COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HSA 6104 SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3

Offered By

Public Health

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR YÜCEL DEMIRAL

Offered to

Public Health

Course Objective

The Course reviews concepts to investigate the linkages between social frameworks of the population with health inequalities. The course provides evidences and examples of this area, and offers tools to explore the policies of social determinants perspectives. The Course discusses a range of selected topics on health inequalities referring to key concepts and instruments, evidence, and action on explaining health inequalities. Particular emphasis is put on definitions, theoretical models, key features
of health inequalities, and interventions to tackle them

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To tackle causalities behind the reasons
2   To learn basic models & concepts of health inequalities
3   Be able to define basic determinants of health inequalities
4   Be able to follow basic literature in the field ıf inequalities of health
5   To learn basic methods of inequalities research

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Social production of disease. Concepts& Theories
2 WHO report on Social Determinants of Health
3 Concepts, evidence and features of Health Inequalities 1
4 Concepts, evidence and features of Health Inequalities 2
5 Concepts, evidence and features of Health Inequalities 3
6 Key social mechanisms: social class,
7 Key social mechanisms: ethnicity/race & and territory
8 Key social mechanisms: gender,
9 Causes of Health Inequalities.
10 Policies to tackle health inequalities: health systems
11 Discussions - case studies - articles

Recomended or Required Reading

https://www.upf.edu/web/greds-emconet#.WMf0-cPauUk
http://www.who.int/social_determinants/resources/articles/emconet_who_report.pdf
Kieselbach T, Winefield AH, Boyd C (Edt). Unemployment and Health: International and interdisciplinary perspectives", Australian Academic Press, Brisbane,(2006),

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Case studies, lectures, article discussions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRF PERFORMANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Yucel Demiral
yucel.demiral@deu.edu.tr
412 4001 / 412 4019

Office Hours

Mondays 16:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 1 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 1 15
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 3 5 15
Reading 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 72

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
LO.1
LO.2
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LO.4
LO.5

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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