Fundamentals of global health – introductory course (GHCF 611) (5op)

Osaamistavoitteet

After completing the course, students will be able to
- analyze the meaning of globalization and development in relation to the central aspects of health
- be informed and make ethical decisions on the basis of the central values of love, forgiveness, compassion and participation
- analyze the importance of human rights and gender equality in global health discussion
- use the terminology of global health as well as critically explain the main health indicators and health determinants
- explain, with the help of the most current research, the most significant causes of illness and communicable and non-communicable diseases
- explain the role of disease prevention and health promotion
- analyze the different models and structures of health care and discuss the impacts of various cultural aspects upon health
- explain the content and meaning of different global health strategies and the role of nursing and allied health sciences in delivering the health care

Sisältö

Core contents
1 Development and globalization
2 Global health challenges
- Disease prevention and surveillance
- Communicable and non-communicable diseases
3 Basic concepts of global health
- Health indicators
- Social determinants of health
- Health transition
4 Global health ethics and values
- Human rights Gender issues
5 Health systems
- Cultural aspects of health
- Challenges and possibilities of alternative health care
6 Global health strategies
- UN Millennium Development Goals
- Health 2020 program
- National strategies
- Health promotion
7 The role of nursing and allied health sciences in global health
- Theories of transcultural nursing
- Health care worker crises