Equality in health

The course is offered as distance education with campus meeting lectures and seminars. The course comprises the following components:
- health as a human right
- national and international health objectives
- the demographic distribution of health
- health in a life cycle perspective
- the effects of inequality on health
- supportive environments
- efforts for enhancing health equity at different levels
- health and sustainable development

Progressive specialisation: A1N (has only first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Education level: Master's level

Admission requirements: Undergraduate studies of at least 60 ECTS cr and upper secondary school level Swedish 3 or B/Swedish as a second language 3 or B, or equivalent plus English 6 or A, or equivalent.

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.

This course is included in the following programme

• Master Programme in Health Science: Focus Public Health Sciences (studied during year 1)