課程資訊
課程名稱
全球衛生導論
Introduction to Global Health Science 
開課學期
109-1 
授課對象
公共衛生學院  全球衛生博士學位學程  
授課教師
詹長權 
課號
MGH7002 
課程識別碼
853EM0020 
班次
 
學分
4.0 
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
必修 
上課時間
星期三4,5(11:20~13:10) 
上課地點
 
備註
本課程以英語授課。地點:公衛601A教室/全球廳.學程必修課,外系生欲選修請洽老師.校外參訪請洽學程辦公室.與陳其欣、陳秀熙、陳為堅、林先和、李柏翰合授
限本系所學生(含輔系、雙修生)
總人數上限:24人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1091MGH7002_ 
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課程概述

This introductory course will cover a broad range of issues in global health, including the measurement of global burden of disease, globalization and health, social determinants of health, non-communicable diseases, communicable diseases, climate change, community health, universal health coverage, and global health agendas and organizations. 

課程目標
1. To describe the global burden of disease and risk factors.

2. To understand the key drivers of population health across geographic boundaries.

3. To understand the major interventions in global health and the challenges of resource allocation. 
課程要求
1. Complete pre-class assignments

2. Be punctual and participate in class discussions and activities

3. Two group project (GBD and Social Determinants of Health)

4. One individual essay (Communicable Diseases)

5. One worksheet (with questions from multiple lecturers)

6. Additional assignments from lecturers (TBD) 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
 
指定閱讀
 
參考書目
Introduction
Watch video “What is public health” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA8uYvJ_i8Y
Read leading article: Medicine, Empires, and Ethics in Colonial Africa

Global Burden of Disease
Watch the TEDMED talk by Professor Christopher Murray: http://www.tedmed.com/talks/show?id=17751

Social Determinants of Health
Read the report: World Health Organization. (2010). A conceptual framework for action on the social determinants of health (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/44489/9789241500852_eng.pdf)

Communicable diseases
Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern at the WHO official website
Global Health and the Law https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmra1314094
Global Fund introduction https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/overview/ 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
   
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
Week 1
9/16  Course introduction / Public health history, philosophy, and values (Chang-Chuan Chan/Chi-Hsin Sally Chen)
 
Week 2
9/23  Globalization and Health (Chang-Chuan Chan/ Chi-Hsin Sally Chen)
 
Week 3
9/30  Global Health Agenda and Organizations (Chang-Chuan Chan/Chi-Hsin Sally Chen)  
Week 4
10/7  Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Chang-Chuan Chan/ Chi-Hsin Sally Chen) 
Week 5
10/14  Global Burden of Disease(Hsien-Ho Lin) 
Week 6
10/21  Social determinants of health (SDH): Introduction (Po-Han Lee) 
Week 7
10/28  Communicable disease: pandemic COVID-19 and major infections (Hsien-Ho Lin) 
Week 8
11/4  Non-communicable diseases (1) (Wei-J Chen) 
Week 9
11/11  SDH beyond the World Health Organization (Po-Han Lee) 
Week 10
11/18  SDH and the ‘Health in All Policies’ strategy (Po-Han Lee) 
Week 11
11/25  Non-communicable diseases (2) (Wei-J Chen) 
Week 12
12/2  Exposing the Twenty Medical Myths: Why Everything You Know about Health Care Is Wrong and How to Make It Right (1)(Arthur “Tim” Garson)
 
Week 13
12/9  Exposing the Twenty Medical Myths: Why Everything You Know about Health Care Is Wrong and How to Make It Right (2)(Arthur “Tim” Garson)
 
Week 14
12/16  SDH and the SDGs (Po-Han Lee) 
Week 15
12/23  Group presentation (1) (Chang-Chuan Chan/Chi-Hsin Sally Chen) 
Week 16
12/30  Group presentation (2) (Chang-Chuan Chan/Chi-Hsin Sally Chen) 
Week 17
1/6  Course wrap up (Chang-Chuan Chan/Chi-Hsin Sally Chen)