Migration, Health and Ethics in a Globalised World 2024

This interdisciplinary course will give you an increased understanding of the complex relationship between migration and health and the ethical principles connected to it. You will also gain knowledge about how different definitions and the migratory process impacts the health of migrants and how health outcomes will vary for different groups of migrants.

Content

This course has a multidisciplinary approach with teachers and students contributing with their diverse experiences to learn and discuss concepts and trends in migration and health, migration processes, migration as a determinant for health, vulnerable groups and their special needs, gender aspects, religion and culture influencing the health of migrants, how migrants and host societies influence each other, ethics in migration, and human rights.

 The aim of the course is to give an improved understanding of migrants' health and knowledge to work with various aspects related to the health of migrants.

 The course will be given in English, online, and is given during evenings making it possible for the students to combine with other studies or work.

 

Learning outcomes

After completing the course the students would be able to:

Knowledge and understanding

• Describe in general various forms of migration and groups of migrants
• Describe in general different phases in the migration process and how it affects the health of migrants
• Describe in detail how migration is a social determinant of health
• Identify various push and pull factors for migration
• Describe in general the effects of migration in home and host countries

Skills and abilities:

• Discuss ethical questions in the migration context in relation to the health of migrants
• Discuss how citizenship has a significance to access the healthcare system
• Discuss the health of migrants from the rights perspective with special focus on dignity and needs for everyone

Evaluation ability and approach

• Compare the various perspectives on migration and health
• Analyse the relevance of religion and culture for the health of migrants and the health system in host countries

Assessment

To receive a final grade for the course, the student needs to actively participate and successfully complete compulsory sessions and oral presentations and obtain a pass grade for the written assignment. If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator. All examination will be in English.

Grading system: Fail (U), Pass (G)

Lecturers

Soorej Jose Puthoopparambil, Senior lecturer at Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University

Una Murray, University of Galway

Michaela Kostičová, Comenius University  

 

 

 

Level: Undergraduate

Entry requirements: General entry requirements for higher education

This course is open for application for students from all 10 ENLIGHT universities.

Students should apply via their home institutions. For information on each university’s procedures, please see below.

• Students from Uppsala University: Students from Uppsala University have to apply by April 15 2023 using the national application service antagning.se.
• University of Bern: https://www.unibe.ch/studies/mobility/outgoing/enlight/index_eng.html
• Tartu University: https://ut.ee/en/content/enlight-blended-courses
• Ghent University: students should contact their faculty/programme, to include this as free elective course in their curriculum
• Students from the other ENLIGHT universities: Please contact your ENLIGHT coordinator to inquire whether and how you can apply.

During the programme, all students will be enrolled at Uppsala University as exchange students.

For info and application, please contact the general ENLIGHT email address of your home institutions.