INTHE4118 - Reproductive and Sexual Health and Human Rights
Course content
Reproductive health is a well defined and not too controversial concept.
Reproductive rights may not be, as it implies abortion rights, which for some is very complicated. Sexual health is probably easy as long as it is only applies to sexually transmitted diseases, but sexual rights, again, may incorporate sexual behaviours that in some cultures are seen as very deviant. The course explores why reproductive and sexual health rights are so complicated to implement, and addresses the legal, religious and cultural aspects of the controversies as well as the very serious health consequences of these restrictions, like maternal mortality, high STD prevalence, vulnerability to HIV, knowledge of risks, and cultural practices like FGM and early childbearing. A gender perspective is the overriding principle for the analysis.
Learning outcome
Learning objectives:
to enable students to identify human rights issues that can be subject to research for policy change (evidence based policy) and to develop an analytical framework and a methodological, interdisciplinary approach to understanding the gender, legal and health dimensions in human rights.
Content:
• Gender, definition and concepts, mainstreaming
• Social determinants of health and illness, inequities in health, gender and social dimensions.
• Human rights framework, and health rights, to reproductive and sexual health and rights.
• Health Policy, policy analysis, informing policy, policy, implementation and strategy.
• Health systems. Macro context, financing, delivery of care, service planning, a tool for change, evaluation of quality of care.
Case studies:
• Abortion rights and sex selection
• Violence against women and reproductive health rights
• Access to care and maternal survival
• HIV, sexuality and stigma
• Unmet needs – contraceptives and other needs
• Integration of services, including HIV & STD in maternal health care
Admission
Id does not exist in shared textStudents enrolled at the M.Phil in International Community Health programme will get first priority to the courses. The deadline for register in Studentweb and apply for courses is February 1, 2013.
External applicants
External applicants are welcome to apply. Please contact Linda Andreassen if you want admission to this course.
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Formal prerequisite knowledge
Id does not exist in shared text• A completed Bachelor’s degree or a period of study comparable with a Norwegian Bachelor's degree from a recognised institution. Applicants with foreign education, please refer to the country list
(The applicants must have a specialization either within health sciences or social sciences).
• a minimum grade point average (GPA) of C (in Norwegian scale) or equivalent from the specialization in your degree.
• An internationally recognised English language proficiency test
Note: all documents must be official certified copies
International applicants or external applicants without a Norwegian ID number:
In order to be evaluated for admission, applicants must fulfill the basic entrance requirements to Norwegian universities, called Higher Education Entrance Qualification or generell studiekompetanse in Norwegian. Applicants from most European countries are eligible for admission upon completion of the secondary school leaving certificate that provides the basis for admission to university studies in the home country. Entrance requirements for applicants from non-European countries may include one or two years of university studies in addition to secondary school. Read more about admission for international applicants
You must submit the Basic Qualifications Registration Form if your Higher Education Entrance Qualification (generell studiekompetanse) for studies in Norway has not already been evaluated. In order to be evaluated, all documents must be submitted within the deadline December 1, 2012.
Send the documents to:
The University of Oslo
The Section for International Health
Department for Community Medicine
University of Oslo
P.O.Box 1130 Blindern
0318 Oslo
Teaching
Spring 2013: May 14th and 3 days in Week 19 (May 21st-23rd); Classroom lectures 9.00-15.00
Access to teaching
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Home Exam.
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
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Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.
Explanations and appeals
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Resit an examination
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Withdrawal from an examination
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If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.