Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
GEOGRAPHY OF HEALTH UCOG383 5. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 8.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Elective
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Mustafa Murat YÜCEŞAHİN
Assistants
Goals To teach geography of health approach and basic knowledge on the geography of health
Course Content Introduction to geography of health, Evolving Approaches to Health Geography, Ecological Approaches to Human Health and Environmental Change, Demographic Change and Epidemiologic Transition, Spatial Processes in Emerging and Resurgent Infectious Diseases, Social Approaches to Health and Healthcare, Spatial Approaches to Human Health, Health and Wellbeing: Sex and Gender in Health Geographies, Inequalities: Migration and Health, Integrating Approaches to the Study of the Geography of Health.
Learning Outcomes 1) Students can explain the spatial and environmental approaches to public health
2) Students can explain principles and the importance of geographic information to public health issues
3) Students can explain the interaction between the disciplines of geography and public health
4) Students know research topics of geography of health
5) Students know reading of map and cartographic visualization of health geography

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction to geography of health Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Evolving Approaches to Health Geography Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Ecological Approaches to Human Health and Environmental Change Lecture; Question Answer

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Human Health Ecology, Disease Transmission, Adaptation and Cultural Environment of Diseases Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Demographic transition and geographical differences Lecture; Question Answer

Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Epidemiogic transition Lecture; Question Answer

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Epidemiogic transitions and geographical differences Lecture; Question Answer

Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Emerging and resurgent of infectious diseases Lecture; Question Answer

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Spatial diffusuion of diseases-1 Lecture; Question Answer

Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Spatial Diffusion of Diseases-2 Lecture; Question Answer

Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Specific practical training: Individual-Social-ecologic Spaces Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming
Play Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Approaches to Health: Social and Economic Environments Lecture; Question Answer
Buzz Group
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Environmental Determinants of Health Lecture; Question Answer

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Differences in Global Heath Oucomes Lecture; Question Answer

Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Anthamatten, P. and Hazen, H. (2010). An Introduction to the Geography of Health. London: Routledge. Armelagos, G., Brown, P. and Turner, B. (2005). Evolutionary, historical and political economic perspectives on health and disease. Social Science & Medicine, 61: 755-765. Block, J., Scribner, R. and DeSalvo, K. (2004). Fast food, race/ethnicity, and income: a geographic analysis. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 27: 211-217. Brown, T. and Duncan, C. (2002). Placing geographies of public health. Area, 34: 361-369. Brown, T., McLafferty, S. and Moon, G. (2010). A Companion to Health and Medical Geography. Oxford: Wiley & Blackwell. Chacko, E. (2005). Understand the geography of pellagra in the United States: the role of social and place-based identities. Gender, Place and Culture, 12: 197-212. Craddock, S. (2000). Disease, social identity, and risk: rethinking the geography of AIDS. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 25: 153-168. Curtis, S. (2004). Health and Inequality: Geographical Perspectives. London: Sage Publications. Gatrell, A.C. and Elliot, S.J. (2015). Geographies of Health: an Introduction (3rd. Ed.). Oxford: Wiley & Blackwell. Yüceşahin, M.M. (2011). Küresel bir süreç olarak demografik dönüşüm: Mekânsal bir değerlendirme. Coğrafi Bilimler Dergisi, 9 (1): 11-27.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3DK4DK5
PY20555555

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 3
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 1 2
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 48
Final Exam 1 1.5
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 72
1 1
1 1.5
1 2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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Course Information
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  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload