HEALTH TRANSITION|PUBLIC HEALTH HISTORY|HISTORY OF HUMAN HEALTH|ANTIBIOTIC|VACCINE|DISEASE|DEM

‘Epidemiological Transition’ is a module that will develop your understanding of the history of population health. The module aims to introduce you...

Epidemiological Transition: Health and Disease in the Past, Present and Future 
 (IEHC0025)

‘Epidemiological Transition’ is a module that will develop your understanding of the history of population health. The module aims to introduce you to concepts of epidemiological transition, so you can understand the global shift from higher mortality to lower mortality and critically interpret the agents of change in mortality and in distribution of leading causes of death. You will be able to discuss how health risk are changing and may change in the future. Specifically, you will cover topics including the epidemiological transition and demographic transition theories, a comparison of health over time, contemporary health, future health trends, and a redefinition of the epidemiological transition and an introduction to the data sources and methods for measuring global health transitions.

By the end of this module, you should be able to:


	Summarise the agents for population health change
	
	
	Identify and appraise a wide range of population health resources including academic journals, online data repositories and public health information
	
	
	Present a review of existing evidence in a written report.
	
This is an introductory module for Year 1 students on the BSc Population Health Sciences programme. There is availability for UCL elective students from other departments. Places are allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis on Portico when the module selection opens. Spaces are limited.

Module leads are Professor Nicola Shelton, Dr Jitka Pikhartova, and Dr Mona Bajaj-Elliott.

Selected Reading List 


	Population and Society (2013) Holdsworth C, Finney N, Marshall A and Norman P. London: Sage.

Better Worlds? Jewish Migration and Settlement in Britain  and North America (Dissertation) (HIST0880)