Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Public and Allied Health

Learning Methods

Lecture

Online

Workshop

Module Offerings

7023PUBHEA-JAN-CTY

Aims

To examine population wide health risks at the global level and evaluate global strategic responses to these risks

Learning Outcomes

1.
Critically analyse the relationship between globalisation and health risk factors at the global level
2.
Critically analyse social and commercial determinants of health from a global perspective
3.
Critically appraise the role of Global Health Governance in managing health risks internationally
4.
Critically evaluate strategic responses to health risk and the role of international organisations in this endeavour

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
Defining global health and its parameters in promoting and protecting health internationally.
Defining globalization and its relationship to health risk and health promotion and protection measures.
Global health governance: definitions and substantive role in global health promotion.
The Global Health Transition: The epidemiological, demographic and nutrition transitions.
Investigating Communicable Diseases: HIV/AIDS, Pandemics, Hepatitis C
Investigating Non-Communicable Disease and the double burden of disease on vulnerable populations.
Public health risk in the global world: Tobacco, Food & Nutrition, Alcohol,
Public health risks linked to: Climate Change, Migration
Sustainable Development Goals
The role of global organisations: United Nations, World Health Organisation, World Bank, The Gates Foundation
Module Overview:
This module examines public health risk at the global level and in the context of globalisation. It explores the key processes of globalisation, such as economic, political, cultural and technological and how they impact the health of populations and their environments. Health risks, such as Tobacco, Alcohol and Diet are identified and their global level strategic responses are evaluated.
Additional Information:
This module aims to examine the key processes of globalization and how they impact on the health of populations
at the global level. Key public health risks are identified and their strategic response at the global level evaluated.
Issues to be explored include: communicable and non-communicable disease, health transitions, risk, global health
governance, migration and climate change.

Assessments

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