Strategies of fight against social inequalities in health and health literacy

Duration

20h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Isabelle Bragard, Marie-Thérèse Casman, Michèle Guillaume, Chantal Leva

Coordinator

N...

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The social inequalities in health will be addressed first, in a sociological approach (influence of socio-economic conditions, gender ...) and secondly, in a public health approach (how the health promotion sector can help reduce social inequalities in health?). Two illustrations of the field will also be offered. Finally, a particular concept, health literacy, will be detailed in connection with health inequalities.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Ex-cathedra courses alternate with practical exercises whenever possible (depending on the number of students).

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face to face

Recommended or required readings

Assessment methods and criteria

Written examination with open questions.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

The course is taught by three persons with different and complementary formations: Chantal Leva (Public Health), Marie-Thérèse Casman (Sociology) and Isabelle Bragard (Psychology).
Emails
chantal.leva@clps.be
mt.casman@ulg.ac.be
isabelle.bragard@ulg.ac.be

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