Health policy making and Injury prevention _2016

COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT

It is our pleasure to inform that the courses that acrredited by TropEd will be held  in 4 weeks in May and June, 2016 at Hanoi School of Public Health, Vietnam (138 Giangvo, Badinh, Hanoi, Vietnam).

Course 1: “Bridging the gap between research and health policy making” will be held in 2 weeks from 16^th May to 27^th May, 2016. This course provides public health students fundamental knowledge on health policy framework, influence of research on policy change and policy communication skills that will enable them to close the gap between research and health policy making. At the end of the course, the students can be able to:

1. Critically discuss the fundamentals of health policy framework.
2. Appraise the research-to-policy gap and identify strategies to overcome this gap.
3. Explain how research findings enter and influence the policy process
4. Describe the key elements of, and create a comprehensive policy-level communication strategy
5. Apply skills for communicating research evidence to policymakers using simple and compelling written and oral formats

Variety methods are used in this course, including introductory lectures, seminars, group discussion, tutorials, individual work, student presentation, and individual written assignment. Students are required to bring to the course one research (it might be student’s research or any article or research report that students prefer), used as basic document for doing exercises (identify research findings, policy implications and recommendations, prepare communication strategies and write a policy brief).

Course 2: Principle and Practice in Injury prevention will be held in 2 weeks from 30^th May to 10^th June, 2016. This course provides public health students fundamental knowledge and skills on injury prevention that cover basic injury epidemiology, developing, implementing and evaluating an injury prevention program. At the end of the course, the students can be able to

1. Describe and appraise the concepts and epidemiology of injury.
2. Critically analyze and interpret data concerning injury problems including social and economic determinants.
3. Analyze and critically debate different strategies used in injury control.
4. Formulate a comprehensive and appropriate strategy to control an injury problem in relation to an initial situation analysis.
5. Analyze and critically discuss strengths and weaknesses of specific injury control programs

Variety methods are used in this course, including introductory lectures, seminars, group discussion, tutorials, field visit, individual work, student presentation, and individual written assignment. Students will have chances to visit a hospital and a province of Vietnam to observe and discuss with local people on a road traffic safety project; learn and discuss different intervention strategies including health promotion, law enforcement, etc.

Course requirements:

• Proficiency in English: TOEFL 550 or equivalent, or IELTS 6
  
  • Student admitted to a Master Degree Program within TropEd Network may join this course, having finished the core course.

Tuition fee: 600 EUR/course

Scholarship: none

Due date: If you wish to participate the course, please complete the registration form and CV and send before : 1^st, April, 2016 to Graduate Education Dept (nth1@huph.edu.vn).

Contact person:

For course information:

• Graduate Education Dept.: Dr. Nguyen Thanh Ha (nth1@huph.edu.vn)
• Course coordinator:
  
  • Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Thanh Huong for coure on “Bridging the gap between research and health policy making” (nth@huph.edu.vn)
  • Assoc. Prof. Pham Viet Cuong for course on “Principle and Practice in Injury prevention” (pvc1@huph.edu.vn)

For administrative support issues (visa, air ticket booking, accommodation, etc):

• International Relation Dept.: Le Thi Ha Giang (lhg@huph.edu.vn)

Please find further information in our website www.huph.edu.vn/gt or TropEd website.