Module HEAS43915: Global Health and Governance

Department: Health [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

HEAS43915: Global Health and Governance

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• To provide a detailed understanding - and a critical perspective on - of key concepts and issues in global health, health policies and politics, and how these might be governed and addressed. Special emphasis is placed on global health inequalities and on social determinants of health.

Content

• The module has a wide remit, considering various aspects of global health and influences on global health inequalities. Relevant topics include changing disease types and prevalence and transnational influences on health such as the international community’s development priorities (the Millennium Development Goals and their successors); globalisation of production and finance; the impact of the financial crisis; and the changing nature of global governance for health with the rise of new kinds of actors. Case studies to illustrate will reflect current issues and recent research findings.

Learning Outcomes

• Students will have:
• An understanding of the range of influences on global health policies and politics with special emphasis on health inequalities
• An advanced understanding of the complex interrelationships between the various governments, non-state actors and supranational organisations whose actions and policies are relevant to health and health inequalities in a global economy
• An advanced understanding of the mechanisms of global governance for health

• Students will have gained:
• Ability to synthesise, critically evaluate, and present complex arguments regarding global health and health governance strategies including data, models and theoretical arguments

• Ability to engage critically with a range of literature
• Ability to communicate succinctly and clearly in academic or professional level English both orally and in writing format
• Ability to compare, contrast and integrate different disciplinary perspectives on key contemporary global health issues

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Lecturing - Explains current theories - Examines and challenges existing polemics and research in the subject matter - Examines a series of case examples as illustrations.
• Tutorials and seminars - Allow students to work through concepts in more detail, providing both teacher and peer led input, promoting discussion and developing the interprofessional communication and working skills.
• Structured reading - Allows students to pursue topics in greater detail enabling both familiarity with key texts and a deeper understanding of the subject knowledge generally.
• Case studies (within tutorials and seminars) - Will illustrate the concepts presented in lectures and discussed in tutorials and seminars.
• Independent study, research and analysis - Focuses student knowledge more deeply by exploring specific applications and pursuing aspects of the module that are of special interest to themselves.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

A draft paper on or related to the main assignment.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University