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
Group work
10 h
0 h
Lectures 21 h, group work 10h
Teaching language
English
Modes of study
Evaluation
and evaluation criteria
Numeric 1-5.
Active participation in group work, participation in and completion of group exercises, passing exam.
Recommended year of study
1. year spring
Spring 2012
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. Degree students are required to take complete course (6 ECTS)
Also available: Lectures in Child health from a global perspective, 2 ECTS. Unlimited attendance.