Hserv 482

Population Health

Course Learning ObjectivesDefine concepts of population health and distinguish

them from the health of individuals

List determinants of population health

Describe biological and sociological mechanisms through which the determinants of population health operate

Analyze the role of medical care in producing population health

Prioritize necessary changes for the US if population health is a goal in the US

Textbook and Reading ListWilkinson, R. G. (2005). The Impact of Inequality: how to

make sick societies healthier. New York, New Press.

SOUTH CAMPUS BOOKSTORE

Readings: from various electronic sources as well as textbook

COURSE FEE: $12.00 payable today or Friday

Credit CriteriaCome to 17 out of 19 lectures

– SIGN UP SHEET initial box when you attend

Complete Quiz for next time

View Great Leveller (HSL DVD reserve) and write a response by April 7

Write 1 page response to ONE of required readings for one of two class sessions every week due Monday session (1 page NO EMAILED RESPONSES) to be handed in)

Readings for sessions from text or other sources usually available electronically

http://depts.washington.edu/eqhlth/

HSERV 482, Population Health Date 2008

Session No.

LECTURE TOPICS Room T 639 10:30-11:20 Course output materials

Mar 31 1

Orientation to Population H ealth

Apr 4 2

Determinan ts of Health in Rich and Poor Countries Complete Population Health Quiz (Resources page of PHF web site)

Apr 7 3

Population Health from the Paleolit hic on Response to Great Leveller & to reading f or sessions 1 -2

Apr11 4

Health, happiness, inequality, and hierarchy

Apr 14 5

Early Lif e Response to reading for sessions 3 -4

Apr 18 6

Medical Care and it’s impact on health

Apr 21 7

Mental H ealth Response to reading for sessions 5 -6

Apr 25 8

Scandinavian Countries

Apr 28 9

J apan Response to reading for sessions 7 -8

May 2 10

Canada First dissemination exercise report due

May 5 11

Form er Soviet Union Countries Response to reading for sessions 9 -10

May 9 12 Biology of Population Health

May 12 13 Ind ia and China Response to reading for sessions 11-12

May 16 14 Health and development in Poorer Count ries

May 19 15 Africa Response to reading for sessions 13-14

May 23 16 Physi cal Environment and Population health

May 30 17 Beliefs about inequality and how they are shaped by the media Response to reading for sessions 15-16

June 2 18 Population Medicine I / Wh ere to go from here

June 6 19 Population Medicine II: Sharing Dis semination Experiences MANDATORY ATT ENDANCE Response to readi ng for sessions 17 - 19

Second disseminat ion exercise report d ue

Credit Criteria: TWO DISSEMINATION PROJECTS

Organize & convene a community meeting

Screen a segment of Unnatural Causes

Carry out a discussion of the video

Document your efforts, and critique them– Five pages, with pictures, recordings of the event

Can do in pairs, alternating taking lead for dissemination

Due May 2, and June 6

Credit CriteriaCome to 17 out of 19 lectures

– SIGN UP SHEET initial box when you attend

Complete Quiz for next time

View Great Leveller (HSL DVD reserve) and write a response by April 2

Write 1 page response to ONE of required readings for ONE of two class sessions every week due Monday session (1 page to be handed in, NO EMAILED RESPONSES)

TWO Unnatural Causes DISSEMINATION PROJECTS

-output will be a written evaluation of your efforts for each of the two projects

http://www.unnaturalcauses.org

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http://www.unnaturalcauses.org

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http://www.unnaturalcauses.org

Session One Learning Objectives

Define health in a measurable way

List various factors that are considered to make a population healthy

What is health?

What would you do to produce a healthy individual?

What do you do yourself to be healthy?

If you have children, what do you do for them to be healthy?

What would you do to produce a healthy individual?

What do you do yourself to be healthy?

If you have children, what do you do for them to be healthy?

HOW WOULD YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL?

What would you do to produce a healthy family?

Next generation of families in the USA to be healthy?

What would you do to produce a healthy family?

Next generation of families in the USA to be healthy?

HOW WOULD YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL?

What would you do to produce a healthy USA??

HOW WOULD YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL?

HEALTH OLYMPICS

Ranking of countries by life expectancy

Source: UNDP 2007 Human Development Report

How healthy is the US?Health Olympics

Number one Gold 1-5 _______6-10 _______11-15 _______

16-20 _______21-25 _______26-30 _______31+ _______

United Nations Human Development Report 2007

77

78

79

80

81

82

83

JapanIceland

SwitzerlandAustralia

SpainSwedenCanada

IsraelItalyFrance

New Zealand

NorwayAustriaSingapore

NetherlandsGermany

MaltaCyprus

United Kingdom

FinlandGreeceBelgiumCosta Rica

Ireland

Luxembourg

United Arab Emirates

Chile

DenmarkKorea

United States

Life Expectancy (years)

510

1520

25

30

HEALTH OLYMPICS 2005