OER Online Textbook: Public Health & Global Societies
Table of Contents
Introduction: A note from the authors
Module 1: Foundations of Global Health
Section 1.1: What is Global Health?
Section 1.2: Defining and Measuring the Burden of Disease, Part I
Section 1.3: Defining and Measuring the Burden of Disease, Part II
Section 1.4: Defining the Determinants of Health
Section 1.5: Colonialism & the History of Global Health
Section 1.7: Ethics, Human Rights & Global Health
Module 2: Health Systems and the Global Burden of Disease
Section 2.8: Exploring & Understanding Health Systems, Part I
Section 2.9: Exploring & Understanding Health Systems, Part II
Section 2.10: Communicable Diseases
Section 2.11: Neglected Tropical Diseases, Etc
Section 2.12: Non-communicable Diseases & Aging
Section 2.13: Mental Health, Injuries & Disability
Module 3: Social Determinants of Health
Section 3.14: Understanding the Role of Culture in Health
Section 3.15: Gender as a Determinant of Health: Women’s Health
Section 3.16: Racism as a Determinant of Health + Film Screening
Section 3.17: Social Determinants of Oral Health
Section 3.18: Understanding Nutrition & Health in a Global Context
Module 4: Ecological Determinants of Health
Section 4.19: Environmental Health & WASH
Module 5: Forward Thinking: Interventions to Improve Global Health