Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Public and Allied Health
Learning Methods
Lecture
Workshop
Module Offerings
6007PUBHEA-JAN-CTY
Aims
This module aims to consolidate students’ knowledge of health inequalities, and their measurements and to stretch students to evaluate existing strategies aimed at reducing health inequalities.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:1. A brief history of health inequalities
2. Theories and explanations for inequalities and inequalities in health
3. The local, national and global perspectives of health inequalities
4. Measuring risk against specific populations who may experience health inequalities – people with disability (physical and mental health), migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, travellers, homeless, ethnic groups, religious groups, gender and sexuality, age, prison populations
5. Identifying and evaluating strategies, policies and interventions to reduce health inequalities
Module Overview:
This module aims to consolidate your knowledge of health inequalities to evaluate existing strategies aimed at reducing health inequalities. Explanations, measurements and interventions to reduce risk of health inequalities and to tackle health inequalities which already exist will be analysed and evaluated.
This module aims to consolidate your knowledge of health inequalities to evaluate existing strategies aimed at reducing health inequalities. Explanations, measurements and interventions to reduce risk of health inequalities and to tackle health inequalities which already exist will be analysed and evaluated.
Additional Information:This module aims to consolidate students knowledge of health inequalities. Explanations, measurements and interventions to reduce risk of health inequalities and to tackle health inequalities which already exist will be analysed and evaluated.
Assessments
Report