Information Package / Course Catalogue
Vulnerable Groups and Community Health Nursing
Course Code: HSH608
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

This course is consist of advanced knowledge and skills about specialites and health problems of risk groups in the community

Course Content

Vulnarable Population, Elderly people, Teenage Pregnancy, Disability Populatin

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Filiz ADANA
Prof. Safiye ÖZVURMAZ
Learning Outcomes
1.To promote, practice and prepare of community health nursing care for vulnerable population in community
2.To identify primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies in working with vulnerable population
3.To examine the impact of culture, socioeconomic status, lifestyle, environment, and violence on the health of vulnerable population
4.To prepare a sample of health promation program for vulnarable population
5.To prepare a sample of health promation program for vulnarable population
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Güler ç, Akın L: Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları, Ankara, 2006
2.Smith CM, Maurer FA: CommunityHealthNursingTheoryAndPractice. Second Edition. WB SaundersCompany, 2000
3.Stanhope M, Lancaster J: PublicHealthNursingPopulation-CenteredHealthCare in theCommunity, Seventh Edition, Mosby,St.Louis, 2008
4.Stone-Clemen S. McGuire SL Eigsti DG: ComprehensiveCommunityHealthNursing, Family, Aggregate&CommunityPractice.Mosby, 2002
5.Stanhope M. Lancester J:Foundations of Nursing in theCommunity, Community- OrientedPractice, Mosby, Second Edition, 2006.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Vulnarability and Vulnarable Population
Week 2 - Theoretical
Children Who Work and Live in Street
Week 3 - Theoretical
Elderly people
Week 4 - Theoretical
Disability Populatin
Week 5 - Theoretical
Tourist Health
Week 6 - Theoretical
Teenage Pregnancy
Week 7 - Theoretical
Bioterrorisim and Disaster Nursing
Week 8 - Theoretical
Bioterrorisim and Disaster Nursing (EXAM)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Specialities of rural area, Health risks and problems of rural areas
Week 10 - Theoretical
Community health nursing practices in rural health
Week 11 - Theoretical
Community health nursing practices about addictions
Week 12 - Theoretical
Correctional health and health risks
Week 13 - Theoretical
Community health nursing practices in HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Risk Grups
Week 14 - Theoretical
Community health nursing practices in HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Risk Grups
Week 15 - Final Exam
FINAL
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Midterm Examination110212
Final Examination130232
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
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PÇ-4
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OÇ-1
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
OÇ-2
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
OÇ-3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
OÇ-4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
OÇ-5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026