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HEL-3030: International and environmental health Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical and practical. | Level of course/Year of study
First or second year at master''s level. | Language of instruction
English | Examination semester
Spring
| Objectives
The candidate should have an understanding of health problems in the world and of the most important factors that create disease and health inequalities (including services) among peoples. Poverty is a major determinant of health, but also the physical (e.g., temperature, precipitation, air and water supply, pollution) and biological environment (e.g., the food supply and its safety, origin and transmission of some diseases) are of importance. A major goal is to explore these aspects through international health and environmental health perspectives. The course will also explore how the health inequalities might be reversed/stopped and what national/international organizations are providing resources and/or services to do so. | Contents
The course will require presence on campus in two periods, one in January and one in April. See time table. On-campus activities are to include presentations, group discussions, overview lectures and planning of the interim period, group activities and cooperation with supervisors. The course will provide an overview of environmental health / medicine (EH) and international health (IH) and explores the inter-relationships between health, poverty, environment and development; demonstrates the need for interdisciplinary co-operation; promotes student-centred, self-directed learning and critical appraisal; and optimizes the use of the internet to achieve the stated learning objectives. | Form of teaching
The course has a variety of teaching and supervising methods; plenary, lectures, group processes, internet methods etc. | Exam and assessment
There will be interim assignments and group work based on scenarios. The final home exam will be based on the different learning processes during the course. | Contact person/lecturer
Senior executive officer Jorunn S. Myklebust, phone 77644824, e-mail: jorunn.myklebust@ism.uit.no | Recommended reading/syllabus
Curriculum is based on information available on the internet. For basic consepts in environmental health, the followeing textbook is recommended:
Basic Environmental Health
Annalee Yassi, Tord Kjellstrøm, Theo de Kok, Tee L. Guidotti
Oxford University Press 2001
RA565. B376 2001
615.9`02-dc21 00-032400
ISBN 0-19-513558-x
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http://uit.no/medfak-studietilbud/folkehelsevitensk/
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Teaching spring 2007
To obligatoriske plenumssamlinger og aktiv bruk av Classfronter i mellomperioden.
Samlinger våren 2007:
1. samling: man 15. - ons 17. januar
2. samling: man 16. - tors 19. april
Hjemmeeksamen innleveres senest Onsdag 30.mai.
Email FH-studiet@ism.uit.no
Først gang: Oppstart mandag 15. januar kl. 1115, MH-bygget, ISM, rom L |
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