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Course title |
Health Policy |
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Semester |
111-2 |
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Designated for |
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Graduate Institute of Public Affairs |
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Instructor |
SHUN WEN WU |
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Curriculum Number |
GIPA5006 |
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Curriculum Identity Number |
343EU0180 |
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Class |
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Credits |
2.0 |
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Full/Half
Yr. |
Half |
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Required/
Elective |
Elective |
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Time |
Thursday 6,7(13:20~15:10) |
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Remarks |
The upper limit of the number of students: 30. |
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Course introduction video |
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Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
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Course Syllabus
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Course Description |
This course will introduce basic health care systems and discuss health policy issues and their impacts from policy perspectives. The course is structured each week by topic. The course topics cover private and public health care systems (including the health care systems in the U.S. and Taiwan), global health issues, health care reforms (such as the Affordable Care Act in the U.S.), long-term care systems, health behaviors and conditions (including smoking, drinking, and other risky health behaviors), medication, and the impact of the environment on health.
This course will also discuss several health policy issues and how to solve the issues through public policies. In this course, students will also learn to conduct health policy research by finishing their final projects. |
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Course Objective |
By the end of the course, students will:
• have concepts of what policy is, the formation of a policy, and policy impacts.
• have developed a good understanding of health care systems;
• be familiar with health behaviors and health policy issues;
• learn to conduct their own health policy research.
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Course Requirement |
Participation & Reading Memos 30%
Midterm Exam 30%
Research Project 40% |
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Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week) |
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Office Hours |
Appointment required. |
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Designated reading |
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References |
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Grading |
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Week |
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Topic |
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第1週 |
2/23 |
Course introduction |
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第2週 |
3/2 |
Health policy overview |
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第3週 |
3/9 |
The health care system in the U.S. - health insurance |
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第4週 |
3/16 |
The health care system in the U.S. – health care reforms |
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第5週 |
3/23 |
Global health |
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第6週 |
3/30 |
The health care system in Taiwan – the National Health Insurance |
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第7週 |
4/6 |
The health care system in Taiwan - the Global Budget System |
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第8週 |
4/13 |
Long-term care |
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第9週 |
4/20 |
Mid-term exam |
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第10週 |
4/27 |
Health behaviors and consequences – obesity and risky health behaviors |
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第11週 |
5/4 |
Heath behaviors – smoking and drinking |
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第12週 |
5/11 |
Medication |
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第13週 |
5/18 |
Environmental health |
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第14週 |
5/25 |
Final project discussion |
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第15週 |
6/1 |
TBD |
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第16週 |
6/8 |
Final exam week |