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Continuing Professional Development: MSc Programme Modules (London-based)

GLOBALISATION & HEALTH (1503)

ORGANISER: Andrew Harmer

22 February - 23 March 2012 (Wednesday 2pm to Friday 5pm)


AIM
To give students a conceptual and practical understanding of the multiple and complex links between various forms of global change (i.e. environmental, economic, political, technological and social) and human health worldwide.


OBJECTIVES
By the end of this module students should be able to:

  1. define key concepts such as global change, globalization, global health and governance;
  2. understand the various drivers and forms of global change (e.g. environmental, economic), and their relationship with globalization processes;
  3. assess the existing empirical evidence of the links between global change and health, and the methodological tools available to measure such links;
  4. cite a range of examples of global health issues in terms of their impacts on human health through case studies on environmental change, communicable and non-communicable disease control, and multilateral trade agreements; and
  5. describe the main challenges for responding effectively to global health challenges through improved global health governance in the form of effective health policies, institutional reforms, and international law and other forms of cooperation.


CONSTITUENCY
This module is recommended for students with an interest in international health from the perspective of understanding broad and interrelated determinants of health within and across countries.  It is useful for students to have taken Health Policy, Process & Power (1117) in Term 1, or to have a basic understanding of the political economy of health.


CONCEPTUAL OUTLINE
The module will consist of the following components:

  1. A series of lectures/seminars (12 sessions) and small group discussions covering key issues in global health:  definitions and conceptual frameworks; forms of global change related to health; theoretical and methodological challenges of measuring links between global change and health; major issues in global health such as transborder health risks, global health inequalities, changing determinants of health; and key actors and issues in global health governance.
  2. A critical review of key papers on global health and case studies on selected issues in global health including global climate change, population mobility, tobacco control, multilateral trade agreements, and other issues related to global health governance.


TEACHING STRATEGY
Series of lectures/seminars and guided reading; case studies and critical review of the literature (individual, small group and class work); private study.


LEARNING TIME
The module is made up of 150 Notional Learning Hours – 36 hours contact time, 36 hours directed self-study, 20 hours self-directed learning, and 58 hours assessment, review and revision.


ASSESSMENT
The assessment will take the form of a written assignment that brings together the conceptual and empirical content of the module to address a practical policy problem using an empirical case study (3000 words).

FEE

£1,600 including access to LSHTM library and learning resources, study materials and assessment.

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