Overview

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

This is a survey course in global health. The course introduces students to fundamental concepts, frameworks and vocabulary that underwrite the logics of global health, as well as important histories and milestones in the field. A survey will be conducted of the most significant topic areas in the field, considering epidemiological patterns, etiology, approaches to improving health outcomes and the policy ramifications of our knowledge.

COURSE DETAILS:

The course will introduce you to the main determinants of health and disease from a global perspective and prepare you for more advanced coursework in various areas of global health, as well as for public health practice more generally. The course focus is on the interaction of biological, ecological, social, economic, political, and cultural determinants of health. Students will be introduced to some of the major health challenges currently affecting the economically less developed countries and alerted to the importance of employing effective population-based policies and interventions to tackle those health problems. The links between economic development, poverty, and health disparities will be addressed across the topics in this course.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

- Demonstrate knowledge of the major causes of morbidity and mortality and how health risks vary by gender, income, culture and other key determinants of health across regions,
- Understand the relationship between health and social determinants of health, and how social determinants vary across world regions
- Understand the impact of demographic and epidemiological changes, unsustainable and inequitable resource allocation and consumption on important resources essential to human health including water, sanitation, and food supply
- Understand how global trends in healthcare practice, commerce, and culture, contribute to the health and the quality and availability of healthcare locally and internationally
- Identify barriers to health and healthcare in low-resource settings locally and internationally
- Understand and describe general trends and influences in the global availability and movement of healthcare workers.
- Be familiar and critically assess major multinational efforts to improve health globally
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the relationship between health and human rights and the role of global health ethics. 

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