Global Health

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The discipline work with theoretical and practical sessions. The evaluation will be made by a research work.

Learning Outcomes

Health problems transcend national boundaries and have an overall impact on development. Thus, this workshop aims to reflect on the problems of transnational health , their determinants and possible solutions. The relationship between health and economic, social and political development, the role of poverty, deprivation, social exclusion and other risk factors as determinants of contexts of vulnerability and risk to health, the relationship between environment, social inequalities and (new) health problems and the role of mobility in the emergence of new and old morbidities are themes of reflection and study of this seminar. We want to develop the students ability to define research topics in global health, apply appropriate research methods and identify/assess  interventions on factors that promote the health of populations and reduce health inequities.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Health and development.

1.1. Variations, inequalities and inequities in health: determinants and socioterritoral  patterns.

1.2. New health risks: alcohol, tobacco, physical inactivity, diet.

1.3. Modern epidemiological profiles and new epidemics: noncommunicable diseases, mental illness.

2. Globalization, health and health care.

2.1. Health and health care in developed countries.

2.2 Health and health care in low-and middle-income countries.

2.3. Disease prevention and health promotion: the role of international organizations, government agencies and other public and private entities.

Head Lecturer(s)

Helena Guilhermina da Silva Marques Nogueira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 100.0%

Bibliography

Brown, T. (2011). Vulnerability is universal: Considering the place of ‘security’ and ‘vulnerability’ within contemporary global health discourse. Social Science & Medicine, 72, 319-326.

Cohen, R., Bishai, D., Alfonso, Y., Kuruvilla, S. & Schweitze, J. (2014). Post-2015 health goals: could country-specific targets supplement global ones? The Lancet Global Health, 2 (7), e373-e374.

Labonté, R., Mohindra, K. & Scherecker, T. (2011). The growing impact of globalization for health and public health practice. Annu. Rev. Public Health, 32, 263-283.

Labonté, R. & Togerson, R. (2005). Interrogating Globalization, Health and Development: Towards a omprehensive framework for research, policy and political action. Critical Public Health, 15(2), 157-179.

Remoaldo, P. & Nogueira, H. (2013) (coord). Desigualdades socioterritoriais e comportamentos em saúde. Lisboa: Ediçoes Colibri.