Faglig innhold

The course focuses mainly on health status, disease/injury and risk factors, however the geography of health services at different levels is also discussed. The main emphasis is on health and diseases in developing countries.General trends in health and societal risk factors and environmental factors in different parts of the world are also covered. The course covers studies from quantitative and qualitative research traditions.
The course includes a presentation on health and medical literature in libraries and databases. Students' own reading will form the basis for writing a term paper, followed by an oral presentation at a seminar. The term paper must be approved before the written examination can be taken.

Læringsutbytte

The course gives a broad knowledge of geographical perspectives on health and health services and their development features.

Læringsformer og aktiviteter

16 hours lectures, 8 hours seminars.
Undervisning vil bare bli gitt hvis det er et tilstrekkelig antall studenter oppmeldte til emnet og dersom instituttet har tilstrekkelig med undervisningsressurser. Se
www.ntnu.no/geografi/studentinformasjon for oppdatert informasjon om hvilke emner som tilbys. Oversikt over emner som ikke tilbys grunnet mangel på undervisningsressurser vil bli tilgjengelig seinest 10. januar i vårsemesteret og 10. august i høstsemesteret.

Obligatoriske aktiviteter

• Godkjent semesteroppgave.

Anbefalte forkunnskaper

See formal requirements.

Forkunnskapskrav

GEOG1000-1006 or the equivalent or bachelor degree in social sciences.

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