Population Health: Syndemics

Do you wish to contribute to breaking cycles of ill-health in disadvantaged populations? And explore co-occurrence of diseases, such as substance abuse, infectious and chronic disease, and the relation with social factors (disparities)? Are you disappointed in the poor effectiveness of interventions for combined social and medical problems? Then this syndemics course might provide you with some answers. In medicine, diseases are generally approached as distinct entities, in isolation from oth

• Explain the concept and development of syndemics
• Identify clustering of health and social conditions quantitatively and assess interactions
• Use qualitative research to explore syndemics
• Combine qualitative and quantitative methods for comprehensive syndemic understanding

• Basic knowledge of health and social research
• Understanding of public health principles