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Global Health Challenges and Governance SpecializationImperial College London

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Globalisation and health governance is the first instalment of the wider Global Health Challenges and Governance specialisation from Imperial College London's Global Master of Public Health (GMPH). The scope and content of this course has been developed from the ground up by a combined team of academics and practitioners drawing on a wealth of real-world public health experience as well as deep academic knowledge. Through short video lectures, readings and a wide range of interactive activities, learners will be immersed in the world of global health.
Designed for those new to the discipline, over four modules (intended for one week of learning each), learners will become familiar with the scope, history, principles, stakeholders and conceptual frameworks of global health, globalisation and governance. But there is also important foundational content for those coming from more experienced backgrounds, as the course builds upon a strong tradition of advocacy in public health and broad perspective of the global health context by exploring institutional, economic, socio-cultural and ecological determinants of population health. By the end of the course, learners will be able to confidently describe how globalisation impacts health and health governance at local, national and multilateral levels, and craft well-reasoned, evidence-based arguments about global health challenges.

The subsequent courses require the knowledge from this course, as learners will take a deep dive into migration health and climate change by applying their foundational global health knowledge and advocacy skills to these important global health challenges.

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Global Health Challenges and Governance Specialization

Beginner Level

Approx. 30 hours to complete

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global
Health Policy
Public Health
social determinants of health
determinants of health

Flexible deadlines

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Course 1 of 3 in the

Global Health Challenges and Governance Specialization

Beginner Level

Approx. 30 hours to complete

English

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Instructors

Christina Atchison

Principal Clinical Academic Fellow / Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine

School of Public Health

744 Learners

5 Courses

Wendy Kwok

Teaching Fellow in Public Health

School of Public Health

744 Learners

5 Courses

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Imperial College London

Imperial College London is a world top ten university with an international reputation for excellence in science, engineering, medicine and business. located in the heart of London. Imperial is a multidisciplinary space for education, research, translation and commercialisation, harnessing science and innovation to tackle global challenges.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Welcome to Global Health Challenges and Governance

2 hours to complete

1 video (Total 3 min), 7 readings

Week2

Week 2

6 hours to complete

Introduction to Global Health, Globalisation and Global Health Governance

This module introduces you to the scope, origins and definitions of the key concepts of global health, globalisation and global health governance. The module begins by reviewing different definitions of global health, and how global health is distinguished from the related fields of public health and international health. We also begin to explore globalisation as a world-wide phenomenon and discuss various drivers and forms of global change and their relationship with globalisation processes. You are then introduced to the concept of governance before contrasting ideas of global health governance and governance for global health.

6 hours to complete

1 video (Total 4 min), 10 readings

1 video

What is Globalisation?3m

10 readings

Global health, globalisation and governance5mHow should we define the term “global health”?15mOptional: Comparison of global, international and public health45mGlobal health definitions10mGlobalisation: the rise and fall of an idea that swept the world45mA framework for understanding globalisation20mThe positive and negative impacts of globalisation45mWhat is global health governance?20mThe purpose of the literature review assessment10mSelecting a global health topic1h

Week3

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Globalisation and Health

This module begins by exploring the ongoing debates regarding the positive and negative impacts of globalisation. Learners are then introduced to conceptual frameworks for understanding the connection between globalisation and health, settling on a model which explicitly visualises that globalisation affects the institutional, economic, social-cultural and ecological determinants of population health, and that the globalisation process mainly operates at the contextual level, while influencing health through its more distal and proximal determinants. Learners are then presented with two argumentative techniques used in advocacy before practicing these rhetorical skills to evaluate and formulate arguments for the positive and negative impacts of globalisation.

4 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 11 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz

2 videos

Introduction to globalisation and health4mUnderstanding the impact of globalisation on childhood obesity in the UK6m

5 readings

Globalisation and risks to health40mThe health impacts of globalisation: conceptual frameworks40mIntroduction to argumentative techniques for global health advocacy30mToulmin's Argumentation Model Part 110mSearching for literature to answer your research question1h

1 practice exercise

Toulmin's Argumentation Model Part 230m

Week4

Week 4

5 hours to complete

The State, Intergovernmental and Non-government Global Health Actors

This module takes learners through a very rapid and concise history of international health cooperation and global health governance, before outlining the current global health governance landscape and identifying all the main actors. We then examine the consequences of globalisation for the state as a political entity and highlight the crucial role played by the state within the structure of global health governance. We then introduce learners to the key intergovernmental institutions and non-government actors currently engaged in global public health, including the WHO, the World Bank and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

5 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 11 min), 6 readings, 1 quiz

2 videos

The system for global governance for health5mThe structure of the World Health Organisation6m

6 readings

Historical dimensions of global health governance30mThe role of the state in global health governance30mPolitics, strengths and weakness of the World Health Organisation30mThe role of the non-government actors in global health governance15mCritically evaluating your chosen sources1hStructuring and writing your literature review10m

1 practice exercise

Global health quiz45m

About the Global Health Challenges and Governance Specialization

This specialisation serves to introduce and integrate the key concepts of global health, globalisation and governance to understanding major challenges and threats to global health. It aims to provide learners with opportunities to understand the complex international setting of global health, the role of important stakeholders and the need for good governance in global health. Learners will be introduced to some of the most important challenges to global health and their implications in global health practice. Learners will discuss the main drivers of global health challenges, including global change and globalisation, and consider issues of inequity surrounding the impact of these challenges.

Learners will explore how the capacity to influence health determinants, status and outcomes cannot be assured through national actions alone because of the intensification of cross-border and trans-border flows of vectors, people, goods, services and ideas. By the end of the specialisation, learners should be able to effectively advocate, to a wide range of audiences, for specific action/s on topical global health challenges and propose evidence-informed measures that could be introduced to mitigate the impacts on health. This specialisation will explore in depth two global health challenges; migration and climate change. The Climate change and health course was developed in collaboration with Imperial College's Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment.

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