Keywords

Learning outcomes

After the successful completion of the course, the students will
• know the determinants and global epidemiology of women’s health
• be equipped with skills to plan, implement and assess interventions to promote women’s health in various environments
• be better able to appraise scientific literature and to make oral presentations

Contents

• The concepts of sex, gender and gender-research
• Contextual variation in gender roles
• Global targets for and progress in achieving equality between women and men
• Special health needs among girls and women
• Regional imbalances in sex ratio at birth or mortality at different ages
• Global epidemiology and determinants of fertility and infertility
• Global perspective to family planning, contraception, abortion, and infertility treatment
• Teenage marriages and pregnancies
• The epidemiology, causes, consequences and prevention of maternal mortality
• The epidemiology, causes, consequences and prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among women
• Women as targets of domestic or sexual violence
• Major international initiatives to improve women’s health and organizations working in the field

Teaching methods

Classroom work max 48h

Teaching language

English

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Study materials

Announced in the Teaching Schedule

Further information

Minimum number of students: 8 (else the course will be cancelled), Maximum number of students: 32

Belongs to following study modules