Health and Development Across the Life Course
Overview
- Credit value: 30 credits at Level 4
- Convenor: to be confirmed
- Assessment: a 1000-word essay (40%) and 1500-word observation, reflection or health policy initiative (60%)
Module description
In this module we introduce you to key principles of health across the life course. You will gain an understanding of human development and key life stages and explore the link between early life experiences and later health. You will also develop skills in analysing social determinants of health across the life course. The module will ensure you become familiar with life course approaches and public health practice.
Indicative syllabus
- Understanding the foundations of health across the life course
- Reproductive health and early life development
- Childhood development and early life experiences/wellbeing
- Adolescence and young adulthood
- Adulthood
- Ageing and older adult life stage
- Mental health across the life stage
Learning objectives
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- summarise key concepts relevant health across the life course
- review a range of policy approaches to improve health at key life stages
- discuss the causes and consequences of social determinants on health and human development across the life course.