SPPH 300 Syllabus (Preliminary version - to be finalized by 1st Face to Face session) School of Population and Public Health University of British Columbia Page 1 of 5 SPPH 300: Working in International Health (3 credits) Course Syllabus AKNOWLEDGEMENT UBC's Point Grey Campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwml0kwlyll m (Musqueam) people. The land it is situated on has always been a place of learning for the Musqueam people, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history, and traditions from one generation to the next on this site. COURSE OVERVIEW · Term 2: January 3 - April 8, 2022 · Course materials: All articles and course materials are posted on Canvas · Three mandatory live face-to-face sessions: 1. Tues, Jan 10, 1.00pm-4.00pm PST 2. Tues Feb 7, 1.00pm-4.00pm PST 3. Tues March 14, 1.00pm-4.00pm PST Location: Liu Centre multipurpose room (Place of Many Trees). Liu Institute for Global Issues, 6476 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver · Weekly tutorial space: Exact time and zoom link on course Home Page Course Team Instructor Jerry Spiegel, MA, MSc, PhD Teaching Promit Ananyo Chakraborty Assistants Kwaku Nana-Domina Attafuah Office hours/E-mail for appointment jerry.spiegel@ubc.ca 604-822-1398 gkpromit@gmail.com 236-989-9444 nattafua@student.ubc.ca 778-917-8355 Phone number OVERVIEW This course is designed for students that have done some work in the realm of global health or are contemplating doing such work. It seeks to prepare students to be critical thinkers attuned to the ethical complexities in this area, closely following the framework set up by the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR). The course applies a multidisciplinary approach to provide an overview of basic concepts, principles and current issues in global health. Reading materials will emphasize case studies to cover a range of important topics, and students will hear from health workers and researchers who have engaged in global health work during their careers. Topics to be introduced in the course include the history of global health work; social determinants/determination of health; communicable diseases; non- communicable diseases; health financing; the major institutions in global health; health of Indigenous peoples and other marginalized populations; as well as climate change and global health.
Page 2 of 5 LEARNING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES The overarching goal of this course is for students to gain a broader understanding of what working in global health entails and provide knowledge on current approaches and challenges of addressing global health concerns. At the end of this course, it is expected that students should be able to: 1. Describe the distribution of health and diseases across and within countries and to understand the relationships between social, environmental, political and cultural factors that affect these patterns using credible information sources. 2. Understand the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR) principles as a lens to ethical approaches for working in international health. 3. Acquire a sensitivity to the root causes of health inequities. 4. Understand unique health equity challenges in health faced by Indigenous peoples and other marginalized populations across the globe. 5.