Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Public and Allied Health
Learning Methods
Lecture
Module Offerings
6002ENVCPH-SEP-CTY
Aims
The module aims to explore the impact of globalization on the environment and population health, and the international policy/strategic response to these impacts.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Examine the concept globalization as an economic, political, technological and cultural process
2.
Critically analyse the impact of globalization on the environment, environmental and public health
3.
Critically evaluate international strategic responses and the role of international organisations in global environmental/public health risks
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:What is globalization? Concept analysis and historical development of globalizing practices and trends
Dimensions of globalization: political, economic, technological and cultural
The impact of globalization on health and the environment
An introduction to the Ecohealth model
Global responses to environmental/public health risk
The role of international organisations in the strategic response to environmental/public health risk
Topics Inc.: Tobacco control, Food & Nutrition, Pollution, Global Warming, Sanitation, Water, Globosity, Alcohol, Pandemics
Module Overview:
This module enables you to critically examine the phenomenon of globalisation and the ways in which it impacts on the environment and public health. Globalization is examined from a number of dimensions: political, economic, technological and cultural. International policy and strategic responses to environmental/public health risks and impacts are also critically evaluated.
This module enables you to critically examine the phenomenon of globalisation and the ways in which it impacts on the environment and public health. Globalization is examined from a number of dimensions: political, economic, technological and cultural. International policy and strategic responses to environmental/public health risks and impacts are also critically evaluated.
Additional Information:This module critically examines the phenomenon of globalization and the ways in which it impacts on the environment and public health. Globalization is examined from a number of dimensions: political, economic, technological and cultural. International policy and strategic responses to environmental/public health risks and impacts are critically evaluated.