Information Package / Course Catalogue
Environmental Health Basics
Course Code: HF008
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The student to learn the basic concepts of environmental health and to gain information about environmental health, health problems caused by environmental pollution and to give information about the measures to be taken

Course Content

Introduction to environmental health, health concept, definition of healthy human and healthy environment, classification of the environment - environmental factors affecting public health, preventive and social medicine approach

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Belgin YILDIRIM
Learning Outcomes
1.nvironmental pollution caused by problems that can impact on human the public health
2.Defines Environmental Health of the principles and methods.
3.Cooperates with colleagues and community leaders and health disciplines to meet environmental health needs of the community
4.Environmental pollution caused by problems that can impact onevaluates the public health
5.Defines Environmental Health of the basic concepts.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Stanhope, M., Lancaster J. (2011). Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the Community. 8nd edit. Elsevier Health Sciences
2.Muslu.Y, Su Temini ve Çevre Sağlığı, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, Teknik Üniversite Matbaası, İstanbul,1985
3.Velicangil S., Halk ve İşyeri Sağlığı, İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi, 1978
4..Güler Ç., Çobanoğlu Z., Kentleşme ve Çevre Sağlığı, Birinci Baskı, Sağlık Bakanlığı, Ankara, 1994.
5.Topuzoğlu, İ., Çevre Sağlığı ve İş Sağlığı, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara, 1979.
6.American Nurses Association (ANA). Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice. 1 st Edition American Nurses Association,2004. American Nurses Association (ANA). Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice 2 nd Edition. American Nurses Association, 2010. Silver Spring, Maryland
7.American Nurses Association (ANA). ANA’s Principles of Environmental Health for Nursing Practice with Implementation Strategies. American Nurses Association 2007, Silver Spring. Maryland.
8.Sattler B. Environmental health risk.In: Ivanov LL, Blue CL, eds. Public Health Nursing, Leadership, Policy and Nursing. 1 st ed. USA: Delmar Cengage Learning; 2008. p..213-6.
9.Öztek Z. Halk sağlığı kuramlar ve uygulamalar. Sağlık ve Sosyal Yardım Vakfı. 2020; 735-802.
10.Kavuncuoğlu D, Kiraz D E. Hastalık Yüküne Yeni Yük: İklim Değişikliğinin Sağlık Etkileri. Climate and Health Journal. 2022; 2(2):22-30.
11.Ramazan Sever ve Elvan Yalçınkaya (2018). Çevre eğitimi: Ankara
12.H. Gamze Hastürk (2019). Çevre Eğitimi. Anı Yayıncılık: Ankara Orçun Bozkurt (2014). Çevre eğitimi. Pegem Akademi: Ankara
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction of environmental health
Week 2 - Theoretical
History and concepts of environmental health.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Environmental health theories
Week 4 - Theoretical
Renewable energy sources
Week 5 - Theoretical
Sustainability
Week 6 - Theoretical
Health literacy
Week 7 - Theoretical
Climate change
Week 8 - Theoretical
Climate change (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Traffic accidents
Week 10 - Theoretical
Pesticides
Week 11 - Theoretical
Radioactive contamination
Week 12 - Theoretical
Genetically modified organisms
Week 13 - Theoretical
Drugs, Cosmetics and poisoning - Recycling
Week 14 - Theoretical
Environmental Assessment of the World and Turkey
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Midterm Examination115116
Final Examination125126
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)98
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026