INTHE4121 ¨C Water and Food in a Global Health Perspective

Course content

The course provides basic knowledge on the global challenges related to water, sanitation, food availability and security, as well as waterborne and foodborne infections and intoxications. Through an interdisciplinary approach, combining essential scientific knowledge from fields of anthropology, clinical medicine, history, microbiology, public health and toxicology the course provides appropriate tools to understand and tackle challenges related to water, food and health. Focus will be given to the most vulnerable populations.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

You will get to know:

• The risk of infectious diseases associated with water and food
• The diseases associated with chemicals in food and water (toxicology)
• The association between climate changes and risk for food production and malnutrition
• The effect of diet changes on human development and health
• How multiple disciplines bring unique perspectives to questions regarding health and society

Skills

You will learn how:

• Water-and foodborne diseases are diagnosed and managed
• Outbreaks of water-and foodborne diseases are investigated
• These diseases can be controlled and prevented

General competence

You will attain:

• An understanding of methods used in the field environmental epidemiology
• An understanding of the societal forces driving health risks associated to food and water

Admission to the course

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for?in Studentweb.

• Students enrolled at the master programme in International Community Health (master),?Tverrfaglig helseforskning (master) and?Folkehelsevitenskap og epidemiologi (master) will get priority to the course, if they register in Studentweb before 10 January. The latest deadline to register and apply for the course in Studentweb is February 1.
• Students enrolled in other master¡¯s programmes at the UIO can, on application before 10 January via our application form, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme. We prioritize students at other programmes at the Institute and Faculty. You will get an answer 20 January at the latest.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures.

Teaching

Lectures followed by group work, including group presentation.?

• 80% attendance in the seminars.
• One compulsory group presentation

Attendance will be registered.

Examination

Home exam.

To be able to take the exam, you must complete the following requirements for the course:

• 80% attendance in the seminars
• One compulsory group presentation

Examination and grading at The Faculty of Medicine.

Language of examination

The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about?the grading system.

More about examinations at UiO

• Use of sources and citations
• Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
• Withdrawal from an exam
• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Explanation of grades and appeals
• Resitting an exam
• Cheating/attempted cheating

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.