The Global Diseases Masterclass is part of the full-degree Masters of Public Health that the School of Public Health. By the end of this specialisation, our aim is that students will be able to critically apply epidemiological concepts to major global diseases and be able to appraise and recommend policy options to combat them.
Global Disease Masterclass: Global Disease Distribution
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Global Disease Masterclass: Global Disease Distribution
This course is part of Global Disease Masterclass Specialization
Instructors: Helen Ward
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What you'll learn
To describe the broad distribution and trends of major global diseases
To argue the case for different ways in which health can be conceptualised
To recognise the implications of the metrics used for different measures of disease and to critique the data that underpin these results
To describe the drivers of the broad distribution and trends of major global diseases
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There are 4 modules in this course
This module will look at the most important trends and patterns in health and disease around the world. You will see that health has improved enormously over time overall, but that these gains have been unequally distributed both between and within countries.
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9 videos6 readings2 assignments2 discussion prompts2 plugins
This module will look at exploring different health data sources and how we estimate statistics for specific diseases. You will also learn how disease estimates are generated.
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4 videos1 reading1 assignment2 discussion prompts
This module will consider the different metrics for evaluating health. You will also learn what DALYs are and why they are a useful metric for measuring diseases.
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5 videos2 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt
This final module will step back and consider what factors may underpin the patterns of health and disease that have been examined in this course. As well as things that directly affect the risk of diseases, there are deeper factors that make some people more likely than others to be exposed to those risk factors. This leads to an introduction to the distinction between direct and structural interventions – a theme that is returned to in other courses in this specialisation.
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6 videos3 readings1 assignment1 peer review2 discussion prompts2 plugins
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