community in disease prevention and the promotion of habits and lifestyles.
• Design, plan and evaluate strategies for disease prevention and health promotion in different health care settings and population groups.
| Introduction to Epidemiology |
| Epidemiology (I) |
| Epidemiology (II) |
| Case Method: Estimation and interpretation of epidemiologic indicators |
| Epidemiology (III) |
| Case Method: Indicators in action: risk scores |
| Assessment of burden and costs |
| Case Method: Costs and burden of disease: healtgh service assessment |
| Determinants of Health |
Case Method: Epidemiologic Transition
Part II. Public Health strategies: promotion, prevention and management
| Introduction to Public Health |
| Protection and Vigilance |
| Prevention/Promotion |
| Case Method: Levels of prevention |
| Communicable diseases |
| Case Method:Epidemic outbreaks |
| Non-communicable disease |
| Case Method: Natural history of disease |
| Health management and quality of service |
| Case Method: The role of coding in health management |
| Public Health and Mental Healh |
| Public health for physicians. Summary and conclusions |
Reccommended bibliography:
Rothman, K; Greenland S, Lash T (2012) Modern Epidemiology (3rd Ed). NY: Lippincot Williams (ISBN 978-1-4511-9005-2)
(edició en castellà: Rothman K. (1987) Epidemiología moderna. Madrid: Diaz de Santos, ISBN: 978-8-4862-5168-0)
During the sessions, specific references will be given for certains contents.
Other sources:
Gordis L. Epidemiología. Barcelona: Elsevier, 2005.
Skzlo M Niet, FJ (2012). Epidemiology, beyond the basics. ED. Jons and Bartlett
Argimón JM, Jiménez J. Métodos de investigación clínica y epidemiológica. Madrid: Elsevier, 2004.
Somerville M, Kumaran K, Anderson R. Public health and epidemiology at glance. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.