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| Udgave: |
Forår 2013 Sund |
| ECTS points: |
6 ECTS |
| Pris: |
Fee I: DKK 18,500, Fee II: DKK 25,000 |
Semester: |
spring |
| Varighed: |
Full time lectures and exercises, including a few days of individual or group study. |
| Institutter: |
Copenhagen School of Global Health, University of Copenhagen.
The course takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Uddannelsesdel: |
Kandidat niveau |
| Kontaktpersoner: |
Professor Maximilian de Courten - maxc@sund.ku.dk |
| Undervisnings- periode: |
14 May - 13 June 2012 |
| Undervisnings- form: |
The module is based on interdisciplinary teaching and problem oriented learning. Both lectures and group work are important components. Group work will mainly be used in relation to specific case studies. For each session, we consider the current state of research, as well as policy and practice and critically examine the underlying paradigms.
Students are expected to actively participate in the learning process and prepare for the sessions by studying distributed and recommended reading materials. Students are encouraged to find and study additional literature themselves and extra-curricular ‘journal clubs', where participants present and discuss the results of their searches are organized. A group assignment will be initiated in the first course week, to be presented for other students and the course leader in the last week of the course.
The course will utilize real case studies from developed and developing countries to reinforce the concepts taught. |
| Formål: |
The course will allow participants to strengthen their skills in analyzing the determinants and burden of NCD, in working across sectors and in promoting interventions to reduce the burden of NCD and health inequities.
On completion of the course, participants should be able to:
Define what Non-communicable diseases (NCD) are, compare and contrast them with Chronic Diseases
Describe the burden of NCD globally and at a national level in terms of the magnitude of the problem (economic burden, social burden and future impact
Understand global strategies addressing NCD
Understand the importance of cultural sensitivity when addressing NCD
Understand the concept of NCD surveillance, evaluation and monitoring of NCD programmes
Understand the processes towards establishment of a National NCD Prevention and Control Program as part of an existing national response in a given country.
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| Indhold: |
The course will explore the evidence and the frameworks used to address the burden of non-communicable diseases through action on the conventional risk factors (lifestyle factors such as tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and high blood pressure etc) but also more 'upstream factors' and the social determinants of health (e.g. urbanization, income, education, trade, health transitions).
This course aims also at providing participants with an in-depth theoretical and practical insight into how national NCD programmes can be developed, integrated and maintained in a local, national and global perspective. |
| Tilmelding: |
Application deadline: 14 February 2012 |
| Formelle krav: |
It is recommended that the applicants meet the Master of International Health admission criteria. |
| Eksamensform: |
The examination is based upon an assessment of a written test and a written individual report in which the students present their analysis of a specific NCD challenge or proposed programmatic response along a distributed structured outline. Grading according to the Danish 7-scale - internal moderation. |
| Kursus hjemmeside: |
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| Kursus hjemmeside: |
globalhealth.ku.dk/ncd |
| Bemærkninger: |
This is an optional advanced course in the Master of International Health programme. |
| Undervisnings- sprog: |
Kun engelsk
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| Sidst redigeret: |
5/10-2012 |