Syllabus database for doctoral courses
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SYLLABI FOR DOCTORAL COURSES
| Swedish title | Global sexuell och reproduktiv hälsa och rättigheter: Metoder, begrepp och implikationer för policy och praktik |
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| English title | Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Methods, Concepts and Implications for Policy and Practice |
| Course number | 5228 |
| Credits | 3.0 |
| Responsible KI department | Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa |
| Specific entry requirements | |
| Grading | Passed /Not passed |
| Established by | The Committee for Doctoral Education |
| Established | 2022-03-09 |
| Purpose of the course | Understanding of how sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are shaped, and its effects on future generations is crucial for all researchers involved in global health, maternal health and many other areas related to health. This course will provide participants with practical and theoretical tools as well as background to review and carry out research in SRHR. |
| Intended learning outcomes | At the end of the course the student should be able to:
1. Understand the state of the art in SRHR, including global trends, progress, challenges and gaps in research 2. Examine SRHR Policies and understand their relation to SRHR outcomes, as well as translate research into policy 3. Explain how structural factors – including social, political, economic and ethical factors - influence SRHR 4. Utilize, analyse and interpret qualitative and quantitative data and measurements in SRHR 5. Demonstrate skills in scientific writing, and reviewing and critiquing scientific papers 6. Apply skills for successful interdisciplinary collaboration |
| Contents of the course | 1. Introduction to core concepts and state of the art in SRHR in a global context
2. Underlying causes of (in)equities in SRHR 3. Intercultural and interdisciplinary academic collaboration 4. Scientific societal outreach 5. SDGs and other policy initiatives and their relation to SRHR globally 6. Critiquing the literature in SRHR |
| Teaching and learning activities | This course is fully online. Learning activities will include online lectures, joint readings, panel debates, group discussions and individual assignments, all encouraging maximum collaboration between the students from the different institutions.
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| Compulsory elements | Hand in the assignments, participate in discussions. |
| Examination | - In preparation of the course, students will bring a recent version of a research protocol or paper that they are writing on/related to their research topic. The evaluation will consist of a revised version of the protocol/paper
- Diary - Peer review of other students’ protocol/paper - The students will be divided in groups and given a specific SRHR topic to write a debate article/commentary on - Contribution to the discussions during the seminars - Assignments will be graded pass/fail |
| Literature and other teaching material | Recommended literature:
- Book, “Reproductive, Maternal. Newborn and Child Health”, The World Bank, 2016. Chapters 1-3, 6 and the relevant parts of chapter 7,14-17. - Guttmacher-Lancet Commission on SRHR, 2018 - The Lancet series on Maternal Health from 2016 - The Lancet series on Midwifery from 2014 - Online resources from WHO, UNFPA, etc. - Scientific papers handed out during the course |
Course responsible |
Elin Larsson Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa elin.larsson@ki.se |
| Contact person |
Anna Kågesten Institutionen för global folkhälsa anna.kagesten@ki.se |
