Postgraduate Course: Socioeconomic Principles for One Health (VESC11035)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will describe the methods to identify and quantify the human suffering and economic costs across the human and animal sectors if we fail to build appropriate human and institutional capacities and fail to exploit available technologic innovations in countering health threats. A reduced disease burden among poor people globally will lead to enhanced economic and social contribution by individuals and communities.
This component will focus on the data needs and tools for assessing the dual impact of zoonoses on human and animal populations. It will provide the necessary skills for estimating this impact alongside the costs of socially appropriate interventions, so as to inform advocacy, priority setting and resource allocation, both in terms of overall resources and cost sharing between medical and veterinary sectors. Socio-economic research methods will be explained, including focus groups and questionnaires and the use of participatory approaches with an emphasis on understanding and analysing the socioeconomic context of households and communities affected by zoonotic disease.
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| Course description |
Within this, the following subjects will be covered:
Principles of livestock economics and how animal health affects this, how livestock productivity parameters can be monitored in order to assess the impact of disease on livestock and of interventions to control disease.
Calculation of the costs of disease control in human and animal populations.
Methods for assessing the impact of disease in human populations using DALYs and in terms of the financial cost to patients and health services of dealing with disease.
Application of data on burden in people, losses in livestock and costs of intervening to control diseases in cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit studies.
Methods for obtaining socio-economic information (focus groups, structured and semi-structured questionnaires) with an emphasis on participatory approaches.
Investigation of the socio-economic status of households and communities affected by zoonoses, by using wealth indicators derived from focus groups.
Apportioning the cost and benefits across sectors - a whole of society approach.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Online Activities 150,
Summative Assessment Hours 50,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
0 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
2 assignments (50% each)
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% in-course assessment, which will comprise two assessments each worth 50% of the final course mark |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:
Understand the principles of livestock economics and how animal health affects this, how livestock productivity parameters can be monitored in order to assess the impact of disease on livestock and of interventions to control disease.
Calculate the costs of disease control in human and animal populations.
Apply methods for assessing the impact of disease in human populations using DALYs and in terms of the financial cost to patients and health services of dealing with disease.
Compile and use data on disease burden in people, losses in livestock and costs of intervening to control these diseases in cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit studies.
Apply methods for obtaining socio-economic information (focus groups, structured and semi-structured questionnaires) with an emphasis on participatory approaches.
Undertake investigations of the socio-economic status of households and communities affected by zoonoses, using wealth indicators derived from focus groups.
Justify the role that the sectors can play with in One Health, and assess the role that they currently play or intend to play as veterinarians, medics, biomedical scientists, modellers, geographers and socio economists.
Appreciate the application of this approach to trans-global problems and the solutions that cross-sectoral collaboration and a Whole of Society cost benefit approach to health might offer.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Disease management, socio-economics, DALY |
Contacts
| Course organiser | |
Course secretary | Mrs Elizabeth Wright
Tel: (0131 6)51 7363
Email: E.Wright@ed.ac.uk |
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