Year 4 BSc 2012-13
Module leaders
Professor Helen Ward
Dr Mariam Sbaiti
Global health introduction
Monday 24 September - Friday 5 October 2012
Timetable [Word] Handbook [Word]

PowerPoint presentations, unless otherwise stated:
Mon 24 Sept Welcome [pdf] - Dr Mariam Sbaiti
Introduction [pdf] - Professor Helen Ward
Reading: The myopia of governments contributes to maternal mortality... [pdf]
Tues 25 Sept Crash course in methods + exercise sheet [Word] - Professor Helen Ward
Introduction to group work on the Millennium Development Goals [pdf] - Dr Mariam Sbaiti
Why Humanities in Global Health? - Kelly Swain
Essential reading: Illness as metaphor [pdf] from Health and Disease: a Reader
Essential reading: The Perfect Code [pdf] by Terrence Holt
Wed 26 Sept Crash course in methods 2: interpreting evidence in global health - Professor Helen Ward
Thurs 27 Sept Planning and conducting a systematic review in global health - Dr Teresa Norat
Database search skills - Jackie Cousins
Fri 28 Sept Practical: Planning and conducting a systematic literature review [Word] - Dr Teresa Norat and Doris Chan
Mon 1 Oct Globalisation: the impact on health - Professor Helen Ward
Crash course in methods 3: types of study - Professor Helen Ward
Wed 3 Oct ABC of health policy for global health [pdf] - Dr Mariam Sbaiti
Crash course in methods 4: the politics of evidence - Professor Helen Ward

Approaching health through the prism of stigma: research in seven European countries [pdf] chapter 10 from Sex work, mobility and health in Europe. Author: Sophie Day
Reading: Evidence-based policymaking in global health - the payoffs and pitfalls - Evidence-Based Medicine

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