INTHE4123 ¨C Addressing Non-Communicable Diseases: A Global Health Perspective

Course content

This course will explore the increasing burden of major non-communicable?diseases (NCDs), examining the social, economic, environmental, and?policy-related factors that contribute to this challenge. The course will?highlight the importance of an interdisciplinary, systems-oriented and?equitable approach to the prevention and control of NCDs.

Through lectures and seminars, the following key issues will be?addressed:

• The global burden of NCDs

• The complexity of the drivers influencing NCDs

• The necessity for innovative and sustainable approaches to?combat NCDs

• The significance of incorporating an equity lens when addressing?NCDs

Learning outcome

Knowledge

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the global burden of non-communicable diseases.

• Identify the social, economic, environmental, and policy-related?factors that contribute to this global health challenge

• Outline global health governance structures and their impact on?NCD prevention

• Summarise key interventions, policies and frameworks aimed at?preventing NCDs at global and local levels

• Explain the principles of systems thinking and their application in?addressing the complex drivers of NCDs

Skills

By the end of the course, participants will learn to:

• Propose sustainable and equitable strategies for NCD prevention?tailored to diverse populations and contexts.

• Appraise the role of different stakeholders in the global effort to?prevent NCDs

• Assess the effectiveness of different strategies and interventions?for NCD prevention

• Critically reflect on the importance of genuine stakeholder?participation in the implementation of NCD prevention efforts

General competences

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Collaborate with professionals from various fields to create?comprehensive, multisectoral approaches to NCD prevention

Admission to the course

This course is available for students registered at the master programmes at the Institute of Health and Society.

Students from other master programmes at UiO may also be admitted.

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.

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

Teaching

The course consists of lectures, and seminars. In the seminars, the?students do exercises and assignments related to the course.

80% attendance in the seminars is required to be eligible to take?the exam. Attendance will be registered.?

The quota for absence is meant to cover normal sickness absence and the like. You are therefore not given a valid absence from classes based on a medical certificate, even if the absence is due to obstacles for which you yourself cannot be blamed.?In special cases, for example in the case of serious or long-term illness, you can apply for special needs provisions.

Access to teaching

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and?has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and?coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has?not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these?approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending?on available capacity.

Examination

Written school examination, individual.

80% attendance in the seminars is required to be eligible to take the exam.?

Examination and grading at The Faculty of Medicine.

Examination support material

No examination support material is allowed.

Language of examination

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

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about?the grading system.

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