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Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, chronic lung diseases and mental illness are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and the greatest burden lies in low- and middle-income countries. The risks and impact of NCDs on individuals and populations are driven by a complex mix of factors. These include early-life experiences, nutrition, environment, behaviour, health systems, society and politics.

This module will enable students to engage in discourse on key concepts, methods, debates and policies in global NCDs. Students will gain an understanding of: the epidemiology and economic burden of NCDs; their social determinants and inequality in distribution; an appreciation of the complexities of measuring NCDs in resource-poor settings; the most common risk factors for NCDs; the major physical and mental NCDs and the interrelation between these; the issue of multimorbidity; key concepts in prevention and control strategies; global, national, health system and community approaches to reduce the burden of NCDs; and the developmental origins of health and disease and the potential for early life interventions. Through class room sessions and assessed independent studies, students will develop their own NCD intervention proposals using frameworks of implementation science.

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Aims:

• To provide students with a good understanding of key concepts, measurement methods, policies, programmes and debates in global NCDs.
• To develop students鈥� skills in intervention design and key concepts of implementation science.
• To develop students鈥� skills in writing funding applications.

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By the end of the module, students should be able to:

• Appraise the evidence and data describing the burden of NCDs and their risk factors in different populations
• Understand the epidemiology and distal and proximal causes and consequences of NCDs and common NCD risk factors
• Evaluate and select between different health promotion and intervention strategies to prevent NCDs
• Design an intervention and evaluation plan for the prevention and/or control of NCDs
• Orally present a NCD intervention project idea

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Indicative lecture topics:

Lecture topics will include: the global burden and distribution of NCDs and NCD risk; NCD prevention and control strategies; health systems readiness and response to NCDs; intervention development processes and theories.

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Teaching and learning methods:

Lectures will use an interactive seminar-style approach. Session leads will deliver theoretical content combined with their own research-based examples and experiences of work in the field of global NCDs.

The module will be structured to integrate teaching on key concepts of NCDs with understanding of processes of development and implementation of NCD intervention strategies.

All course material, including recommended reading and lecture slides, will be available on Moodle, which will also create a space for a peer-support forum.

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Reading List:

Recommended peer-reviewed literature specific to each lecture will be specified in advance. Additionally, students will be provided with recommended reading from 鈥淎n Introduction to Population-level Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases鈥� edited by Mike Rayner et al.