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ETHICS OF POPULATION AND HEALTH

The course introduces students to the basic issues in ethics and their applications to various dimensions of population and health. It involves aspects such as the meaning of life; perceptions and rationale for population issues such as numbers, marriage, childbearing, family formation, socialization; the practices and the relevance of Christianity, Islam and traditional African religion for family living, population and the environment as well as issues of ethics in population and health including the debate on in-vitro fertilization, cloning, euthanasia and abortion. The course will also deal with ethical issues in population and health research.

Objective: The main objective of the course is to introduce students to theoretical and practical aspects of ethics with special emphasis on ethical issues in population and health.

Mode of Delivery:The lecture method will be the main mode of delivery. There will also be student led review and presentation of relevant texts from the reading materials.

Course Code: 
POH 207
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

BASIC INDICES IN POPULATION AND HEALTH

The course deals with basic indices in population and health among these are measures of fertility (crude birth rates, age specific birth rates, total fertility rates, etc), morbidity (incidence and prevalence rates, burden of diseases, etc) mortality (crude death rates, age specific death rates, expectation of life at birth etc) and migration (in and out migration rates, cross and net migration rates, etc). It also covers population growth rates as well as the interpretation of these measurements

Objective: The main objective of the course is to introduce students to some basic measurements in population and health.

Mode of Delivery: The lecture method will be the main mode of delivery but students will also be expected to do individual or group presentations in class

Course Code: 
POH 206
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

GENDER, HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT

The course deals with a proper definition of gender, and examines gender as a tool for discrimination. It further deals with the link between gender and how they affect the health males and females differently. It further examines socio-cultural practices such as division of labour and violence and how they affect males and females. It again examines strategies such as legislation, education, abolition, empowerment inclusion in decision making that aim at bridging the gender gap. Finally, gender mainstreaming is dealt with.

Objectives:The course is to equip students with the skills to be able to synthesize the social, cultural, economic, political and religious conditions that work together to influence issues of gender.

Mode of Delivery: Lecture method is the main mode of delivery. However, students will be assigned to do private research on specific topics and make presentations in class.

Course Code: 
POH 205
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

Epidemiology

This course involves concepts, principles and basic tools in epidemiology such as transmission of communicable diseases, concept of causality and estimation of health risk, measurement of population health status, measures of effect, and internal and external validity, all within the context of population/public health. It focuses on the practical application of the principles and methods of epidemiology to public health problems, planning, implementation and evaluation of intervention strategies. 

Objective: The main aim of this course is to introduce student to the concepts, principles and methods of epidemiology.

Mode of Delivery: The course is delivered through lectures, seminars, tutorial and presentation of epidemiological research by students

Course Code: 
POH 204
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

POPULATION, ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

This course deals with concepts and perspectives in population, development and the environment; population growth, size and quality; concept of sustainable development and environment and their complications for health; environmental perception and development; socio-economic implications of a rapid population growth in Ghana; population, development and the environment with reference to land, water, forests, mining, wildlife and pollution;  managing the environment; attaining sustainable development in Ghana.

Objective:The objective underpinning this course is to help students understand the theoretical and empirical issues in population, environment and development, drawing examples from global and local contexts.

Mode of Delivery: Lecture, seminar and brainstorming techniques will be used to deliver the course content to students.

Course Code: 
POH 203
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

DISEASE PATTERNS IN GHANA AND AFRICA

Basic concepts relevant to the discussion of diseases such as sickness, illness, disease incidence and prevalence are discussed. Classification of diseases based on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is dealt with. Issues such as victims and effects of diseases and health care systems that are bused to mitigate the effects of such diseases are dealt with.

Objective: The objective of the course is to equip students with basic knowledge and skills to analyze common diseases that afflict Ghana and the rest of the developing world and their effects on the victims.

 

Modes of Delivery:Modes of delivery will be the lecture method while students are assigned topics to research into and group presentations made

 

Course Code: 
POH 202
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

RESEARCH METHODS

 This course provides opportunity for students to advance their understanding of research through critical exploration of research language, ethics, and approaches. The course introduces the language of research, ethical principles and challenges, and the elements of the research process within quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches. Students will use these theoretical underpinnings to begin to critically review literature relevant to their field or interests and determine how research findings are useful in forming their understanding of their environment.                          

Objective:The course aims at introducing students to basic concepts used in research and to scientific social research methods and their approaches. It includes discussions on literature review, ethic issues, sampling techniques, research designs, data collection and techniques of analysis.

Mode of Delivery: Lectures, group discussions and exercises in class will constitute the mode of delivery.

Course Code: 
SSR 202
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

BASIC STATISTIC

This is an introductory course that focuses on data and statistical reasoning. The course basically introduces students to the linkage between statistics and research methods,

and further enables them to apply appropriate procedures in analysing data and further producing research reports.

Object: By the end of the course students should be able to differentiate among the various parametric and non-parametric statistical techniques, state hypotheses and select appropriate

testing procedures and make appropriate statistical decisions and draw relevant conclusions

Mode of Delivery: The content will be delivered by means of lectures, group discussions and exercises in class.

Course Code: 
SSR 201
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

INDIVIDUAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

The objective of this course is to equip students with knowledge on human growth and development issues.  Theories, concepts and other social issues in individual growth and development constitute the core aspects of the course. It is expected that after going through the course, students will have the capacity to explain issues regarding human development, understand and cope with individual differences, adapt to societal changes as well as develop basic skills to manage and address personal, interpersonal and group conflicts.

Objective:By the end of the course students should be able to explain basic concepts, theoretical and conceptual issues and the social processes involved in human growth and development.

Mode of Delivery: The content will be delivered by means of didactic lecturers, group presentations and experience sharing.

Course Code: 
POH 201
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

NUTRITION AND HEALTH

The course emphasizes the concepts of balanced diet, the six food nutrients and their sources. It also explores what constitutes healthy eating and diets of various groups of people in different health states and across the life cycle. It also deals with health implications of dietary practices. 

Objective:The objective of the course is to equip students with basic knowledge in nutrition for health. 

Mode of Delivery: Apart from lectures, individual or group presentations will be part of the mode of delivery. 

Course Code: 
EVT 134
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Population and Health

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