Information Package / Course Catalogue
Prevention of Chronic Diseases
Course Code: HB241
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

In this course, it is aimed to provide students with basic knowledge about the prevention of non-communicable chronic diseases with high prevalence and incidence.

Course Content

Information on the etiology of chronic diseases, risk factors and preventive healthy lifestyle behaviors

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Explains and evaluates the prevalence, incidence, etiology, and risk factors of non-communicable chronic diseases based on epidemiological evidence.
2.Analyzes national and international policies, programs, and strategies for the prevention of chronic diseases in terms of preventive health services.
3.Explains evidence-based healthy lifestyle behaviors for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and cancer, and develops appropriate recommendations for individuals.
4.Evaluates the adaptation process, quality of life, and home care needs of individuals with non-communicable chronic diseases within a holistic care approach.
5.Develops solutions to improve community health by applying scientific, ethical, and interdisciplinary approaches to the prevention and management of chronic diseases.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Durna z. Akın S. (Editörler) Kronik Hastalıklar ve Bakım. 1. baskı, Nobel Kitap Evleri, İstanbul 2012
2.Kronik Hastalıklar Risk Faktörleri Sağlığın Teşviki Ve Geliştirilmesi Sempozyum Kitabı, Ankara, 13-14 Kasım 2008,
3.Akdemir N. Nervous system diseases and nursing care. Akdemir N, Birol L (editörler), Internal Medicine and Nursing Care. Extended 2nd Edition, Ankara, 2005, s.811-821.
4.Kasper DL, Braunwald E, Hauser S, Longo D, Jameson JL, Fauci AS. Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. 16th Ed, McGraw Hill, 2004.
5.Memiş S, Krespi Y, Durna Z, Tülek Z. Akut İnmeli Hastalarda Hemşirelik Bakımı Uygulama Rehberi, İ.Ü.Basımevi, İstanbul, 2003.
6.Çil A, Olgun N. Kronik Obstrüktif Akciğer Hastalığı (KOAH)?ında Hemşirelik Bakımı ve Hasta Eğitimi. İstanbul, 2004; 7(2):1-7.
7.Enç N, Yiğit Z, Altıok M: Kalp Yetersizliği Hasta El Kitabı.I. Baskı, Barış Matbaası; İstanbul, Ekim 2005
8.Astım hasta eğitim seti, Toraks derneği astım çalışma grubu 2004, www.toraks.org.tr
9.Astım hasta eğitim seti, Toraks derneği astım çalışma grubu 2004, www.toraks.org.tr
10.Özcan Ş. (Çev). Diyabet Sağlık Profesyonelleri İçin Uluslararası Eğitim Rehberi, Ed. A.Belton, T.Dunning, Ş.Özcan ve ark. EOS Ajans ve Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2009.
11.Özcan Ş. (Çev). Uluslararası Diyabet Eğitimi Standartları, Ed. M.Funnell, EC Yee Kan, Ş özcan ve ark., EOS Ajans ve Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2009.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Prevalence and incidence of chronic non-communicable diseases
Week 2 - Theoretical
What is being done in the world and in our country for the prevention of chronic diseases?
Week 3 - Theoretical
Global strategies for prevention and control of chronic noncommunicable diseases
Week 4 - Theoretical
Etiology and risk factors of cardiovascular system diseases
Week 5 - Theoretical
Lifestyle behaviors to prevent cardiovascular system diseases
Week 6 - Theoretical
Etiology and risk factors of chronic respiratory diseases
Week 7 - Theoretical
Lifestyle behaviors to prevent chronic respiratory diseases
Week 8 - Theoretical
Midterm Exam + Metabolic syndrome and diabetes etiology and risk factors
Week 9 - Theoretical
Midterm Exam Evaluation+Metabolic syndrome and diabetes preventive lifestyle behaviors
Week 10 - Theoretical
Etiology and risk factors in cancers
Week 11 - Theoretical
Preventive lifestyle behaviors from cancers
Week 12 - Theoretical
Adaptation process in non-communicable chronic diseases
Week 13 - Theoretical
Quality of life in non-communicable chronic diseases
Week 14 - Theoretical
Home care process in non-communicable chronic diseases
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Quiz1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Quiz1112
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)80
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
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