2020-2021 / SANT0740-2

General introduction to public health

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

Michèle Guillaume, Chantal Leva, Sylvie Streel

Coordinator

N...

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

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.
Specific objectives
  • 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