WHO SHOULD APPLY

Public health practitioners, epidemiologists, exposure scientists, quantitative health geographers, risk assessors, students.

DURATION

5 Days

COURSE OBJECTIVES

After completion of this course the student will be able to:

• Describe the current status and trends in population size, composition and distribution, and analyze the causes and consequences of changes in these characteristics.
• Calculate and interpret basic measures used to assess demographic processes: fertility, mortality, migration and urbanization.
• Describe and analyze the theories and empirical evidence to explain the observed trends in fertility, mortality, migration, and urbanization in the developing and developed world .
• Describe trends in household/family structure, number, composition and types, and their demographic and social implications.
• Describe and interpret basic biological reproductive processes and major contraceptive technologies.
• Identify the important reproductive health issues in the Sub-Saharan region of Africa and their socioeconomic, health and demographic impact; and devise programmatic strategies to tackle them.
• Analyze population policy, its formulation and role in the future of sub-Saharan Africa's demographic and reproductive health trends.
• Outline the steps and issues involved in designing a reproductive health/family planning program.
• Analyze organizational, administrative, financial and technical issues involved in program design, implementation and evaluation.

COURSE CONTENT

·         Population Size, Growth, and Demographic Transition

·         Population Structure, Composition and Distribution

·         Social and Economic Consequences of Population Growth

·         Fertility and Reproduction: Data Sources and Measurement

·         Fertility Change: Trends, Differentials, Determinants and Theories

·         Mortality and morbidity: Data Sources and Measurement

·         Mortality Decline: Trends, Differentials, Theories and Prospects

·         Migration: Sources of Data, Measurement, Trends in Time and Space, Theories and Implications

·         Urbanization: Measurement, Theories, Trends, and Prospects

·         Reproductive Health: Biological Processes and Contraceptive Technology