Learning outcomes

To provide the students with knowledge on the determinants and global epidemiology of child health and ill health and to equip them with skills to plan, implement and assess interventions to promote child health in various environments.

Contents

• Historical and regional development in the social status of children
• Patterns of normal childhood growth and development
• The UN declaration and convention of children’s rights
• Other major international treaties to promote child well-being
• Trends in global and regional distribution of child well-being and ill health
• Burden of globally most important childhood communicable and non-communicable diseases
• Role of nutrition and nutritional disorders in child health and development
• The burden of traffic injuries and other trauma
• Impact of wars and other conflicts on child health
• The epidemiology of and management strategies against child labor and abuse
• Main child health interventions and intervention strategies

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	21 h	0 h
Tutorials	16 h	0 h
Group work	10 h	0 h
Independent work	133 h	0 h

Teaching language

English

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Active participation in problem based learning exercises, participation in and completion of group exercises, passing exam.

Recommended year of study

1. year spring

Further information

Attendance is open for all University of Tampere students but limited to 32 students. Preference is given to degree students in health sciences and others will be accepted in the order of registration.

Also available: Lectures in child health from a global perspective, 2 ECTS. Unlimited attendance.

Belongs to following study modules