Adolescent Health in Low and Middle Income Countries

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    Flexible

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Investing in the health and development of adolescents is essential for achieving the millennium development goals, promoting public health and ensuring economic development. Not only do adolescents suffer significant mortality and morbidity, but most adult health problems, from HIV to lung cancer and heart disease, have their roots in attitudes and behaviours that start during the second decade of life.

There is increasing evidence for effective interventions to improve adolescents’ health and development, and growing consensus about priorities for action, in terms of what needs to be done and how. However, there is an urgent need to develop the capacity to do what needs to be done, particularly in countries where the needs are greatest and the resources most limited.

The course is organised and taught by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, the Public Health Foundation of India, UNFPA, and UNICEF.

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About this course

This course provides the knowledge, conceptual frameworks and tools necessary to strengthen health sector policies and programmes for adolescent health and development in low and middle income countries.
The course aims to equip participants with the knowledge, conceptual frameworks and tools necessary to strengthen health sector policies and programmes for adolescent health and development in low and middle income countries. Specifically, the course will:

Provide grounding in the epidemiology, evidence-based interventions and strategies for responding to adolescents’ priority health problems
Guide participants through the steps necessary for the development and integration of adolescent health interventions into national health
sector policies, programmes and plans
Outline key challenges and solutions in developing and implementing interventions for adolescent health in the health sector, including issues of quality, coverage and costs
Equip participants to critically analyse and improve policies and strategies for adolescent health in the low and middle income countries where they work.

The course has been designed for mid-career professionals who have experience in adolescent health and current responsibilities for health sector interventions in low and middle income countries. This may include health professionals, programme implementers and policy makers, as well as researchers with a specific interest in adolescent health. The course will have a public health rather than a clinical medicine orientation. Applicants should have a good command of English, as all teaching will be in English.

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Subjects

  • Public Health
  • Hygiene
  • Materials
  • University
  • School
  • Public
  • Development
  • Adolescence
  • Vulnerability
  • Risk
  • Behaviour

Course programme

Course content
  • Adolescence and adolescent development
  • Theories of risk, vulnerability, resilience and behaviour change
  • Epidemiological methods and data specific to adolescent health
  • Frameworks for understanding and prioritizing health sector interventions for adolescent health
  • Steps to develop and improve health sector policies and plans
    for adolescent health: situation analysis, surveillance,
    monitoring, evaluation and adolescent participation
  • Approaches to reviewing evidence and carrying out research on adolescent health and development
  • Challenges in adolescent health: including sexual and reproductive health, drugs and alcohol, mental health, nutrition, injuries, violence, infectious and non-communicable diseases
  • Current focus and priorities of international agencies
Teaching methods and course materials

Faculty for the course will include staff who have extensive expertise in health sector programming for adolescent health and development from the School, WHO, the Obafemi Awolowo University (Ile-Ife, Nigeria), the Public Health Foundation of India, UNICEF and UNFPA, as well as staff from other institutions.

Teaching will be conducted at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and will include lectures, group work, and opportunities for participatory learning. For some sessions, participants will work in groups on a case study related to either India or Nigeria. The course materials, including lecture notes and PowerPoint presentations, key references and other programme support materials, such as the country case studies, will be provided electronically.

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