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Course dates: 11th to 22nd June 2012
Overview
Investing in the health and development of adolescents is essential for achieving the millennium development goals, promoting public health and ensuring economic development. Not only do adolescents suffer significant mortality and morbidity, but most of the adult health problems challenging governments and communities around the world have their roots in attitudes and behaviours that start during the second decade of life.
There is increasing evidence for effective interventions to improve adolescent's health and development, and growing consensus about priorities for action, in terms of what needs to be done and how. However, there is an urgent need to develop the capacity to do what needs to be done, particularly in countries where the needs are greatest and the resources most limited.
A two-week intensive course in Adolescent Health has been developed to help fill this gap. The first two courses were highly successful in June 2010 in 2011, and will be run for the second time from 11th to 22nd June 2012. It focuses primarily on the health sector, whilst recognizing that many other sectors need to contribute to the health and development of adolescents. It will also have a special emphasis on low and middle income countries (LMICs).
The course is organised and taught by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), in collaboration with the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria and the Public Health Foundation of India. UNFPA and UNICEF are currently discussing joining us as collaborating institutions on the course.
Who should attend the Adolescent Health course?
The course has been designed for mid-career professionals who have experience in adolescent health and current responsibilities for health sector interventions in LMICs. This may include health professionals, programme implementers and policy makers, as well as researchers with a specific interest in adolescent health. The course will have a public health rather than a clinical medicine orientation. Applicants should have a good command of English.
Comments by 2010 Course Participants
“Taking part in this course is the best way to launch into programming for adolescent health.”
Tochie Odele working for UNFPA in Nigeria
“The course provided the opportunity to explore various theories and concepts related to adolescent health in a very participatory way.
Elaine King working for UNICEF in Barbados
“A very good investment, and I will never forget or regret doing this course. I will recommend this course to colleagues as well as to my ministry.”
Hannah Taylor Abdulai, School Health Education Programme, Ghana Education Service
“If you need to understand or confirm why adolescent health should be defined as a priority then this short course will help achieve this.”
Sarah Godfree working for an International NGO based in UK
“A wonderful experience and a good balance between research findings and their application.”
Elsona Agolli working for UNFPA in Albania
Aims and objectives
The course aims to equip participants with the knowledge, conceptual frameworks and tools necessary to strengthen health sector policies and programmes for adolescent health and development in LMICs. Specifically, the course will:
- provide a grounding in the epidemiology, evidence-based interventions and delivery strategies for responding to adolescents' priority health problems
- guide participants through the steps necessary for the development and integration of adolescent health interventions into national health sector policies, programmes and plans
- outline key challenges and solutions in developing and implementing interventions for adolescent health in the health sector, including issues of quality, coverage and costs
- equip participants to critically analyse and improve policies and strategies for adolescent health in their own countries
Course content
- Adolescence and adolescent development
- Theories of risk, vulnerability, resilience and behaviour change
- Epidemiological methods and data specific to adolescent health
- Frameworks for understanding and prioritizing health sector interventions for adolescent health
- Steps to develop and improve health sector policies and plans for adolescent health: situation analysis, surveillance and monitoring, evaluation and adolescent participation
- Approaches to reviewing evidence and carrying out research on adolescent health and development
- Challenges in adolescent health: including sexual and reproductive health, drugs and alcohol, mental health, nutrition, injuries, violence, infectious and non-communicable diseases
- Current focus and priorities of international agencies
Teaching methods and course materials
Faculty for the course will include staff who have extensive expertise in different aspects of health sector programming for adolescent health and development from the LSHTM, WHO, the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, the Public Health Foundation of India. We are also in discussion with UNICEF and UNFPA.
All teaching will be conducted at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and will include lectures, group work based on case studies, and opportunities for participatory learning. The course materials, including lecture notes and PowerPoint presentations, key references and other programme support materials, such as the country case studies, will be available in hard copy and as a CD ROM.
Course fee
The fee for the course is £1,735. This fee will cover participation in the course and the course materials. It will not include travel costs, accommodation and meals.
Accommodation and meals
A list of hotels and other accommodation located in the vicinity of the LSHTM can be supplied on request to the LSHTM Registry. Lunch can be purchased from the LSHTM Refectory. Evening meals are not catered for at the School, but there is a large choice of restaurants, cafes and shops nearby.
How to apply
Please complete the Online Application Form
If you require a paper application please contact the Registry.
Registry, LSHTM, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7299 4648
Fax: +44 (0)20 7299 4656
Or email: shortcourses@lshtm.ac.uk
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is committed to improving global health through its programme of short and full-time postgraduate study.
Please note:
- If you have been offered a place on the course you will not be able to register without bringing formal ID (Passport / UK photo driving license) to registration.
- The School may cancel courses two weeks before the first day of the course if numbers prove insufficient. In those circumstances, course fees will be refunded.
- The School cannot accept responsibility for accommodation, travel and other losses incurred as a result of the course being cancelled.
