2022/2023
Intoduction to Public Health
Type:
Minor
Delivered by:
Department of Management
When:
1, 2 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
5
Contact hours:
76
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Public health is an interdisciplinary field concerned with protecting and improving the health of a community as a whole. A public health approach consider the health of a population as determined by social, environmental, economic and behavioral factors. Public health researchers and professionals seek to promote health and prevent disease through research, policy and education. This course gives an overview of history and core concepts of public health science, as well as opportunities to learn about current issues and approaches in the field.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- The student understands the origin and the main ways of the transformation of medicine, health care, public health and national healthcare systems
- Able to define and apply the concepts of health and illness, biomedical model of health, the sick role (Parsons), ‘badness’ versus ‘sickness’, total institutions, 'clinical gaze', 'biomedical discourse', public health policy, medicalisation, bioengineering, ‘biological underclass’, iatrogenesis, impairment and disability, individual model of disability, stigma.
- to learn pricinples of public health science
Course Contents
- Introduction to public health
- Policy, ethics and evidence
- Public health strategies
- Contemporary issues
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Carr, S., Pless-Mulloli, T., & Unwin, N. (2007). An Introduction to Public Health and Epidemiology (Vol. 2nd ed). Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=234613
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Susan Carr, Nigel Unwin, & Tanja Pless-Mulloli. (2007). An Introduction to Public Health and Epidemiology: Vol. 2nd ed. Open University Press.
- Tagaeva, T. O., & Kazantseva, L. K. (2017). Public Health and Health Care in Russia. Problems of Economic Transition, 59(11/12), 973–990. https://doi.org/10.1080/10611991.2017.1431488