Module overview
The global health module is an exciting opportunity to examine the factors associated with emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases such as the recent outbreak of Ebola and Swine Flu that quickly spread around the world, and non-communicable diseases and their risk factors, such as smoking and sedentary lifestyles, that lead to chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension and cancer.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Understand the interaction of socio-behavioural, spatial, environmental and technological factors determining health care and health outcomes
- Correctly use and evaluate sources of global health information on the internet
- Identify emerging issues and challenges in transnational health and population development
- Explain the linkage and application of demographic, epidemiological and nutrition transition frameworks and their relevance to understanding health and diseases and related population factors in high, low and middle income countries
- Grasp the underlying complex relationship between poverty and global health within the population development context, including the strategies of the UN Millennium Development Goals and post-2015 development agenda
Syllabus
Global health module integrates new ideas, theories and empirical evidence from public health, medicine and epidemiology to social science, technology and environmental sciences. The specific topics that will be covered in this module include: UN Millennium Development Goals and the future of global health and population development; inter-linkage of demographic, epidemiological and nutrition transitions; burden of maternal and child mortality and community interventions; impact of chronic and non-communicable diseases and risk factors; resurgence of infectious diseases and control strategies; environmental impact on health and wellbeing; stigmatization and barriers to health; health inequalities and inequities; health promotion and policy; health care systems and financing and health governance and political factors.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
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| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Independent Study | 122 |
| Teaching | 28 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
On-line resources. http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ http://globalhealth.org/ http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha http://www.ghgj.org/ http://www.thelancetglobalhealthnetwork.com/archives/639 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ http://www.who.int/en/ http://www.unfpa.org/public/ http://www.southampton.ac.uk/ghp3/ http://www.georgeinstitute.org/global-health-landscape http://www.worldbank.org/
Other. This module requires reading from a wide range of published sources. The students will receive specific list of reading materials including online journal papers, research reports and e-books at the end of each lecture session
Journal Articles
Rockett IRH (1999). Population and health: An introduction to epidemiology. Population Bulletin, 54(4), pp. 48.
Koplan JP, Bond TC, Merson MH, Reddy KS, Rodriguez MH, Sewankambo NK, Wasserheit JN (2009). Consortium of Universities for Global Health Executive Board. Towards a common definition of global health. Lancet, 373(9679), pp. 1993-1995.
Montgomery M. (2009). Urban poverty and health in developing countries. Population Bulletin, 64(2), pp. 20.
RatzanSC, Filerman GL, LeSar JW. (2000). Attaining global health: Challenges and opportunities.. Population Bulletin, 55(1), pp. p.52.
Textbooks
Lindstrand A et al. (2006). Global health: an introductory text book. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Ewles, L. (2005). Key topics in public health: essential briefings on prevention and health promotions.. Elsevier: Churchill Livingstone.
Skolnik R. (2008). Essentials of global health. Massachusetts: Jones & Bartlett Publishers Inc.
Crisp N. (2010). Turning the world upside down: The search for global health in the 21st Century. London: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Coursework assignment(s) | 30% |
| Problem solving | 70% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Problem solving | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External