Duration
30h Th, 10h Mon. WS
Number of credits
Lecturer
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 and evolution of the concepts of health and public health.
- Introduction to the history of public health.
- Introduction to the "One Health" concept and sustainable development.
- Introduction to ethical issues in public health.
- Introduction to health determinants.
- Identification of the data sources about the state of health.
- Introduction to health promotion and prevention.
- Identification and prioritization of problems and health needs: health needs, health indicators, surveys, consensus, sources of data on health status.
- Introduction to planning, programming and evaluation in health.
- Introduction to the notions of universal health care coverage and primary health care
- Introduction to International Public Health.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
General objectives
- Learn basic concepts in the field of 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
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Ex-cathedra lessons and home reading assignments.
Practice lessons
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face lessons. Reading portfolio.
Recommended or required readings
There are no lecture notes. A PowerPoint presentation and a reading portfolio will be provided to students on "MyULiège".
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Pierre-Louis VERDIN Secretary Prof. Michèle GUILLAUME E-mail: plverdin@uliege.be