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Level 7 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Global Health Challenges and Policy Formation

HSC704 · Health and Social Care Strategies and Policies — Week 1 of 16

CourseHSC704
Week1 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Global Health Challenges and Policy Formation

  1. Communicable and non-communicable disease burden
  2. WHO health governance frameworks
  3. Cross-border health inequalities
  4. Transnational policy formulation processes
  5. Epidemiological transition
  6. (GH005) Indicators and Measurement of Global Health - Part 2
  7. Delivering Health Services in Areas of Unstable Governance and Conflict
  8. Public Health 200C2 - Lecture 4: Global Burden of Disease -

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Summarise current global issues in health and social care.
  • 1.2 Explore approaches to health and social care policy formation in an international context.

Activity

Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: summarise current global issues in health and social care.

Study materials

Videos

  • Epidemiological transition · YouTube · Global Health with Greg Martin · 7 min · for registered students
  • (GH005) Indicators and Measurement of Global Health - Part 2 · YouTube · North Dakota Public Health Training Network · 34 min · for registered students
  • Delivering Health Services in Areas of Unstable Governance and Conflict · YouTube · Stanford Medicine · 53 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Communication from the Commission on a comprehensive approach to mental health, COM(2023) 298 final (European Commission, 2023) · PDF · Eu, guidance; 30 pages · for registered students
  • 2021 Long-term care report: trends, challenges and opportunities in an ageing society (European Commission/SPC) · Reading · Eu, report · for registered students
  • Belgium: health system review 2020 (European Observatory, Health Systems in Transition) · Reading · Other, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Global Health Challenges and Policy Formation
  • Week 2: Healthcare Financing and National Policy Evaluation
  • Week 3: International Crisis Responses and Healthcare Policy Soluti…
  • Week 4: Strategic Environmental Scanning in Healthcare
  • Week 5: Competitive Positioning and Strategic Formulation
  • Week 6: Strategic Choice and Implementation Planning
  • Week 7: Healthcare Business Plan Development
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Business Plan Evaluation and Strategic Recommendations
  • Week 10: Socio-Political Context of Health Promotion
  • Week 11: Evaluating Campaigns and Demand Management
  • Week 12: Applying Health and Social Care Strategies and Policies in …
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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