Prof Mikko Myrskyla OLD.2.27

This course is compulsory on the MSc in Health, Population and Society. This course is available on the MSc in International Health Policy, MSc in International Health Policy (Health Economics) and MSc in Social Research Methods. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

This course brings together the main issues in health, population and society in developed countries, including the role of social and biological factors in determining health and mortality. Course content includes the relationship between health and societal changes: family changes and their implications for population health; social support and health, health of older people and coping with ageing in the 21st century. Prospects for health and mortality in decades to come. Definition and use of measurements of health; self-reported, 'objective' measures and health service use indicators. Trends in inequalities in health and the explanations for these. Key issues in public health in developed countries especially in the light of expected demographic changes. Policy responses to health, population and societal changes.

15 hours of lectures and 13 hours and 30 minutes of seminars in the MT.

One mock exam and one 1,500 word formative essay.

A detailed reading list will be provided at the beginning of the course.

Exam (75%, duration: 2 hours) in the main exam period.
Essay (25%, 2000 words) in the LT.