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.
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