Demography and Public Health

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Direct Instruction, Student-Centered Approach.

Learning Outcomes

To be able to be involved in decision making processes within social work field.
To be able to be advocate for social service users.
To follow health and safety precautions in social care practices.
Contribution to protecting individuals from harm.
To understand the protection of vulnerable social service users.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Demography and public health. Demography and well-being.
2. Demography, public health and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
3. World population. Characteristics. Comparative perspectives. Population dynamics
4. Population growth and environmental impacts. The urbanization consequences process.
5. Mortality. Measurement methodology. Mortality and public health.
6. Causes of Deaths. Health disparities. Premature deceases.
7. Pandemics evolution and public health
8. Measurement of life expectancy at birth and public health politics
9. Infant mortality
10. Population aging and consequences
11. Natality, fertility and public health
12. Pro-natalist vs. anti-natalist politics and public health
13. Internal or international migration and public health
The second demographic transition and its consequences.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 10.0%
Project: 20.0%
Exam: 70.0%

Bibliography

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2. Grigoruta S.(2020). Epidemiile de cium? în Moldova la începutul secolului al XIX-lea. Studiu ?i documente. [Plague epidemics in Moldova in the early nineteenth century. Study and documents],Ed. Universitatii Al. I. Cuza Iasi
3. Blanpain N. (2011). L’espérance de vie s’accroît, les inégalités sociales face à la mort demeurent. INSEE, publication N° 1372, acces http://www.insee.fr/fr/ffc/ipweb/ip1372/ip1372.pdf.
4. Bourgeois-Pichat J. (1951). La mesure de la mortalité infantile. I. Principes et méthodes. Rev. Population. Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 233-248
5. Calot G., Sardon J.-P. (1999). Les facteurs du vieillissement démographique. Population, Vol. 54 No.3.
6. Dorbritz J., Hohn C., Naderi N. (2005). The demographic future of Europe -- facts, figures, policies. Results of the Population Policy Acceptance