Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Health and Development

Health and Development
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14021
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First semester
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Module MINORS (Choose one minor)
International Nursing
Main language of instruction: English

Other languages of instruction: Catalan, Spanish,

Teaching staff


Appointments should be made by email. Times as per professors availability.

Introduction

Health and Development will introduce the student to global health main concepts, through a public health nursing perspective. This class will offer the students a general content on globalization and determinants of health, health burdens, the epidemiology behind communicable and noncommunicable disease, maternal/paternal and child health and nutrition, socioeconomic status and health. 

All these concepts will be applied through an individual project based on a community health assessment in order to holistically, and critically comprehend the nursing role and interventions in a globalized world.

 


Pre-course requirements

The Department of Nursing in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences has agreed that it is compulsory for all students taking a Bachelor's degree in Nursing, when participating in online classes, to turn on their camera and remain visible to lecturers and professors at all times

If there are students in self-isolation due to the COVID-19 health and safety measures, who cannot physically attend class at the University like their peers, teaching staff will carry out online teaching during this isolation period only so that the student(s) in question can attend their classes online. The rest of the students will have to attend their classes in person in the classroom.

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Objectives

  1. Explore different scenarios around international health.

  2. Learn the nursing professional roles and responsibilities to develop community interventions that seek to promote community health and disease prevention. 

  3. Critically assess the impact that different determinants of health have on health-disease binomium at a global level, and with special focus into maternal and child health. 

  4. Critically appraise international health ethics. Especially related to the European Commission of organs, blood, tissues & cells in the EU.

  5. Identify the principles of assessing, planning, developing, and implementing strategic interventions to promote community’s health.

Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme

  • 11. E - Establish effective communication with patients, families, social groups and partners and promote health education.
  • 19. B - Ability to make decisions based on critical thinking and reflective practice.
  • 21. B - Oral and written communication.
  • 24. G - Ability to work autonomously.
  • 25. E - Knowledge of the field of study
  • 26. G - Ability to generate knowledge from practice.
  • 2. E - Plan and provide nursing care for individuals or groups, taking health outcomes into account and their impact, through guidelines for clinical practice and care, which describe the four processes by which a health problem is diagnosed or treated.
  • 3. E - Know and apply the theoretical and methodological foundations and principals of nursing.
  • 4. B - Understand the interactive behavior of the person according to their gender, group or community, within their social and multicultural context.
  • 6. E - Base nursing care on scientific evidence and available resources.
  • 9. E - Promote healthy lifestyles, self-care, as well as the maintenance of therapeutic and preventive behaviors.

Learning outcomes of the subject

At the end of this course, the student will be able to

  • Comprehend the biological and social aspects of health in a globalised scenario.

  • Identify the nursing roles and responsibilities around public health and global health.

  • Identify the impact that determinants of health have on the health-illness process at a global level, and with special focus on maternal and child health. 

  • Perform primary community health assessments, based on determinants of health exploration, among other epidemiologic measures. 

  • Comprehend the nursing competency complexity to coordinate transplants at an international level.

Syllabus

  1. Introduction: public health/global health

  2. Burden of diseases and mortality burdens around the globe

  3. Poverty, health inequalities, and health inequities

  4. Non-communicable diseases

  5. Communicable diseases

  6. Health and nutrition

  7. Global and environmental health

  8. Maternal and child health

  9. Principles of a community health assessment

  10. International nursing roles

  11. EU Transplants coordination.

Teaching and learning activities

In person



  • Master Class

  • Practical exercises and case studies

  • Individual and group activities

  • Discussion and debates

This course opts for a totally in person modality. Although it can be modified into a blended/semipresencial or even totally online format, according to public health recommendations to prevent Covid-19 transmission. For all the other modalities, we have institutional support through technology and moodle platform.


Evaluation systems and criteria

In person



  • In-class participation (5%)

  • Critical readings (x2) (10%)

  • Group project part 1 (15%)

  • Group project part 2 (15%)

  • Final group project (25%)

  • Oral presentation (10%)

  • Participation to debate activities in moodle_Weekly (20%)

To pass this class it is compulsory to achieve a minimum of 5 in the group work. Furthermore, students must have a final score of minimum 5 to pass. 

Students which activities don't exceed the minimum grade of 5, thus must attend to second evaluation. This will be assessed through a multi-question exam test. 

Bibliography and resources

Bibliography will be further developed during the different classes. 

  • Bell Dion R. Tropical Medicine 4th ed. Blackwell Science 2001

  • CAMFIC. Guia per l’abordatge de la població immigrant des de l’Atenció Primària de la salut.

  • Generalitat de Catalunya, 2005. Protocol d’atenció a infants immigrants. Programa de seguiment del nen sa. Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Salut. Barcelona 2005

  • Guayta R. Epidemiología de la inmigración. El fenómeno en cifras. El Farmacèutico (suplemento monográfico Inmigración: un nuevo reto social y sanitario). Febrero 2006

  • Markle W et al (Ed.). Understanding global health. New York: McGraw Hill Education, 2014.

  • McKenzie J.F., & Pinger, R.R. (2018). An introduction to community and public health. (8ed)

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