Population Health I: Introduction

Instructor Information

Coordinator Instructor : Prof. dr. Siswanto Agus Wilopo, S.U, M.Sc., Sc.D.

Office                                    : Gedung IKM Room 001, Jl. Farmaco 1, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta
Office Hours                       : 08.0-10.00 & Monday and Wednesday
E-mail                                    : sawilopo@ugm.ac.id

Instructor                            : Dr. Abdul Wahab, MPH.

Office                                    : Gedung IKM Room 003, Jl. Farmaco 1, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta
Office Hours                       : 08.0-10.00 & Tuesday and Thursday
E-mail                                   : awahab@ugm.ac.id

Instructor                            : dr. Ifta Choiriyyah, MSPH, Ph.D.

Office                                    : Gedung IKM Room 008, Jl. Farmaco 1, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta
Office Hours                       : 08.0-10.00 & Tuesday and Thursday
E-mail                                   : ifta.c@ugm.ac.id

Course Description

Population health is a complex field, involving dynamic interactions between cells, societies, and everything in between. However, few population health scientists or policymakers understand the principles of complexity and let alone how to apply them to their work. Conversely, not too many scientists understand the applications of their work to population health. Many factors combine and interact to affect the health of individuals and communities. This course will describe and apply frameworks for understanding determinants of health at multiple levels and within different systems. Course material will emphasize individual-, community-, and population-level determinants, and physical and social-economic environments. Students will learn how to apply theory and how to interpret and weigh evidence to identify and prioritize health determinants for public health research, practice, and policy. This lecture sets the stage for a clear, concise overview of the study of population health in the 21st century.

Learning Outcome

At the end of this course student is expected to be able to:

1. formulate population and family health frameworks,
2. apply the population and family health framework to reduce inequities in population and family health,
3. measuring health outcomes, health summary measures, health status measures, and the quality of life of the population,
4. estimate the burden of disease in the population and map inequities in populations health, 
5. illustrate the use of the social determinants of health framework and how social and public health interventions influence a population’s health,
6. explain global and national trends in maternal, perinatal, and child morbidity and mortality and their relationship to population health development,
7. explain the relationship between social determinants of health and maternal mortality,
8. formulate the social determinants of child health and inequalities in child health,
9. estimate global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years,
10. discuss global and national trends in maternal and childhood malnutrition to population health development,
11. formulate determinants of the double burden of malnutrition among children and adolescents, 
12. political, and economic determinants of health and describe how they contribute to population health and health inequities.

Textbooks

Required Reading

1. Young, T. K. (2004). Population Health: Concepts and Methods. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195158540.001.0001
2. Health Canada Population and Public Health Branch Strategic Policy Directorate. (2001). The Population Health Template: Key Elements and Actions That Define a Population Health Approach. Health Canada Population and Public Health Branch Strategic Policy Directorate. https://nccdh.ca/resources/entry/population-health-template

Recommended Reading

1. Caron, R. M. (2022). Population health, epidemiology, and public health: management skills for creating healthy communities. Second edition. Chicago, IL, USA: Health Administration Press. 
2. Shultz, J. M., Sullivan, L., & Galea, S. (2021). Public Health and Population Health: Understanding Health and Disease (First ed.). Springer Publishing Company, LLC. 
3. Thomas, R. (2021). Population Health and the Future of Healthcare. Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Reading for Each Session

This will be posted before the class starts. Students should read this reading before class