Professional course Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Disease

Content

• Key measures and sources of population health and disease burden, including strengths, weaknesses and other issues.
• The epidemiological transition and explanations for observed trends in disease burden.
• Epidemiology, risk factors and prevention and control measures for key non-communicable diseases, including but not limited to, circulatory disease, cancer, injury, violence, domestic violence, bullying and mental health.
• Epidemiology of underlying risk factors for non-communicable disease, including physical and social environment, physical activity and sedentary
• Lifestyle, nutrition, smoking, and alcohol.
• Life course approaches to health.
• Inequalities in health.
• The role and impact of transnational corporations and other actors on non-communicable disease burden.
• Principles of screening and current national programmes.
• Critical understanding of the impact of the wider determinants of health on the distribution and course of communicable diseases.

Learning and Teaching

You will be able to:

• Explore and explain the trends and patterns in the burden of non-communicable disease, both globally and in the UK.
• Critically discuss the epidemiology and risk factors of major non communicable diseases, globally and in the UK.
• Examine how disease burden is measured and critique the strengths and weaknesses of the various methods.
• Critical understanding of health inequalities relating to key non-communicable diseases.
• Critically assess the importance of the social, political and economic environment in shaping policy and other responses to major non-communicable disease.
• Critically examine the actions necessary to control key non-communicable diseases.