Module manager: Nichola Jones
Email: N.A.Jones@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
This module is approved as a discovery module
Countries around the world are preparing for and responding to the impacts of climate change, global outbreaks and conflicts on health systems and services. This introductory module establishes a foundation in global public health by providing an overview of core concepts and contemporary debates about key global health challenges and proposed strategies to address them. By exploring current issues, such as communicable and non-communicable diseases, sexual and reproductive health, antimicrobial resistance and the emergence of artificial intelligence, students will recognise how various social, economic and political determinants of health can impact on the prevalence of disease and responses to them, including One Health approaches, health promotion, and health policy. This is a non-clinical module that introduces core concepts and values in the field of global public health, including gender, equity and social justice approaches to addressing current and emerging global health challenges.
This module aims to introduce the basic principles of global public health and support students to develop an understanding of issues that drive health inequality globally. Students will be able to identify key issues in global health today and some interventions aiming to address them.
With a mixture of dynamic lectures and self-directed learning, students will develop foundational knowledge and skills in global public health.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Identify basic concepts and values in global public health
2. Recognise challenges and issues that drive health inequities globally
3. Recognise key interventions to address global health challenges, reduce global health inequities, and promote health and wellbeing
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
Technical:
1. Identify key issues in global public health and the interventions to address these challenges
Work Ready
2. Ability to consider options and make decisions
3. Recognise the relationship between global health challenges and recommended interventions
Academic:
4. Identify and use information in academic practice
Digital
5. Use appropriate digital technology to find relevant information
The module will broadly cover the following topics/issues:
1. Introduction to global health
a. Core concepts such as the Sustainable Development Goals, Universal Health Coverage, Social Determinants of Health, International Health Organisations, Gender, Equity and Social Inclusion
b. Health Systems
2. Key issues and challenges in global health
a. Non-communicable diseases
b. Communicable diseases
c. Sexual and reproductive health
d. Antimicrobial Resistance
e. Conflicts and Emergencies
f. AI and disinformation
g. Climate Change
3. Responses to challenges
a. One Health Approaches
b. Health Promotion
c. Health Policy and Politics
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Independent online learning hours | 5 | ||
| Private study hours | 84 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 11 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100 | ||
Formative assessments:
• Quizzes, including those that are self-assessed, pre-lecture, post-lecture, are designed for knowledge-checks and to prepare students for the final summative assessment
Additional preparation for summative assessment
• Online forum for peer and lecturer review and feedback
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Formative quizzes and knowledge-check Q&A forums | 0 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 0 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Online MCQ | 1.0 Hrs Mins | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
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Last updated: 30/05/2025
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