Courses
each 3 day course = 1 ECTS or 18.5 credits from SPHD
3, one day courses = 1 ECTS
The courses of the SSPH+ Lugano Summer School are acknowledged by SPHD. Swiss Public Health Doctors. (Schweizerische Gesellschaft der Fachärztinnen und -ärzte für Prävention und Public Health) as an advanced training.
To earn credit, participants must attend the course, 1 lecture series per day during the course & and pass the final assessment.
1 Day Courses
Health Economics and COVID19: analyzing health systems in crisis
Andrew Street
Monday August 24th
Is Breathing killing us? Tackling Air Pollution using science for policies to protect health
Nino Kuenzli
M,T,W from 13:00-15:00
This course can be combined with other 1 day or 3 day courses without problems.
Scholarships are available
Using Law and Policy Effectively in Public Health: The Case of Covid-19
Dominique Sprumont | Luisa Cabal | Scott Burris
Friday August 29th
This course is cancelled. No further enrollments
3 Day Courses: Monday-Wednesday
24-26 August
Systems analytics. Data driven decision making made easy.
Jo-An Atkinson | Ante Prodan | Mark Heffernan | Adam Skinner
*This course is supported by the Brain and Mind Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney.
* This course is supported by the Computer Simulation & Advanced Research Technologies (CSART).
*This course is supported by the SLHS PhD programme, Department of Health Sciences, University of Lucerne.
NCD control in a global health perspective: Public health and systems strengthening approaches
Kaspar Wyss | Pascal Bovet
This course is full. No further enrollments
Policy Options on Mental Health
Emiliano Albanese | Benedetto Saraceno | Marta Fadda | Dzmitry Krupchanka
Community-based Participatory Methods in Public Health: Understanding, Informing, and Co-creating
Nadina Luca | Maria Amalia Pesantes
*This course is supported by the SDC.
This course is full. No further enrollments
3 Day Courses: Thursday – Saturday
27-29 August
Generating Demand for better public health goods and services: A systems and consumer centered approach
Rowena Merritt | Kalpana Beesabathuni | Breda Gavin-Smith | Puja Peyden Tshering
*This course is sponsored by Sight and Life
Multisectoral Approaches for Health: Implications for Policy and Practice
Carmel Williams | Nicole Valentine | Kevin Morisod
*This course is supported by the SLHS PhD programme, Department of Health Sciences, University of Lucerne.
This course is full. No further enrollments
Plenary lecture series
every day 9-10 and 17:00-18:00 (Central European Summer Time, GMT+2)
Each day we have 2 lectures, one morning and one evening, from experts who discuss a pressing topic in public health today. These take place online with live, moderated Q&A period. Each lecture will be recorded and made available to participants on the online platform.
These plenaries are open to the public, free of charge.
Registration is not mandatory, but will help us plan the zoom and moderation. Go here to register
Monday 24 August
9:00-10:00
SSPH+ 15 years, COVID and Public Health: The Swiss and global response
17:00-18:00
COVID and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Erika Placella, (SDC) Direzione dello sviluppo e della cooperazione, DFAE. (CH)
Tuesday 25 August
9:00-10:00
“Systems analytics and health policy, economics, & management decisions. Data-driven decision making, made easy.”
Prof. Jo-An Atkinson, Head, Systems Modelling & Simulation, Youth Mental Health and Technology, Brain and Mind Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney (Australia)
17:00-18:00
Covid and primary health level and health system response
Prof. Benedetto Saraceno
Wednesday 26 August
9:00-10:00
Air pollution and COVID-19
Prof. Dr. Nino Kuenzli
Description
In the early phase of the COVID pandemic, a very fast spread of the virus was observed in regions also known for their high ambient air pollution, e.g. Wuhan in China or Northern Italy. Thus, discussions about the role of ambient air pollution in this pandemic emerged early on, in a variety of channels and settings (e.g., social media and academia). Moreover, the identification of so-called “COVID-19-risk groups” such as people with a range of chronic diseases also raised the questions of the relevance of air pollution given its known effects on some of these same diseases. Last but not least, the societal actions taken to flatten the COVID-19-epidemic also affected air quality, thus public health. The lecture will present the potential pathways linking ambient air pollution and the pandemic. The state of evidence and open questions will be discussed.
17:00-18:00
Community engagement
Dr. Amalia Pesantes, CRONICAS, Lima Peru
Thursday 27 August
9:00-10:00
The Design of Health Care Environments – Examples of Evidence-Based Design
Prof Dr. des. Minou Afzali & Prof. Dr. Arne Scheuermann
Description:
The fields of design, architecture and communication are all playing an evermore important role in the healthcare sector. If we are to attain a comprehensive understanding of “health”, we need processes, tools, and infrastructures to enable us to utilise these fields actively and to cater for the special needs of people in the healthcare sector.
Evidence-based design takes psychological, social and physical aspects into account when designing healthcare facilities. This reduces patient stress, promotes well-being and supports the healing process. In addition, relatives and employees of healthcare facilities also benefit from such an environment.
In this plenary, participants will gain an insight into evidence-based design in the healthcare sector. In the first part, members of the interdisciplinary working group Health Care Communication Design (HCCD) of the Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH and the newly founded Swiss Center for Design and Helath, will provide participants with some theoretical background. In the second part of their presentation, they use concrete examples to show what effects design measures can have in the context of healthcare. This will be followed by an open discussion.
17:00-18:00
Friday 28 August
9:00-10:00
Dr Rowena Merritt, Senior Advisor on Consumer Insights and Social Marketing, Sight & Life; and World Food Programme
17:00-18:00
Economics, Public health, and COVID
Prof. Fabrizio Mazzonna
Poster sessions
every day
Chat with the Steering Committee
every day
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