京都大学 京都大学

Health Policy and Academia

Numbering Code P-PUB01 8H127 LB90 Year/Term 2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Lecture
Target Year Professional degree students Target Student
Language Japanese Day/Period Thu.3
Instructor name IMANAKA YUUICHI (Graduate School of Medicine Professor)
KAWAKAMI, KOJI (Graduate School of Medicine Professor)
SATO TOSIYA (Graduate School of Medicine Professor)
WADA TAKAHITO (Graduate School of Medicine Program-Specific Professor)
NAKAYAMA TAKEO (Graduate School of Medicine Professor)
NISHIURA HIROSHI (Graduate School of Medicine Professor)
KONDO　NAOKI (Graduate School of Medicine Professor)
FURUKAWA TOSHIAKI (Graduate School of Medicine Professor)
IWAKUMA MIHO (Graduate School of Medicine Associate Professor)
SAOTOME CHIKAKO (Graduate School of Medicine Program-Specific Professor)
YAMADA　TAKAHIRO (Kyoto University Hospital Program-Specific Associate Professor)
SAKAMOTO RYOUTA (Center for Southeast Asian Studies Associate Professor)
HARADA KOUJI (Graduate School of Medicine Associate Professor)
YAMAMOTO YOUSUKE (Graduate School of Medicine Professor)
TAJIKA ARAN (Graduate School of Medicine Associate Professor)
SHIN JUNG-HO (Graduate School of Medicine Senior Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course Students will learn about health and healthcare-related systems and policies, as well as the supporting roles of research, human resource development, and other specialized activities.
Lectures will be conducted by each of the departments in the School of Public Health based on their individual perspectives, insight, achievements, and research. The lectures will address the systems, policies, and social structures associated with health and health care. In addition, the lectures will examine the contributions of research, human resource development, and other specialized activities that support these systems, policies, and social structures.
Course Goals Through all the lectures provided by the various departments, students will gain a multifaceted and comprehensive understanding of the systems and policies pertaining to health and health care.
Schedule and Contents April 14　Public Health and Health Policy: Overview
April 21　System and policy in environmental health in Japan
April 28　Making of air quality standard
May 12　Public Health and Intellectual Property
May 19　Policy actions for health equity
May 26　Epidemiology of COVID-19
June 02　Health communication and health policy
June 09　Infant and school health check-up for individual and health policy development
June 16　Field-based Health Policy
June 23　Maternal and child health－system and policy in Japan
June 30　Preventive measures for adults: specific health guidance and cancer screening
July 07　Community and Public Health
July 14　Global mental health
July 21　QOL evaluation and health policy
July 28　Health policy: theory, research and reality

Note: This schedule is subject to change. Overview of the schedule will be shown at the first day.
Evaluation Methods and Policy 1.　 Report (40%)
2.　 Classroom participation (60%)
Course Requirements This course is only open to Students in School of Public Health.
Attendance rate 80% or more.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) Both good preparation and review are needed.
Textbooks Textbooks/References Reading materials will be distributed as needed.
References, etc. Reading materials will be distributed as needed.
.「NEW予防医学・公衆衛生学 改訂第4版」（編集:小泉昭夫/馬場園明/今中雄一/武林亨）南江堂．2018.
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