Information Package / Course Catalogue
Healthy Environments
Course Code: CSAG653
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: 5
Objectives of the Course

This course aims to evaluate the plans and projects designed to contribute to positive and healthy environment for people and how to improve the ties between people and nature in daily life, such as the environment where people live and work, positive health and welfare results.

Course Content

Healthy environment concept Features of a healthy environment Healthy environments and effects on human health Unhealthy environments and effects on human health Environmental improvement strategies in the promotion and development of health, Social ecological analysis of health promoting environments Health resources and constraints available in certain environmental settings Research on the creation and maintenance of health promoting environments

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Metin DAM
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to have theoretical and practical up-to-date information in the field of environmental health
2.To be able to analyze the problems related to environmental health with scientific methods and to evaluate with a critical approach
3.Ability to produce, execute and finalize new projects for scientific research
4.To be able to have theoretical and practical knowledge about environmental health, historical development and economic dimension of environmental health
5.To be able to have theoretical and practical knowledge about environmental degradation effects
6.Ability to apply knowledge and skills in the areas of strategic management, marketing, performance management, quality management and human resources management
7.Knows, interprets and interprets intercultural differences, national and international health legislation and patient rights and their rights.
8.Acquiring theoretical and practical knowledge about environmental ethics, policy and planning, information systems, professional foreign language, finance and intermediary institutions
9.To have information about basic concepts, terminology and complementary medicine in health field,
10.To have environmental literacy
Recommended or Required Reading
1. Unpublished course notes
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Concept of healthy environment
Week 2 - Theoretical
Features of healthy environment
Week 3 - Theoretical
Healthy environments and their effects on human health
Week 4 - Theoretical
Healthy environments and their effects on human health
Week 5 - Theoretical
Environmental improvement strategies in health promotion
Week 6 - Theoretical
Environmental improvement strategies in health promotion
Week 7 - Theoretical
Social ecological analysis of health-promoting environments
Week 8 - Theoretical
Social ecological analysis of health-promoting environments (Midterm)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Social ecological analysis of health-promoting environments
Week 10 - Theoretical
Health resources and limitations in specific environmental environments
Week 11 - Theoretical
Research on the creation and maintenance of health-promoting environments
Week 12 - Theoretical
Research on the creation and maintenance of health-promoting environments
Week 13 - Theoretical
Social Responsibility and Science and Environmental Health
Week 14 - Theoretical
Policies to support healthy aging
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Midterm Examination138240
Final Examination155257
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
5
4
5
4
4
OÇ-2
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-3
4
4
4
5
5
OÇ-4
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-5
2
2
2
2
2
OÇ-6
1
2
3
4
5
OÇ-7
5
4
3
2
1
OÇ-8
3
2
2
2
3
OÇ-9
4
5
4
5
4
OÇ-10
4
4
4
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026