NMHS44190 GlobalHealth Landscape&Ldrship

Academic Year 2023/2024

Global health is a field that addresses the health and well-being of marginalized and vulnerable groups within society through multidisciplinary approaches, including epidemiology, medicine, behavioural science, social justice and human rights, political science and economics.

With a focus on Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being), this module aims to introduce students to key global health topics, policies, global health leadership structures, and decision-making within health worldwide. It will introduce the global burden of morbidity and mortality by covering key health topics such as Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Nutrition, Non-communicable diseases and infectious diseases such as TB and HIV. By examining inequity and the social determinants of health, students will gain an appreciation of how an individual’s health is shaped by the conditions in which people are born and live.

Students will explore issues of gender equity in health decision-making worldwide, power and representation of global health leadership, and how this shapes global responses. By reviewing how international recommendations and guidelines are made by leading health bodies such as the World Health Organization, students will also gain an appreciation of evidence-based policies that affect their practice within Ireland and internationally.

By building an understanding of health and health systems for persons in under-resourced contexts, this module provides students with a unique opportunity to learn about key issues in health affecting people across the globe and the leadership and management systems in place that coordinate internationally to address these issues.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe the social determinants of health for specific global health challenges.
2. Critically examine the patterns of global health challenges over time and how leadership and policy have influenced these.
3. Explain and evaluate key global health structures of leadership, with a specific focus on power, ethics and representation, and how they influence and shape health agendas and progress worldwide
4. Describe how global policies are developed and who is involved in decision-making.
5. Apply key leadership and systems thinking concepts to address a critical global health challenge.

Indicative Module Content:

• Current policies and global initiatives, including Social Determinants of Health and Universal Health Coverage
• Global Burden of Disease and disease patterns for key global health topics, including Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Non-communicable Disease, and Infectious Disease
• Social Determinants of Health and Health Inequity
• Global Health Actors, Leaders and Stakeholders, including UN Bodies, Governments and Government Initiatives (G7, G20 etc), Academia, NGOs, CBOs etc.
• Leadership representation and power within Global Health, with a focus on gender
• Evidence and decision-making within global health, including how guidelines are developed
• Tools for issue and stakeholder identification, including gender analysis and stakeholder mapping

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

12
Small Group

6
Specified Learning Activities

72
Autonomous Student Learning

110
Total

200
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Approaches to teaching and learning will include synchronous and asynchronous lectures, interactive discussions and workshops, group work, and independent directed learning activities.
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Project: Case Study: Students will be asked to construct a global health case study on a topic of their choice. Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Alternative non-linear conversion grade scale 50% No

60
Continuous Assessment: Group-based work, consisting of pre-workshop learning activities for submission at specified time points, a group presentation, and peer assessment. Throughout the Trimester n/a Alternative non-linear conversion grade scale 50% No

40

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Assoc Professor Aoife De Brún Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Thomasena O'Byrne Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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