Bricks on Environment, Health Housing and Sustainable Development

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Bricks on Environment, Health Housing and
Sustainable Development

• I. Health, Environment and Sustainable
  Development A Conceptual Itinerary and
  Applications
• II. Urbanization, Housing and Health Key
  Issues, Recent Trends and Future Challenges

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Brick 1 Health, Environment and Sustainable
Development

• Objectives to present definitions, concepts and
  methodological approaches to environmental health
• Level basic concepts
• Language english, french
• ECTS 1
• Tutor/tutorless with tutor (short version
  without tutor possible)

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Brick 1 Health, Environment and Sustainable
Development

• CONTENT
• INTRODUCTION Health and Agenda 21
  Intersectoral professional practice Data
  collection, monitoring and analysis References
  and further readings.
• DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS Health
  Environment Environmental Health Residential
  Environment Health Systems and Services
  Ecological Perspective References and further
  readings.
• INDICATORS What is an Indicator Environmental
  Health Indicators Data Collection, Monitoring
  and Analysis References and further readings.
• CASE STUDY. PRACTICAL EXERCISES. QUIZZES. LIST OF
  HOMEPAGES

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Brick 2 - Urbanization, Housing and Health

• Objectives to present applications at the
  local level (e.g. community health, housing and
  health, urban health) including case studies and
  projects under the auspices of Local AG21 and the
  WHO Healthy Cities Project
• Level Basic concepts
• Language english, french
• ECTS 1
• Tutor/tutorless with tutor (short version
  without tutor possible)

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Brick 2 - Urbanization, Housing and Health

• CONTENT
• INTRODUCTION What is urban health? Why is urban
  health important? Health Inequalities in urban
  areas References and further readings
• KEY ISSUES AND PRINCIPLES Key Issues
  Methodological Principles Housing and Health -
  What do we know? Synthesis and Future Directions
  References and further readings.
• OVERVIEW OF MAIN TRENDS IN 1990s. CASE STUDY.
  PRACTICAL EXERCISES. QUIZZES. LIST OF HOMEPAGES

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Testing of bricks

• Still to be defined

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Next steps

• Build up a course based on those two bricks and
  test it
• Propose a new course (common introductory course)
  with colleagues from the University of Bern,
  Basle and Lausanne as well as other institutions

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What was the support from SUPPREM ?

• A strong incitation to collaborate with
  colleagues
• Assistance of the SUPPREM production team to
  build up the bricks (Glossary, Word files, Use of
  OiL, Pedagogical aspects)

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My Wishes

• Propose a new course (common introductory) course
  and have it accepted !
• An interview with the SUPPREM team about case
  studies and practical exercises (audio extracts)

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The specific features

• Case studies and practical exercises based on
  concrete problems (socio-constructivist approach
  collaborative work)
• Quizzes

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