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, maternal health and issues related to HIV/AIDS and STIs will be discussed. The course will examine sources of demographic and health data, errors and sources of errors in demographic data. It also examines population structure and composition. Students will be introduced to rates, ratios and probabilities. Students will be introduced to the life table, its construction and applications and to specific substantive topics such fertility and mortality.