• Inter-population and inter-individual variation in human fertility and fecundity.
• Fertility in demography. Main concepts and secular trends
• Social and biological determinants of fertility.
• Maternal age and reproductive outcomes.
• Breastfeeding:  impact on child health and maternal fertility.
• Reproductive physiology and behavior, and fertility-related health problems.
• Biological  costs of fertility. Health and needs of women in pregnancy.
• Long term consequences of reproduction in poor environment.
• Mother and child-care in historical context.
• Programs for improvement of maternal condition and child health.
  

Main teachers

• Grażyna Jasieńska (Pologne)

Workload and ECTS

Class workload	Total workload	ECTS
35	130	4.5

• Work physiology, occupational pathology, work psychology and ergonomics
• Work stress and workers’ strain and their role as causal or contributing pathological factors, resulting in occupational diseases or nonspecific health outcomes
• Surveillance of workers’ health and work conditions
• Promotion of the work ability and employability with special reference to special target groups.
• Structure of occupational health services and functional links with cooperating sciences, services.
• Occupational Health interventions on individual and society level
• Basic regulations in occupational health.

Main teachers

• Janusz Pokorski (Pologne)

Workload and ECTS

Class workload	Total workload	ECTS
45	190	6

• Main mental disorders, their patterns and risk factors
• The needs of people who suffer from mental diseases
• Trends in care of mentally ill people; approaches and services
• Barriers perceived by the mentally ill related to integration into society and social stereotypes
• Promotion of mental health and the prevention of mental illness
• Legal and social protections of the mentally ill
• Participation of the mentally ill and advocacy services

Main teachers

• Katarzyna Szczerbińska (Pologne)

Workload and ECTS

Class workload	Total workload	ECTS
33	128	4

• Definitions and characteristics of chronic diseases, shown on the examples of chronic pulmonary disease, dermatitis/eczema, post-stroke syndrome, cancer.
• Life course approach to chronic disease: long-term effect on the risk of chronic disease due to physical and social and exposures during gestation (in utero programming), childhood, and later life.
• Methods of diagnosing and measuring the needs for health care and social services of the chronically ill people.
• The chronically ill in their families and the society.
• Rehabilitation and care services for the chronically ill.
• Health promotion and prevention of chronic diseases.
• Economic costs of chronic disease  due to impairment and disability.
• Health and social policy towards chronically ill people on the community and state level.
• Preparation of a project –health promotion programme related to chronic illness.

Main teachers

• Katarzyna Szczerbińska (Pologne)

Workload and ECTS

Class workload	Total workload	ECTS
33	128	4.5

The module consists of the three groups of following main issues:

1. The meaning of disability, differentiation of types, methods of assessment.
2. The meaning of disability. Biological/medical versus social/economic  dimensions of disabilities.
3. Causes and types of disability.
4. Assessment and measures of disability.
5. Legal definitions of disability: criteria and evaluation in the European Union. International and European law in the sphere of disability problem: regulations of a specific and a general nature.
6. The assessment of needs.
7. The disability prevention methods.
8. The systemic and legal background for the disability protection question.
9. The legal status of disabled people in the light of the European social security law (European Social Charter –art12,13). Rights of disabled persons, guaranties and the free movement rule applicability.
10. Medical and social aspects of rehabilitation process.
11. Problem of disability financing.
12. Social security system for disabled people in different countries. A comparative approach.
13. Expenditure on social security system for disabled persons.
14. Problems of social integration of disable people – typical barriers.
15. Integration systems of disability into a labour market. A comparative approach.
National good practice in the disabled person’s social integration. Sheltered work places, social firms and open labour market in the context of disabled employment.

Main teachers

• Stanisława Golinowska (Pologne)

Workload and ECTS

Class workload	Total workload	ECTS
45	190	6

• Ageing process
• Measurement of health and social needs of the elderly (health related quality of life concept and description of measurement tools)
• Knowledge of main geriatric problems:
• Dementia (disease description, organization of care, caregiver burden, support system for caregivers)
• Osteoporosis, falls, injuries (disease description, health promotion, falls prevention)
• Bedsores ( health problem, prevention, standard of care, quality of care assurance)
• Healthy aging and health promotion strategies
• Organization of health and social care for the elderly (cross-national perspective)
• Comprehensive geriatric assessment (screening tests for geriatric problems, standard of geriatric care)

Main teachers

• Katarzyna Szczerbińska (Pologne)

Workload and ECTS

Class workload	Total workload	ECTS
33	130	4.5

• Qualitative and quantitative paradigm (positivist and phenomenological), roots and traditions. Ontological, epistemological, axiological, rhetorical and methodological assumptions.
• When to use qualitative research
• How and why qualitative research can be used in studies related to social and health protection
• Research problem, research questions, theory
• Qualitative strategies:
• Ethnography
• Phenomenology
• Grounded theory
• Case study
• Qualitative techniques of data collection
• (obtrusive and unobtrusive methods)
• Interview
• Participant observation
• Context in qualitative research
• Theoretical sampling
• Mixed method design, quality and rigor
• Qualitative data analysis
• Ethics and Qualitative research
• Scientific writing

Charge de travail et ECTS

Heures de cours	Charge totale de travail	ECTS
30	120	5