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This is a test course
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1. Cosmopolitanism, nationalism, distributive justice, consequentialism, deontology and human rights theory. 2. Use of theoretical normative approaches to analyse a range of global health challenges. 3. Development and evolution of global health law 4. International law impacts on a range of global health issues. 5. International Health Regulations (IHR) 6. Fragility of human condition in conflict, epidemic and disaster setting and law 7. Humanitarian services ethics action must now respond to increasingly complex crises. 8. Human rights frameworks against the backdrop of health injustice, vulnerable populations and the demand that humanitarian actors undertake roles in truth, peace, reconciliation and justice efforts. 9. Universal Human Rights, Health Rights 10. Ethics or research in developing counties 11. Ethics of research partnership |
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1. Emerging infectious disease model for the 21st century (the who, what, when where and why)
2. Critical factors for disease emergence/re-emergence and prevention and control
3. Pathogens of pandemic potential and pathogens of critical regional importance
4. Antimicrobial resistance
5. Pathogens of critical regional/global importance (Ebola, MERS, Zika)
6. Pathogens of bioterrorism potential
7. The Big three (Tuberculosis, HIV, Malaria)
8. Global governance and public health preparedness and response
9. Geopolitical challenges for infectious disease prevention and control (Polio, HIV, other emerging infections and climate change) (core)
10. Vector borne disease prevention and control (optional)
11. Introduction to the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases: introduction and overview.
12. Socio-economic inequalities in health(optional)
13. NCD burden of Disease (cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, cancer epidemiology, asthma, snakebite, podoconiosis)
14. Emerging issues and ongoing challenges of non-communicable diseases.
15. NCD prevention and control.
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Introduction to nutrition and health
Major classes of nutrients, their sources and the manifestations of micronutrient and macronutrient deficiency states
Malnutrition as a public health problem, criteria for diagnosis of under nutrition and over nutrition; Specific deficiency diseases,
Infant feeding, Types, Causes and Management of malnutrition
Nutritional Surveillance; Interaction between malnutrition and infection
Nutritional requirements during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood and adolescence
Nutritional problems of the vulnerable groups, nutrition during emergencies;
Applied nutrition programme and nutrition education, community nutrition programmes.
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1. Introduction to basic GIS
2. Overview of basic mathematical modelling
3. The process of decision analysis
4. The process and conduct of meta-analysis
5. Description of cost effectiveness/ cost Utility/cost minimization analysis
6. The process and conduct of manuscript writing
Basic concept of evaluation; test item for collection of a specific programme evaluation, methods and techniques of evaluation, evaluation instruments. Nursing auditing and problem associated with evaluation. Evaluation focus on goal attainment and system models: evaluation of programme appropriateness, political decisions, adequacy, effectiveness, efficiency and side effects.
Relationship of the environment and human health. Water supply, water contamination, water treatment/purification, water pollution and water related diseases. Air hygiene and air pollution, Environmental sanitation, waste disposal, housing and housing standards, food hygiene, port health services. Selected environmentally induced diseases. Concept and principles of occupational health. The work environment, the interaction between work and health. Functions of an occupational health services; selected occupational hazards and there prevention and control. Regulations and control of occupational health programmes; Factory laws, workman compensation laws, labour laws, public health laws.
Information education communication and behaviour change communication.
Ways of promoting healthy life style, strategies for effective health education. Health belief model and promotion of health through: nutritional education; Food taboos and harmful cultural practices.
Nature and scope of health education, principles and methods of health education, patient education and counseling. Community education and mobilization.
The nature of community health nursing; Processes of community health programmes, community health diagnosis; concepts of epidemiology; principle of causality, determinants of health and diseases; principles and practice of disease control, immunization, school health programme, health education, community health nutrition and assessment, Disaster nursing, International health. Monitoring and evaluation of community health programmes.
Emerging concerns in nutrition and health
Dietary factors in the aetiology of chronic diseases
Healthy eating reconmmendations
Dietary reference values for general population
Nutrition care and support processes
Effect of nutritional status on metabolism and the development of disease.
Severe acute malnutrition.
Metabolic response to starvation, injury and sepsis and how disease modifies nutrient requirements.
Nutrition and relevance to disorders of the immune system.
Overnutrition and the etiology of obesity and linked complications.
Protein and energy interaction;
interaction of protein and energy with other nutrients;
interaction involving dietary phytate and inositol phosphates;
mineral- mineral interaction;
nutrient antagonisms and enhancers;
factors influencing bio-availability of nutrients.
Interaction between drug component and nutrients
Structure, chemistry, properties and interactions of food constituents, nutrient-drug interaction, effects of these interactions on nutrient availability in food;
Health and consumer issues related additives, pesticide residues, contaminants, carcinogens, drugs/hormones, and nutrient supplements in relation to content on natural and synthetic chemicals.
Environmental factors affecting nutrient stability in food products.
Food additives.
Food borne disease.
Food safety,
Good Manufacturing Practices,
Detail examination of the chemistry and function of vitamins and minerals;
Classification of vitamins and minerals; their sources in the diet; absorption, and metabolism of vitamins and minerals;
deficiency or toxicity symptoms;
recommended and estimated safe and adequate levels of dietary intakes;
mineral balance.
Drivers of food choice
Factors affecting food intake; appetite, hunger, satiety.
Role of gut sensation, motility and secretion, and hormones/mediators in influencing appetite and nutrient intake, hunger-satiety cycle.
Principle of intestinal failure and the importance of preventing refeeding syndrome.
Psychological factors controlling satiety, motility disorders.
Eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia etc): Causes, consequences and treatment of eating disorders.
Food production and the environment
Concepts and discourses of community food security,
food sovereignty, food justice, and agricultural sustainability from local, regional, and international perspectives.
Ecological, economic and socio-cultural systems and food security in both developed and developing countries.
Food and nutritional security, Strategic goals of food security and nutrition.
Food and nutritional security in emergencies, rapid urbanization etc.
Definitions of epidemiology;
epidemiological concepts and models;
uses and pitfalls of epidemiology in food and nutrition;
research designs in epidemiological studies; outcome and exposure variables; biochemical markers, etc.
Development of the science of epidemiology and uses of epidemiology.
Tools of Epidemiology.
Measures of morbidity and risks.
Measures of Mortality.
Standardization of rates.
Sources of health information and health management information systems.
Indices to assess the health status of a population.
Causality and confounders.
Infectious disease Epidemiology.
Screening, investigation and management of epidemics
Definition, objectives and goals of nutrition education;
methods in nutrition education;
nutrition education and communication strategies for different groups and settings;
nutrition information, education and communication strategies;
social marketing;
computer- mediated technology for nutrition education;
programme planning implementation and evaluation.
Methods used in nutrition assessment: anthropometry, biochemical, clinical and dietary intake assessment, vital statistics-mortality and morbidity rates, ecological factors, etc.
growth monitoring and promotion (including use of mid-upper arm circumference-MUAC tape).
Determinants of the nutritional status of a community;
nutrition intervention programmes;
sustainability of community nutrition intervention programmes;
programme planning, implementation and evaluation.
Macro and Micronutrients
Digestion Absorption and Transport of Nutrients
Roles of enzymes, co-factors and vitamins in human metabolism.
Overview of the metabolism of amino acids, lipids and carbohydrates
Factors affecting nutrients bioavailability
Homeostasis and the control of nutrient metabolism.
Anti-oxidants and their role in health.
Introduction to the concepts of nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics.
Course Description
The course will provides introduction to developing a mental health and addiction policy and ways of implementation: defining policy, the essential steps in developing mental health policy
– assessing the population needs, gathering evidence for effective strategies, consultation and negotiation, setting out the vision, values, principles and objectives of policy, determine area for actions, identify the major roles and responsibilities of different sectors, dissemination of policy, generating political support, developing supportive organization, setting up pilot projects in demonstration areas, empower mental health providers and reinforce inter-sectoral coordination.
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This course will discuss issues about the vulnerable population in terms of mental health access. Also the peculiar need of treatment and services for this population will be expanded vis-à-vis the challenges of LMICs.
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This course will focus on concept and pattern of inequalities, politics of inequalities, social construct and inequality, culture and inequality and measurement of inequalities. Mental health inequalities: Socioeconomic status, education, spatial, ethnic and racial, sex and gender disparities, Disparities in success to mental healthcare, Disparities in quality of mental health care. Social determinants of health. Role of policy and health services in reducing inequalities. Research in health and mental health inequalities
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The central focus of this course is to acquaint the student with basic skills required to perform and appreciate research and convey scientific information. Topics will be discussed at a basic level with option of in-depth studies during standalone workshops and mentored couching.
Topics will be preceded by general introduction to theoretical frame works, and concluded with hand on in dry laboratories.
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This course will introduce students to major issues in mental health legislation and Human rights: Interface between mental health and mental health policy, Protecting, promoting and improving rights through mental health legislation (Nigeria‟s experience), Key regional and international human rights instruments, Content of mental health legislation and Drafting, adopting and implementing mental health legislation.
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Context of mental health legislation: Interface between mental health law and mental health policy, Protecting, promoting and improving rights through mental health legislation (Global, West/ Central Africa, Nigeria‟s experience), Key regional and international human rights instruments, Standards applicable to mental health
Content of mental health legislation: Definitions(Mental illness, disorder, disability, incapacity, unsoundness of mind), Access to mental healthcare, Rights of users, Rights of families and carers with mental illness, competence, capacity and guardianship, voluntary and involuntary mental healthcare, special treatments, seclusion and restraint, clinical experimental research.
Process: Drafting, Adopting and implementing mental health legislation.
Mental Health Ethics: In Practice and Research
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This course will acquaints students about Medical model and public health model, Key domains of public health that influence mental health and the behavioral sciences involved. Prevention in relation to mental health: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary; Indicated, Selective and Universal, Benefits of incorporating the public health approach to mental health will be discussed.
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This course will taught students about Global burden of mental, Neurological and Substance use disorders in terms of disability, mortality and economic losses, relevance of mental health to key issues in global health and development (Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)), Disaster mental health – vital aspect of humanitarian responses – post-disaster psychiatric disorders and challenges when working with victims, culture and mental illness – role of culture in the manifestation of psychopathology, Internally displace persons (IDPs), Migrants and Refugees - migration and impact on mental health.
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This module is designed to develop critical analysis of issues in health services management and financing and to enable students to devise appropriate management and financing responses. It demonstrates the need for a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding health services and the contributions that medicine, sociology, economics, history and epidemiology make.
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The course will focus on characterization and symptoms of mental disorders (Autism, schizophrenia, SAD, PTSD, ADHD, anxiety disorders, bi-polar disorders, personality disorders etc.), substance abuse disorder, eating disorders/culture bound syndromes, somatoform disorders, assessment of atypical mental behaviors leading to criminal offenses, Defining forensic mental health, neuro-mechanisms of abnormal mental disorders related to criminal offenses. Characterization of nociceptive substances, neurotoxicology of drugs of abuse (effects of stimulants & depressants on the CNS), pharmacogenomics of abused drugs, substance abuse-mediated psychological irregularities & behaviors, rapid assessments of drugs of abuse (POCT), adolescent trauma & substance abuse, psychosocial model (assessment & ICD 10 diagnosis) of addiction; screening tools such as ASSIST Questionnaire, CAGE questionnaire, Alcohol-related Problems Survey (ARPS), Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), Impressions of Medication, Alcohol, and Drug Use in Seniors (IMADUS); psychological therapies of substance abuse (Contingency Management (CM), Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET), community re-enforced approaches, Brief Interventions (BI), family behavior therapy, Relapse Prevention (RP), Social Behavior & Network Therapy (SBNT)); legal & ethical implications in the treatment & prevention of substance abuse disorders.
Those that have at least 1 year training in psychiatry residency or 2 years of mental health nursing need not register this course.
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This course will acquaints students with mental health systems and the development of a comprehensive approach to the delivery of services to a variety of vulnerable populations living in difficult conditions in the community. The topics include a survey of the variety of current mental health services and evidence-based approaches, the impact on services of governance, organization and financing of services including a primer on Medicaid and Medicare, National
Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS- Nigeria). The link between poverty and mental health and the use of jails as mental asylums, the development (Mental Health system development) of a competent workforce and an introduction to international community mental health issues will be emphasized. Scaling up services (mhGAP), monitoring and evaluation of mental health system and developing and implementing community mental healthcare will be assessed. Students will go through Mental Health System Research.
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This course will be on the descriptive and analytic epidemiology for major mental disorders and substance use disorders. It will examines issues of classification and nosology of psychiatric disorders, operational case definitions and measurement techniques, prevalence and incidence rates, natural history, risk factor research and plausible explanations for credible risk factors. It will also considers aspects of psychiatric epidemiology that illustrate important problems and concepts in epidemiology generally.
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PMP8203 |
Epidemiology of Mental and Substance Use Disorders |
Psychiatric epidemiology, Measurement in Psychiatry, Cultural issues in measurement and research
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