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PFRH 626 ADOLESCENT HEALTH POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES

This course examines adolescent health policies and evidence-based programmes that improve the general health and wellbeing of adolescents. It is designed to enable students familiarize themselves with the contents of various national and international youth...

PFRH 624 THE ADOLESCENT IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS

This course provides students with comprehensive knowledge of adolescence as a life stage and its associated health issues in both domestic and international domains. It examines physiologic, economic and nutritional factors as well as socio-cultural...

PFRH 618 PREGNANCY OUTCOMES, NEWBORN AND INFANT HEALTH

This course focuses on women’s lives and childbearing families in contemporary Ghanaian context. It offers an examination of concepts related to maternal infant health. The course offers opportunities to upgrade knowledge on current best practices,...

PFRH 614 PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

This course will cover the following topics: introduction to the dimensions of nutrition, nutritional assessment and surveillance in various risk groups. Malnutrition will be discussed as observed across the life-cycle with special focus on childhood...

PFRH 611 INTRODUCTION TO POPULATION AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

The course introduces students to basic concepts of demography and population studies to help them understand the relationship between demographic variables and health/social processes. In addition, issues of reproductive health, particularly family planning...

PFRH 608 CHILD HEALTH IN PUBLIC HEALTH

This course acquaints students with the determinants, scope and levels of child health care in Public Health. It discusses a broad spectrum of issues affecting child growth and development. Topics to be covered include embryonic development and factors...

PFRH 602* INTRODUCTION TO FAMILY HEALTH

This course explores the basic demographic and family health issues in public health. It introduces students to family and household dynamics and their implications for the health of members. Students will critically review scientific literature in the field...

616 MOTHERHOOD ISSUES, MATERNAL MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY

This course will provide students with an overview of the health problems faced by women in their quest to become mothers. The course will also address the causes of maternal morbidity and mortality in Ghana as well as in other countries of the world. The...

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