Jul 02, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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IHS 4710 - Health Systems Strengthening in a Global Setting
This course introduces different approaches to health systems strengthening in low and middle income countries (LMIC), including monitoring and evaluation, continuous quality improvement, community health workers, health workforce development and research capacity building. A case based approach is used to evaluate the extent to which health systems address health equity in a sustainable manner. Students explore how transdisciplinary research can convert health research to action and policy. The class examines contextual and cultural explorations of different LMIC settings that act as facilitators and/or barriers for high performance in LMIC settings.
Requisites: IHS 2210 and HLTH 4200
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to define global health systems strengthening
- Students will be able to discuss different models and approaches to monitoring and evaluation of health systems strengthening and decision-making.
- Students will be able to describe the process of using data for health decision making in low and middle income countries (LMIC)
- Students will be able to use monitoring indicators and evaluation findings to inform policy and managerial decisions in LMIC.
- Students will be able to define and describe the core features, characteristics, systems and processes that lead to high performance and continuous quality improvement in LMIC settings.
- Students will be able to recognize best practices in leadership and governance, work force development, information and knowledge management in health system strengthening in global health.
- Students will be able to explain the intersections between gender equality, women’s empowerment, and health systems strengthening.
- Students will be able to prepare a global health policy recommendation in the form of a policy brief.
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