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18th Course on Cross Cultural Primary Care |
| Institution |
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London: Royal Free and University College - Medical School |
| Country |
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United Kingdom |
| Type |
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Certificate / Short Course (up to 3 months) |
| Topics |
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Public/Global Health: Primary Health Care
Management: Intercultural Communication
Health Determinants: Socio-cultural aspects
Health Research and Methods: Medical Anthropology |
| Language |
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English |
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| Location |
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Archway Campus of the Royal Free and University College Medical School, London |
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Objectives/
Content |
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Primary health care increasingly takes place among a diverse and
heterogeneous patient population, with a wide range of belief systems
and health practices. In the community, patients now have a wide range
of social, cultural, religious, ethnic, regional, and educational
backgrounds, as well as different lifestyles and choice of self-treatment.
In many cases this has led to inequalities in health care, and problems
in communication between patients and health professionals
These include cross-cultural aspects of:
* Patients’ explanatory models of illness
* Body image and interpretation of symptoms
* Family structure and family health
* Pregnancy, childbirth, fertility and infertility
* Death, dying and bereavement
* Alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse
* Use of non-medical health care
* Cross-cultural psychiatry
* Nutrition, malnutrition and dietary taboos
* Migration, refugees, stress and disease
* HIV/AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases
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Beginning |
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10th - 14th November 2008 |
| Appl. Deadline |
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October 2008 |
| Duration |
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1 week |
No. of
Participants |
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limited |
Participants'
Profile |
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The course is open to all those working in primary health care settings
- whether in the UK or abroad, including: general practitioners, nurses,
health visitors, counsellors, pharmacists, administrators, health
planners, as well as those working in community paediatrics, community
psychiatry, and social services |
| Coordinator |
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Course Director: Dr Cecil Helman
Associate Professor, Department of Human Sciences, Brunel University; and Senior Lecturer, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School. Dr Helman is author of the textbook Culture, Health and Illness (4th Edition) (London: Arnold: 2001). Some sessions will be given by guest lecturers.
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| Course fee |
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Full-time GP & Hospital
Consultants - £600 Part-time GP, Non-Principal GP,
or other hospital doctors - £525 Nurses, and those
working in non-medical professions (including Charities,
Non-Governmental Organizations, Local Councils, Government
bodies, Refugee Organizations, Ethnic Minority Organizations)
- £475 |
For further
information |
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Tel: +44 (0)020 7288 3474
Fax: +44 (0)20 7281 8004
Email: b.agdomar@pcps.ucl.ac.uk
Internet: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/primcare-popsci/courses/crosscultural/index.htm
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| Last update |
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30/04/2008 mas |
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