SSPH+ | Summer School in Public Health

2023 Course Programme

17/8/2023

Social media in global health: potentialities, risks, and new developments

In this course you will learn the underlying principles that make social media powerful and dangerous at the same time, with a focus on their use in global health.

Christoph Pimmer

Neira Budiono

23/8/2023

NCD control in a global health perspective: Public health and health systems strengthening approaches

Which are the “best buy” interventions to prevent NCDs? In this course you will learn public health strategies to curb NCDs, and changes needed in the health care system, with a focus on middle-and low-income countries.

Kaspar Wyss

Pascal Bovet

23/8/2023

Community-based participatory methods in public health

In this course participants will learn how to engage individuals, hospitals, health service providers, social organisations, and government officials to develop partnerships and co-create positive change.

Nadina Luca

Amalia Pesantes

23/8/2023

Strategic public health policy and planning in times of uncertainty: using systems modelling for evidence-based decision making

How do we estimate the potential impact of evidence-based interventions in real-world settings? In this course you will learn methods of systems modelling and simulation to capture the complexity of quantifying uncertainty to better inform policy and planning decisions.

Responding to disasters: the importance of Humanitarian Logistics

Humanitarian logistics has a decisive impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian actions, especially when humanitarian crises arise and supply chains are crucial to ensure aid reaches the most vulnerable. This course places specific attention on the logistics management of medical supplies.

Paulo Gonçalves

23/8/2023

Identifying and navigating ethical issues in public health

Public health policy, practice, and research entail numerous ethical challenges. How should one decide what the right thing to do is? This course will equip participants with the tools, skills, and know-how that are necessary to assess and deal with ethical challenges.

Marta Fadda

Caroline Brall

23/8/2023

Tackling Air Pollution using science for policies to protect health

Learn how and why air pollution impacts our health and how to use research and data to inform policy making to improve air quality and public health.

Wealth Inequalities, Social Mobility, and Health

This course aims to understand the complex dynamics that occur in countries with large disparities in wealth, the promising avenues in increasing social mobility and the deep connections between inequality and health.

Nathalie Jean-Baptiste

23/8/2023

An introduction to health economics: how should we finance and organize our health care systems

How should we pay for health care? How much capacity do we need? Which is the inter-relationship between income and health? In this course you will learn how the tools of health economics can be used to understand the health and welfare implications of how our health care systems are funded and organized.

Andrew Street

26/8/2023

Strategic Project Management

This course introduces participants to the basic principles, methods, and tools for project management in a realistic context, allowing them to improve their ability to manage complex projects.

Paulo Gonçalves

Mariya Andreeva

26/8/2023

Promoting healthy behaviors through multi-level approaches

In this course you will learn why promoting lifestyle behaviors through evidence-based, multi-level approaches is as important as ever and what it takes to design for success.

Yana Manyuk

Mirjam Rodella Sapia

26/8/2023

Moving forward in public health planning by learning (or not) from the past

This course will use a variety of historical and current examples to discuss where past experience has been incorporated into future planning, where it has not, focusing on important lessons lost or used to benefit public health planning and actions.

Kaspar Staub

Joël Floris

26/8/2023

Measuring health spending and results to improve health sector performance and meet strategic objectives and inform policy reforms

How much do we spend on health and what are we achieving? This course focuses on the challenges and opportunities of tracking expenditures and assessing efficiencies to meet strategic objectives and inform policy and health system reforms.

Laura Di Giorgio

Stefania Ilinca

26/8/2023

Making sense of the evidence to inform programmes, policies, and practice

How can we review evidence to inform our work? In this course you will learn about types of evidence reviews relevant for public health, including systematic reviews and meta-analysis.

Gian Luca Di Tanna

26/8/2023

Adaptive Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Public Health: Embracing complexity to make measurements matter

This course offers a holistic overview of the practice of Adaptive Monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL). You will be introduced to fundamental design principles and characteristics that distinguish Adaptive MEL from conventional results measurement.

Ashwin Budden

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Adaptive Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Public Health: Embracing complexity to make measurements matter

2023 Course Programme

Social media in global health: potentialities, risks, and new developments

NCD control in a global health perspective: Public health and health systems strengthening approaches

Community-based participatory methods in public health

Strategic public health policy and planning in times of uncertainty: using systems modelling for evidence-based decision making

Responding to disasters: the importance of Humanitarian Logistics

Identifying and navigating ethical issues in public health

Tackling Air Pollution using science for policies to protect health

Wealth Inequalities, Social Mobility, and Health

An introduction to health economics: how should we finance and organize our health care systems

Strategic Project Management

Promoting healthy behaviors through multi-level approaches

Moving forward in public health planning by learning (or not) from the past

Measuring health spending and results to improve health sector performance and meet strategic objectives and inform policy reforms

Making sense of the evidence to inform programmes, policies, and practice

Adaptive Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Public Health: Embracing complexity to make measurements matter