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POPULATION POLICIES, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS

The course deals with concepts and processes involved in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of population, reproductive health and rights policies and programmes. It examines the historical perspectives in the development of population policies, concepts in (population) policy formulation, the factors which contributed to these developments; international agenda which have shaped concepts, policies and programmes in reproductive health and rights (e.g. Almaty Declaration of 1978, Cairo and Beijing Conferences), the implications of these developments for issues of population and reproductive health and rights. Among the topics to be discussed are definition of policy, population, reproductive health and rights; policy formulation – approaches; concept of heath as a right.  Population policies of Ghana, beginning with the pre-independence period to the present, and selected African countries will be discussed.

Objectives: At the end of the course the student will be able to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the conceptual issues in policy formulation;
  • Analyse the factors which have shaped population and health policies in Ghana and in selected African countries; and
  • Relate the knowledge gained to policy formulation in population and social dimensions of health.

 Mode of Delivery: The course will be delivered through lectures, team teaching and presentation of individual and group assignments

Course Code: 
POH 804S
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 800
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health
Apostle Samuel Yaw Antwi and staff of UCC Health Service

Church of Pentecost Donates PPEs to UCC Health Service

13 May, 2020 By louis Mensah

The University Health Service has received a donation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and sanitary items from the Cape Coast Area of the Church of Pentecost at a short ceremony held at the forecourt of the Central Regional Health Directorate.
        
The items included Veronica buckets, gloves, face masks, protective boots, gallons of sanitizer, and detergent.

Fighting COVID-19

Presenting the items, the Cape Coast Area Head of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Samuel Yaw Antwi, noted that the donation was to complement the government’s effort to contain COVID-19. He indicated that the Headquarters of COP has urged various area groupings under its jurisdiction to support health facilities within their communities. “We have already offered our convention centre to serve as isolation centre, presented information vans to the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) to educate people on the virus and also supported the COVID-19 National Trust Fund with GH ¢100,000,” he added. 

Apostle Antwi said all these acts of kindness were inspired by what Jesus said in the Bible (Mathew 25:35-36) “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me". 

Advice

Apostle Antwi advised people to observe the precautionary measures and support in the fight against COVID-19. “It is in our own interest to wash our hands under running water or use hand sanitizer, observe social distancing, and all the other precautionary measures,” he advised. He commended health and other frontline workers for their commitment and sacrifices towards fighting the virus.

Responding, the Director of the University Health Services, Dr. Evans Ekanem expressed appreciation to the Church of Pentecost for demonstrating true love. “You have put smiles on our faces through this donation and we shall put them to good use” he indicated. He called on residents of Cape Coast and its environs to be concerned about the spread of the virus and help to fight it.

The Ankaful Maximum Prison was also presented with similar items at the function.
  
 

Ms. Millan Ahema Tawiah

Current Hall Master/Warden, University of Cape Coast

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Ms. Millan Ahema Tawiah

Past Faculty Officer, School of Educational Development and Outreach

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POPULATION, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH

The course deals with the dynamics between population and environment; accompanying trade-offs between land use and health in Africa. Themes discussed include urbanisation; sustainable development; agricultural and industrial practices; pollution; deforestation and afforestation; distribution and competition for resources; health of migrants; emerging and re-emerging human diseases and community involvement in health service delivery.

Objectives: By the end of the course the student will be able to:

  • Demonstrate an overall understanding of the population-environment-health nexus; and
  • Apply knowledge gained to "real world" situations

Mode of Delivery: The content will be delivered through lectures, guest lectures, individual and group presentations and assigned readings.

Course Code: 
POH 803S
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 800
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

TECHNIQUES AND INDICES IN POPULATION AND HEALTH

The course involves interpretation of population and health data.  It covers the assessment of the quality and quantity of data using indices (e.g. Myers and Whipple’s) and aggregation and dis-aggregation of data; smoothening of age and sex data; calculation of basic indices such as rates and ratios of socio-demographic variables (e.g. age, sex, marital status, education); direct and indirect measures of fertility and mortality; Brass techniques and Bongaarts’ method; use of Lexis diagram; population estimation and projections, adjustment of data, construction of life tables, construction of indices such as human development index, gender empowerment index, and disability adjusted life years.

Objectives: The objectives of the course are to:

1. Build the analytical and computational skills of students; and

2. Develop the capacity of students in techniques of data analysis and interpretation.

Mode of Delivery: Lectures, group and individual assignments and presentations in class; practical work involving calculations of indices

Course Code: 
POH 802S
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 800
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

PERSPECTIVES ON POPULATION AND HEALTH

The course focuses on the interface between population, health and development; history and development of population science as a discipline and the perspectives on population and development and thoughts which have shaped population science; Developments in social-political dimensions of health, including the influences of perspectives on aspects of health and human welfare. Other issues which will be addressed are discourse on the interface of population, health and development; role of international bodies in shaping the directions of health (e.g. role of World Health Organization, the Almaty Declaration of 1978, and the health targets in the Sustainable Development Goals); the environment-health-development debates, the epidemiological transition, concept of quality of life, and the implication of climate change for health.

Objectives: By the end of the course, the student will be able to:

 

  • Demonstrate understanding of some the theoretical issues under-pinning the study of population and health;
  • Develop analytical skills  and
  • Apply knowledge gained in the analysis of concepts and issues

 

Mode of Delivery:The course will be delivered through lectures, individual and group assignments, assigned readings and field trips

Course Code: 
POH 801S
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 800
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

PROJECT WORK

Students are expected to present an original essay of not more than 10,000 words on a topic related to population and health. Through this project the student should demonstrate ability to assemble,

analyse and interpret data in population and health. Emphasis will be on originality and presentation of information. Students’ project works are supervised by Lectures in the Department.

Course Code: 
POH 499
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH

The course deals with issues in socio-cultural and economic dimensions of health system research. Among the issues to be covered are role of health systems research, health research for socio-economic development within the context of health as a social good; priority-setting methodologies; network analysis in health research.

Objectives:The objective of the course is to enable students to understand the concept of health as a social good, methodologies and techniques used in health systems research, management and importance of health systems research for national development.

Mode of Delivery: The content will be delivered by means of didactic lectures, individual and or group presentations.

Course Code: 
POH 428
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

TECHNIQUES OF ANALYSIS IN POPULATION AND HEALTH

The course involves techniques of measurements in population, health and development such as the physical quality of life index, human development index, gender-empowerment index, poverty index, disability-adjusted lost years, diseases burden, and measures malnutrition and gross years of school life at the global and national levels. 

Objective: The objective of the course is to expose students to some of the techniques used to derive some indicators of population health. Discussions will focus on the application of these concepts in international development discourses and their implications for designing and implementing local/country-level policies and planning. 

Mode of Delivery: The course will be delivered by lecturers, individual and group presentations.

Course Code: 
POH 426
No. of Credits: 
4
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

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