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ANTH735 – Global Health
2015 – S2 Evening
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Aaron Denham
Chris Lyttleton
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| Credit points |
Credit points
4
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MRes
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
Global health recognizes a holistic understanding of health that transcends borders and encompasses the links and transnational movements of people, materials and ideas. This class offers a framework for understanding the complex ways health and disease intersect within a range of global contexts, institutions and practices. In order to affect change at the individual, community and global levels, we need to appreciate how human biology and health are shaped by the larger contexts in which they are embedded and the dynamic and uneven circulation of resources, technology, culture, values and people. In this class, we will examine the role of social, political-economic and environmental forces that shape patterns and the distribution of disease and health across communities and take a critical perspective when examining the underlying value systems in biomedical science, policy, health interventions, and global health practice. Particular topics include health determinants, measurements and trends; key actors in global health efforts; women's and children's health; communicable and non-communicable diseases; global mental health; nutrition; pharmaceuticals; disasters and humanitarian emergencies; science, technology and global health; and, health system design and evaluation.
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Important Academic Dates
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Synthesize the common anthropological, epidemiological, historical, policy, and political-economic approaches to major global health problems.
- Discuss and evaluate the major issues confronting global health, including their trends, determinants, and effect on individuals and populations
- Describe the global burden of disease, emerging global health problems, the causes and control of epidemics, and communicable and non-communicable diseases at the global level
- Identify the role of poverty, inequality, and structural violence in global health contexts and how health can be distributed unequally within and between populations
- Describe the particular health needs of vulnerable populations
- Identify and evaluate the complex role and impact of policy, global institutions, non‐governmental organizations, and major funders in global health
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Due |
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| Participation/Discussion Guide | 20% | Weekly |
| Essay Exam 1 | 20% | Week 8 |
| Essay Exam 2 | 20% | Exam Week |
| Final Paper | 40% | Week 13 |
Participation/Discussion Guide
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 20%
Active attendance and engagement with discussions and a discussion guide based on the readings will be turned in at the conclusion of each class
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Synthesize the common anthropological, epidemiological, historical, policy, and political-economic approaches to major global health problems.
- Discuss and evaluate the major issues confronting global health, including their trends, determinants, and effect on individuals and populations
- Describe the global burden of disease, emerging global health problems, the causes and control of epidemics, and communicable and non-communicable diseases at the global level
- Identify the role of poverty, inequality, and structural violence in global health contexts and how health can be distributed unequally within and between populations
- Describe the particular health needs of vulnerable populations
- Identify and evaluate the complex role and impact of policy, global institutions, non‐governmental organizations, and major funders in global health
Essay Exam 1
Due: Week 8
Weighting: 20%
A take-home essay exam with pre-set questions that cover the key concepts from first half of the semester.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Synthesize the common anthropological, epidemiological, historical, policy, and political-economic approaches to major global health problems.
- Discuss and evaluate the major issues confronting global health, including their trends, determinants, and effect on individuals and populations
- Describe the global burden of disease, emerging global health problems, the causes and control of epidemics, and communicable and non-communicable diseases at the global level
- Identify the role of poverty, inequality, and structural violence in global health contexts and how health can be distributed unequally within and between populations
- Identify and evaluate the complex role and impact of policy, global institutions, non‐governmental organizations, and major funders in global health
Essay Exam 2
Due: Exam Week
Weighting: 20%
A take-home essay exam with pre-set questions that cover the key concepts from second half of the semester.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Synthesize the common anthropological, epidemiological, historical, policy, and political-economic approaches to major global health problems.
- Discuss and evaluate the major issues confronting global health, including their trends, determinants, and effect on individuals and populations
- Identify the role of poverty, inequality, and structural violence in global health contexts and how health can be distributed unequally within and between populations
Final Paper
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 40%
A final paper with a 10-15 minute class presentation.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Discuss and evaluate the major issues confronting global health, including their trends, determinants, and effect on individuals and populations
- Describe the global burden of disease, emerging global health problems, the causes and control of epidemics, and communicable and non-communicable diseases at the global level
- Identify the role of poverty, inequality, and structural violence in global health contexts and how health can be distributed unequally within and between populations
- Describe the particular health needs of vulnerable populations
Delivery and Resources
Seminar based discussion
Unit Schedule
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Seminar |
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1 |
29 July |
Introduction |
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5 Aug |
Part A: Theories, Values and Approaches to Global Health Part B: Health Transitions and Global Burdens of Disease |
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12 Aug |
Part A: Global Health Systems Part B: Health Systems in Action: Maternal and Infant Health |
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4 |
19 Aug |
Historical Rise of Public Health Frameworks: Sexualisation and Pathologisation of 3rd World |
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5 |
26 Aug |
Sexology - Medicalisation of Perversity |
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6 |
2 Sept |
Epidemiological Risk Categories in Practice – CSW and MSM |
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7 |
10 Sept |
Part A: An Introduction to Infectious Diseases Part B: Ebola and the Global Response |
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8 |
30 Sept |
Tuberculosis |
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9 |
7 Oct |
Part A: Non-Communicable Diseases Part B: Cancer |
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10 |
14 Oct |
Global Mental Health and the Challenges of Mental Illness |
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11 |
21 Oct |
Politics of Drug Treatments |
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12 |
28 Oct |
Global health security; rise of intimacy as transnational commodity |
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13 |
4 Nov |
Wrap-up and Student Presentations |
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11 Nov |
Exam Week |
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Graduate Capabilities
PG - Capable of Professional and Personal Judgment and Initiative
Our postgraduates will demonstrate a high standard of discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgment. They will have the ability to make informed choices and decisions that reflect both the nature of their professional work and their personal perspectives.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- Identify the role of poverty, inequality, and structural violence in global health contexts and how health can be distributed unequally within and between populations
Assessment tasks
- Participation/Discussion Guide
- Final Paper
PG - Discipline Knowledge and Skills
Our postgraduates will be able to demonstrate a significantly enhanced depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content knowledge in their chosen fields.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Synthesize the common anthropological, epidemiological, historical, policy, and political-economic approaches to major global health problems.
- Discuss and evaluate the major issues confronting global health, including their trends, determinants, and effect on individuals and populations
- Describe the global burden of disease, emerging global health problems, the causes and control of epidemics, and communicable and non-communicable diseases at the global level
- Identify the role of poverty, inequality, and structural violence in global health contexts and how health can be distributed unequally within and between populations
- Describe the particular health needs of vulnerable populations
- Identify and evaluate the complex role and impact of policy, global institutions, non‐governmental organizations, and major funders in global health
Assessment tasks
- Participation/Discussion Guide
- Essay Exam 1
- Essay Exam 2
- Final Paper
PG - Critical, Analytical and Integrative Thinking
Our postgraduates will be capable of utilising and reflecting on prior knowledge and experience, of applying higher level critical thinking skills, and of integrating and synthesising learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments. A characteristic of this form of thinking is the generation of new, professionally oriented knowledge through personal or group-based critique of practice and theory.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Discuss and evaluate the major issues confronting global health, including their trends, determinants, and effect on individuals and populations
- Describe the global burden of disease, emerging global health problems, the causes and control of epidemics, and communicable and non-communicable diseases at the global level
- Identify the role of poverty, inequality, and structural violence in global health contexts and how health can be distributed unequally within and between populations
- Identify and evaluate the complex role and impact of policy, global institutions, non‐governmental organizations, and major funders in global health
Assessment tasks
- Participation/Discussion Guide
- Essay Exam 1
- Essay Exam 2
- Final Paper
PG - Research and Problem Solving Capability
Our postgraduates will be capable of systematic enquiry; able to use research skills to create new knowledge that can be applied to real world issues, or contribute to a field of study or practice to enhance society. They will be capable of creative questioning, problem finding and problem solving.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Discuss and evaluate the major issues confronting global health, including their trends, determinants, and effect on individuals and populations
- Describe the global burden of disease, emerging global health problems, the causes and control of epidemics, and communicable and non-communicable diseases at the global level
- Identify the role of poverty, inequality, and structural violence in global health contexts and how health can be distributed unequally within and between populations
- Identify and evaluate the complex role and impact of policy, global institutions, non‐governmental organizations, and major funders in global health
Assessment tasks
- Essay Exam 1
- Essay Exam 2
- Final Paper
PG - Effective Communication
Our postgraduates will be able to communicate effectively and convey their views to different social, cultural, and professional audiences. They will be able to use a variety of technologically supported media to communicate with empathy using a range of written, spoken or visual formats.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Describe the global burden of disease, emerging global health problems, the causes and control of epidemics, and communicable and non-communicable diseases at the global level
- Identify and evaluate the complex role and impact of policy, global institutions, non‐governmental organizations, and major funders in global health
Assessment tasks
- Participation/Discussion Guide
- Final Paper
PG - Engaged and Responsible, Active and Ethical Citizens
Our postgraduates will be ethically aware and capable of confident transformative action in relation to their professional responsibilities and the wider community. They will have a sense of connectedness with others and country and have a sense of mutual obligation. They will be able to appreciate the impact of their professional roles for social justice and inclusion related to national and global issues
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Discuss and evaluate the major issues confronting global health, including their trends, determinants, and effect on individuals and populations
- Describe the global burden of disease, emerging global health problems, the causes and control of epidemics, and communicable and non-communicable diseases at the global level
- Identify the role of poverty, inequality, and structural violence in global health contexts and how health can be distributed unequally within and between populations
- Describe the particular health needs of vulnerable populations
- Identify and evaluate the complex role and impact of policy, global institutions, non‐governmental organizations, and major funders in global health
Assessment tasks
- Participation/Discussion Guide
- Essay Exam 1
- Essay Exam 2
- Final Paper