Learning outcomes

To provide historic, economic and cultural context to the global children's rights, child health and child health policy development, describe the global role of major communicable and non-communicable paediatric diseases, describe the role of nutritional disorders to child development and health, and describe the major child health intervention strategies.

Contents

• Global and age-specific distribution of child health
• International efforts to improve child health policies and child rights
• Burden of globally most important childhood communicable and non-communicable diseases
• Role of nutritional disorders to child health and development
• Main child health interventions and intervention strategies

Further information on prerequisites and recommendations

Attendance is limited to students enrolled on the Master's program in Health Sciences (International Health). Attendance to lectures is unlimited; see introductory lectures in Child Health and Nutrition.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	16 h	0 h
Tutorials	14 h	0 h
Group work	10 h	0 h

Lectures, group work and tutor sessions (PBL)

Teaching language

English

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
A written exam is graded fail or pass on a scale 1-5.

Recommended year of study

1. year autumn

Study materials

In addition: selected scientific articles. Child Development Series 1-3. Lancet 2007; Child Survival Series 1-5. Lancet 2004; Neonatal Survival Series 1-4. Lancet 2005; Unicef: State of World's Children 2006-2007. Unicef 2007.

Further information

Organization responsible: Department of International Health, University of Tampere Medical School

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