Public Health

Ziel

Public health interventions take place in a social, cultural and political context which shapes attitudes and behaviours around health. Through the transformation of values, images of the body, conceptions of risk, disease and health, socio-cultural change is influencing globally health issues in contemporary societies. With this interdisciplinary module, students will develop competencies which allow them to integrate and apply a social science perspective in public health activities.
After the course, students will be able

• to integrate social theory concepts in their practice of public health
  
• to assess the impact of these social theory concepts on health law, policy, management etc.
  
• to take into account socio-cultural change when designing and assessing public health strategies and interventions
  
• to anticipate and monitor a population's reception of public health strategies

Inhalte

The module will be focused on social theory concepts which are most relevant for health issues, in particular risk, empowerment and reflexivity. Sociocultural change will be approached with concepts and methods used in the social sciences (sociology, anthropology, social psychology).

Methoden

The module will combine lectures, discussion of texts, group work and the development of a case study relating to one specific health issue

The module is divided into 2 sessions:

• the first session (1 day) will introduce the students to the main concepts and assess their relevance for public health activities;
  
• the second session (2 days) will be organised around a case study. In addition to further developing the concepts (around issues such as structuration of the public, acceptability of prevention and regulation), it will address their relevance for related fields such as health law, health policy etc.

Leistungsnachweise

Group work during the module and personal essay at the end of the module

Vor- und Nachbereitung

16 Stunden Vorbereitung, 5 Stunden Nachbereitung

ECTS-Punkte

1.5 ECTS

Zielpublikum

• Advanced course in the MPH programme (compulsory)
  
• Health professionals with basic knowledge of public health

Vorkenntnisse

required are:

• «Bevölkerungsbezogene Daten und epidemiologische Studien verstehen» (B101.20)
  
• «Konzepte, Methoden und Anwendungen der deskriptiven und analytischen Epidemiologie» (B102.30)
  
• «Biostatistik I» (B106.20)
  
• «Grundlagen der Gesundheitswissenschaft und Sozialepidemiologie» (B201.20)
  
• «Forschungsprozess und -methoden in Public Health» (B202.20) oder «Social Science Research Methods in Public Health» (B202.30)
  
• «Gesundheitsrecht» (B301.30)
  
• «Gesundheitsökonomie» (B303.30)

Veranstalter

Département de Sociologie, Université de Genève
Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin der Universität Bern

Leitung

Prof. Dr. Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Département de Sociologie, Université de Genève

Referentinnen und Referenten

Prof. Dr. Claudine Burton-Jeangros and national and international speakers

Datum

23 September and 6 - 7 October 2011

Ort

Bern

Kosten

Fr. 1'150.-

Anmeldeschluss

23 July 2011

Spezielles

The module will be taught in English