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HISTORY
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Today and Future
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In the last decade, School members have initiated and carried out several seminars
at the Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik, such as 'Social Gerontology in Intercultural
Perspectives', 'Training of Teachers in General Practice', 'Self-care', 'Human
Rights and Medicine', etc.
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The principle that without scientific work there can be no good quality
teaching, was always emphasized. The scientific work developed in all fields
in which teaching was conducted. Scientific and professional activities enabled
a closer link with public health practice. It is also a way to unite with institutions
with similar interests in other countries. Therefore, significant scientific and
professional activities have been conducted on behalf or in collaboration with
the World Health Organization or through direct contacts with numerous foreign
institutions. This was also a way to transfer modern scientific and professional
technology.
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Research work has been carried out in the fields of social medicine
and epidemiology, training activities, medical sociology, health ecology, environmental
sanitation, microbiology, informatics and statisticc, primary health care, particulary
family medicine, etc.
One of the central views in socio-medical research has been that recognition of
the problem is not sufficient in itself. It is also necessary to provide solutions
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Neither the war in Croatia nor the war devastations
that Croatia suffered in the course of its struggle for independence have stopped
the educational, professional and scientific activities performed by the School
staff. At the time these were only partly reoriented towards new tasks and challenges.
- The Health Department at the Government Office for Refugees and Displaced
Persons was established;
- The manual "Public Health in War Conditions" was published;
- The training organized for displaced persons and entitled "School for
Returning Home" was provided;
- several three-month courses were organized in collaboration with he Bonner
Institute and designed for experts to deal with psychological support using the
NLP method;
- video and written educational kits for children and their parents on
protection from explosive devices and weapons were developed in collaboration
with the UNICEF;
- Women's health care was provided through a project 'Mobile Clinic for Women';
- health promotion programmes primarily focused on children 's health care were
carried out in refugee centres;
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