Oral Health|Dental Health|Public Health|Health Care|Planning

This module aims to:

● Provide students with a good understanding of health care planning and evaluation principles and concepts,
● Cover critically the...

Planning for Better Oral Health (IEHC0006)

This module aims to:

● Provide students with a good understanding of health care planning and evaluation principles and concepts,
● Cover critically the main elements of the planning cycle, from a theoretical standpoint and through practical examples,
● Provide insights into the planning processes in the UK National Health Service, as well as in other countries,
● Highlight important contextual issues in the planning of health care policies and programmes.

This module is open to students registered on the MSc Dental Public Health.

Students attend a series of interactive lectures in Term 3 of the academic year. Practical aspects are embedded in the sessions in order to combine theoretical concepts with a practical learning experience.

Selected Reading List 


	Wright J. Health Needs Assessment in Practice. London: BMJ Books 1998.
	
	
	Bradshaw JS. A taxonomy of social need. In: McLachlan G (ed). Problems and progress in medical care, 7th Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1972; 69-82.
	
	
	Donabedian, A. (2003). An introduction to quality assurance in health care. (1st ed., Vol. 1). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
	
	
	Sheiham A, Maizels JE, Cushing AM. The concept of need in dental care. Int Dent J 1982; 32: 265-270.
	
	
	Sheiham A, Tsakos G. Oral health needs assessment. In: Pine C, Harris R, eds. Community Oral Health. New Malden, UK: Quintessence, 2007: 59–79

Questions concerning urbanisation and urbanism can take us to the heart of the flows of people, trade and resources that have shaped African History....

African Cities - Past and Present (HIST0077)

Questions concerning urbanisation and urbanism can take us to the heart of the flows of people, trade and resources that have shaped African History. Historically, urban settlements were often centres of political power, religious ritual and trading wealth. For centuries, African urban forms were connected to, disrupted by and reconfigured through trade with the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Most infamous was slavery; there were also flows of spices, gold, ivory and other commodities. In the 19th and 20th centuries, a new form of urbanisation was then moulded by colonialism. Colonial urban planners imposed racial segregation; patterns of industrialisation and trade were synonymous with exploitation. Yet cities were also vibrant spaces in which new forms of popular cultural, religious and political expression thrived. This struggle for the city often lay at the heart of anti-colonial politics in the mid-20th century. In turn, post-colonial nationalists would project their power onto Africa’s cities. More recently – in the decades of economic and political uncertainty that characterised the late 20th century – cities were transformed again into uncertain, informal spaces. At the same time, global flows reconfigure urban networks, connecting Congolese traders to Paris, for instance. This course introduces students to the global and internal forces that transformed Africa and traces the historic antecedents of many of the categories that dominate (and sometimes stereotype) contemporary debates about Africa. For demographic trends and burgeoning populations suggest that the future of African society in the 21st century will be forged in its cities.