Duration
20h Th, 10h Mon. WS
Number of credits
| Master in public health (120 ECTS) (Programme transitoire) | 4 crédits | |||
| Master in public health (120 ECTS) (ERASMUS MUNDUS EuropubHealth+) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
- Definition of health, public health, primary care, community health.
- Introduction to the history of public health.
- Introduction to the "One Health" concept.
- Introduction to ethical issues in public health.
- Identification and prioritization of problems and health needs: health needs, health indicators, surveys, consensus, sources of data on health status.
- Introduction to health determinants.
- Introduction to health promotion and prevention.
- Introduction to Sustainable Development.
- Introduction to planning, programming and evaluation in health.
- Introduction to International Public Health.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
General objectives
- Learn basic concepts in the field of public health and develop an identity for Public Health.
- Knowing the evolution of health and public health concepts and take a critical review of different definitions of health and public health.
- Make connection between different concepts integrated into the public health concept.
- Identify and prioritize problems and needs in public health.
- Identify the stages of planning, programming and public health evaluation.
- Knowing the great quality principles for any action in public health.
- Identify the skills and actors in the landscape of the Belgian and international public health.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Corequisite :
- SANT4006-1 - Introduction à l'épidémiologie
- ECON0740-2 - Economie de la santé
- LEGI0001-1 - Organisation des systèmes de santé
- DROI1309-1 - Aspects sociétaux de la santé
- METO0750-2 - Approche transdisciplinaire des problèmes de Santé publique
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Ex-cathedra lessons and home reading assignments.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face lessons. Reading portfolio.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Oral exam (in presence or distance)
Recommended or required readings
There are no lecture notes. A PowerPoint presentation and a reading portfolio will be provided to students on "MyULiège".
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Any session :
- In-person
oral exam
- Remote
oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred remote
Additional information:
Oral exam (in presence or distance considering health situation)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Pierre-Louis VERDIN
Département des Sciences de la Santé publique
Nutrition, Environnement et Santé
Université de Liège - Quartier Hôpital
Avenue Hippocrate, 13 - Bât 23
4000 Liège - Belgique
Email: plverdin@chu.ulg.ac.be