Start Date: September, 2022
What are the factors that shape people's health? In this module we lay the groundwork for understanding a biosocial approach to health: concepts, definitions and perspectives that shape the roles of health advocates and a population health approach.
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Start Date: October, 2022
We live in an interconnected world. In this module we will discuss the role of globalization in shaping health and well-being locally and on a larger global scale. What role does the global movement of goods, services and, indeed, illness play in shaping equitable access to the best health possible for people around the world?
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Start Date: November, 2022
This module examines, very briefly, the relationship between social conditions and communicable or infectious diseases. We know that communicable disease is spread more readily when the conditions for human hosts create the ideal opportunities. However, those conditions and opportunities are often based on some very significant social inequities and inequalities. This module asks you to consider aspects of fairness and social exclusion and ways that both local and global health practice can work to address the inequities that contribute to communicable disease as threat to health, security, and economic stability.
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Start Date: December, 2022
This module addresses the growing problem of non-communicable disease globally. In low and middle income countries diabetes, heart disease and hypertension are now eclipsing infectious diseases as the leading health concerns. You will consider the importance of actions to address the social and economic determinants of disease compared to the need to address health services in both local and global contexts.
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Start Date: January, 2023
This module addresses local-global health challenges by exploring the social determinants of health and how it shapes health and illness experience for people living in urban spaces. Using a biopsychosocial and health equity lens, we explore the impact of violence, poverty, homelessness, mental illness and social isolation, and access to health care to look at the impact on health and wellness.
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Start Date: February, 2023
This module is focussed on critically re-mapping the place of drugs and ‘addiction’ in local and global contexts, exploring issues such as the origin and definition of ‘addiction’, addiction paradigms, harm reduction, and the role of people who use drugs in influencing policy change.
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Start Date: March, 2023
When we talk about women’s health, it is important to remember that this is much broader than reproductive health. Population health perspectives include occupational health and safety, access to health services, educational access and the impact of social status, roles and safety. Women are more than reproductive bodies.
This module is focussed on an exploration of the full range of issues related to women’s health including occupational health, access to services, social and political roles and relations of power.
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Start Date: April, 2023
In order to improve the state of early child development, governments as well as the global communities need to continuously improve the conditions for families to nurture their children by addressing economic security, flexible work, information and support, health and quality childcare needs. Barriers of access to programs and services need to be removed for ALL children.
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Start Date: May, 2023
The focus of our efforts to address health inequities often centers on low incomes countries. These are the countries where we discuss the need to “develop”. In this module we will examine the importance of systems thinking and the role of inequality in shaping health equity – including both the inequalities between countries and the inequality within societies (including our own).
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Start Date: June, 2023
In this module we will first clarify who the various Indigenous groups are and the somewhat confusing terminology used as referents to people within these groups. Then we will focus on the current health status of Indigenous Peoples and examine more closely the historical, social and political practices that had a strong impact on their current health condition. Finally, we will explore what role you can play as a future medical practitioner in contributing to the honoring of the medicine chest clause.
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Start Date: July, 2023
Humanitarian Response and Disaster Relief involve local and global issues. Regardless of where a disaster occurs partnerships with local governments are crucial to ensure that response is timely, appropriate and ethical. In this module we will discuss the professionalization of humanitarian response to disasters and complex emergencies. We will explore the role inequities play in contributing to hazards and vulnerabilities to disaster. Building on the movement to provide specialized training to ensure coordinated and effective responses, this module will explore critically what it means to do humanitarian work and how partnerships and sustainability can be built.
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Start Date: August, 2023
This module takes us from the global and local field Humanitarian Response to the local context where newcomers, as refugees, immigrants and migrant workers, arrive and must negotiate their health and wellbeing in a new set of circumstances.
After completing this module, you will be able to: