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 1.6 Film screening : Colonial Legacies & Global Health
Section 1.7 Human Rights, Ethics & 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
Section 2.12 Non-communicable Diseases & Aging
Section 2.13 Mental Health & Injuries
Module 3: Social Determinants of Health
Section 3.14 Indigenous Health & Racism: Exploring the Structural Determinants of Health
Section 3.15 Understanding the Role of Culture in Health
Section 3.16 Gender as a Determinant of Health: Women’s Health
Section 3.17 Gender as a Determinant of Health: Men’s Health and Transgender Health
Section 3.18 Nutrition & Global Health
Section 3.19 Understanding the role of Oral Health in Global Health
Module 4: Ecological Determinants of Health
Section 4.20 Global Environmental Health
Section 4.21 Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
Section 4.22 Film Screening: Environmental Racism, Climate Change & Global Health
Section 4.23 Natural Disasters & Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
Module 5: Interventions to Improve Global Health
Section 5.24 Health Communication & Behavior Change
Section 5.25 Technology & Global Health
Section 5.26 Resistance & Resilience: Forward Thinking in Global Health
Section 5.27 Global Health Diplomacy & Security
