Core Courses

Core courses 20 Credits:

Credits (lecture-lab-self study)
TMSH 502 Diseases in School Children
3 (2-2-5)
Prerequisite: None
 
Etiology, mechanism of disease; symptom, sign, course, initial care and management; prevention and control of diseases in school children
TMSH 503 School Environment Management
2 (2-0-4)
Prerequisite: None
 
The basic school environment; physical threats, chemical threats and biological threats; the school environment assessment; the school environment management; planning interventions for the health protection and health promotion in school children and school environments
TMSH 504 School Health Development
2 (1-2-3)
Prerequisite: None
 
The school health development in a conceptual framework; structured development plans; activities and operating school health; virtue and ethics of school health personnel; the health promotion in schools and in the communities; the supervision and evaluation of the work performance; school health research; the role of student leaders and health volunteers
TMSH 505 School Health Management
2 (0-4-2)
Prerequisite: None
  The school health management; policy and action plans; analyses of school situations and environment; the activity development; the school health program assessment; virtue and ethics of school health personnel; the field practice of students in the selected schools
TMSH 512 Health Issues in Schools
3 (3-0-6)
Prerequisite: None
 
Health problems of school children; physical, mental, spiritual, and social aspects; planning for the school health development for child growth and good health; principle and concept of sustainable management in school
TMSH 513 Nutrition Principles for School Children
2 (2-0-4)
Prerequisite: None
 
The role and significance of food in human health and the way of life nutrient requirements for the growth and development in childhood; illness due to the imbalance of dietary intakes; undernutrition and overnutrition; the important roles of foods in the disease prevention
TMSH 514 School Health Seminars
2 (2-0-4)
Prerequisite: None
 
Seminars on the school health policy; the environment, diseases concerning nutritions, school health plans and development
TMSH 515 Epidemiology and Biostatistics in School Healt
2 (2-0-4)
Prerequisite: None
 
Epidemiology and basic statistical methods in school health; measurements in epidemiology; risk assessment and the level of association; the connection between the association and the reasonable conclusion; the research designs review; statistical methodology; data analyses and interpretations
TMSH 544 Research Methodology
2 (2-0-4)
Prerequisite: None
  Formulation of rationale, research questions, objectives and research titles; study design; sample size calculation; data analysis; ethies issues in biomedical and social science research