Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Explain the impact of individual, household and community level risk factors on communicable and non-communicable diseases in low and middle income countries
- Appraise the complex relationship between health and other sectors within the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Identify, use and critically evaluate a range of global health resources, including available datasets
- Discuss the emerging issues and critical challenges in transnational health and population development and how these are affected by underlying contextual factors such as globalisation, urbanisation and demographic, environmental and social change
- Evaluate multi-sectoral interventions and policy strategies to reduce the global disease burden and premature mortality
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Teaching | 22 |
| Independent Study | 78 |
| Total study time | 100 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Other. You will access to relevant study materials including lecture slides, selected reading and assignment details/electronic submission via Blackboard.
Internet Resources
Further useful literature can be found by consulting.
Textbooks
Skolnik R. (2008). Essentials of global health. Massachusetts: Jones & Bartlett Publishers Inc.
Marmot M & Wilkinson RG (Eds.) (2009). Social Determinants of Health. Oxford: OUP.
Crisp N. (2010). Turning the world upside down: The search for global health in the 21st Century. London: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd.
Lindstrand A et al (2006). Global health: an introductory text book. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Barry B Hughes, Randall Kuhn, Cecilia M. Peterson, Dale S. Rothman & Jose R. Solorzano (2011). Improving Global Health: Patterns of potential human progress Volume 3. Oxford University Press.
Kathryn H. Jackobsen (2008). Introduction to Global Health. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Assignment 1: 30% Assignment 2: 70%Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Assignment | 30% |
| Assignment | 70% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Coursework assignment(s) | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External