221.647.01
Comparative Evaluation for Health Policy in International Health
Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Tu, Th, 3:30 - 4:50pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Louis Niessen
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
220.601 Intro to International Health or equivalent course or equivalent background
Presents evaluation techniques to compare health system interventions in international health. Focuses on addressing existing constraints in health systems development, given key policy goals as quality, equity and efficiency. Presents both qualitative and quantitative approaches to evaluate interventions to better inform policy how to improve system performance and functions. Identifies policy goals, actor groups, system functions and ways to assess improvement strategies related to policy goals using existing systems frameworks. Covers key constraints in systems performance such as: effective prevention and treatment programs, patient compliance, health worker performance, inequitable access, collective financing, choosing priorities, and community-level interventions. Comparative methods draw on a mix of epidemiology, health economics, disease modeling, services research, and qualitative techniques.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- design comparative evaluation approaches for health policy development in multiple low- and middle-income country settings
- apply at least three comparative health system evaluation methods in three different country settings in relation to policy goals
- critically assess methods and results of comparative health system evaluations
- define the strengths and limitations of research in health policy contexts