Undergraduate Course: The Geography of Health (GEGR10105)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The module provides a theoretical background to the geographical study of health. The content of the course will broadly reflect the research profile of the Centre for Research on Environment Society and Health (CRESH www.cresh.org.uk) and large parts of the course will be team-taught to reflect our collaborative working practices. The course addresses health inequalities and does so whilst employing a socio-ecological framework which acknowledges the importance of social, physical, economic and political environments in shaping health, health behaviours and health outcomes. This course will demonstrate to students how geographical techniques can be applied in related disciplines, such as epidemiology and public health. The course will involve invited lectures from public health professionals. The course will also include a one day field excursion to the Wester Hailes Health Agency in Edinburgh.
Replaces: GEGR10061 The Geography of Health and Health Care |
| Course description |
Syllabus (covers broad areas to be discussed)
1. Introduction: What is Health Geography
2. Health Inequalities : Social and spatial
3. Theorising Health Inequalities
4. Environmental Justice and health
5. Place, space and risky behaviours
6. Scotland's Health
7. Austerity and Health
8. Field Trip to Wester Hailes
9. Policy and Action
10. Moving beyond the behavioural turn: The way forward
11. Summary, revision & exam papers
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- identify and define the main geographical concepts related to the study of health
- evaluate the wider determinants of health and health inequalities
- examine how geographical analysis can contribute to a greateer understanding of the variations in health outcomes
- develop skills in interpreting health data and geographical information about health
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Reading List
Curtis, S. (2004). Health and Inequality: Geographical Perspectives London: Sage Publications Chapter 1 'Introducing geographical perspectives on health and inequality'
Gatrell, A. (2002). Geographies of Health: An Introduction Oxford: Blackwells.
Smith, S. J. and D. Easterlow (2005). "The strange geography of health inequalities." Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 30(2): 173-190.
Cummins, S., S. Curtis, et al. (2007). "Understanding and representing 'place' in health research: A relational approach." Social Science & Medicine 65(9): 1825-1838.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Niamh Shortt
Tel: (0131 6)51 7130
Email: Niamh.Shortt@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Kirsty Allan
Tel: (0131 6)50 9847
Email: Kirsty.Allan@ed.ac.uk |
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