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150218 UE Culture and Health Development (M6) (2017W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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THE COURSE WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH.
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 04.09.2017 10:00 to Mo 25.09.2017 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 27.10.2017 10:00
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Please mind that the above dates are not correct! The correct dates are:
Friday, 17.11, 16:35-18:05, 18:20-20:20Saturday 18.11 10:00-14:00
Saturday 9.12, 10:00-14:00
Monday 11.12, 17:00-20:20
Friday 12.1, 16:35-18:05, 18:20-20:20
Saturday 13.1, 10:00-14:00
- Friday 17.11. 16:35 - 18:05 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
- Friday 17.11. 18:20 - 20:20 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
- Saturday 18.11. 10:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
- Saturday 09.12. 10:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
- Monday 11.12. 17:00 - 20:20 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
- Friday 12.01. 16:35 - 18:05 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
- Friday 12.01. 18:20 - 20:20 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
- Saturday 13.01. 10:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This course aims to introduce to the students the impact of culture, especially the minority culture on the health development of local population in China. It will introduce existing literature on how local culture could be an important factor in influencing people’s health belief and health behavior. It will also use specific cases, especially the case of Bai minority in Southern China, to well illustrate this relationship. This course has an empowerment perspective with an emphasis on the exploration of the role of empowerment in changing people’s existing health belief and behavior and to achieve the aim of health promotion. It also aims to provide those students interested in doing empirical studies in the field of health development in China with an knowledge of how to conduct field investigation in local communities. THE COURSE WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH.
Assessment and permitted materials
1. Component 1 class attendance - 25%2. Component 2 class presentations - 35%3. Component 3 homework - 40%
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Examination topics
THE COURSE WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH.
Reading list
1. Cecil G. Helman, 2007, Culture, Health and Illness (Fifth Edition), Oxford University Press, Inc., New York.
2. Maggie Davis and Wendy Macdowall, 2006, Health Promotion Theory, New York: Open University Press.
3.Zimmerman, M.A., 2000, Empowerment theory: psychological，organizational and community levels of analysis, in Rappaport, J. & Seidman, E. (ed.)Handbook of community psychology. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, pp. 43-63.
4. Francis L. K. Hsu, 1971, Under the Ancestors' Shadow: Kinship, Personality, and Social Mobility in China, Stanford University Press.
2. Maggie Davis and Wendy Macdowall, 2006, Health Promotion Theory, New York: Open University Press.
3.Zimmerman, M.A., 2000, Empowerment theory: psychological，organizational and community levels of analysis, in Rappaport, J. & Seidman, E. (ed.)Handbook of community psychology. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, pp. 43-63.
4. Francis L. K. Hsu, 1971, Under the Ancestors' Shadow: Kinship, Personality, and Social Mobility in China, Stanford University Press.
Association in the course directory
PR 220
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