COMMUNITY HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

EHS 2110

Course Credit Units:

Semester:

Semester 1

Year of Study:

Year 2

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

College:

College of Health Sciences

School:

School of Public Health

Department:

Community Health and Behavioural Sciences

Course Discipline:

Sociology

Course Description & Objectives:

The course covers descriptions of social structures, their organisation, characteristics of healthy rural homesteads and issues related to community development. Methods used to carry out a community diagnosis and strategies to promote community development and improve environmental health are described. Also empowerment, practical and strategic gender needs in development will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course, the student should be able to:

Describe concepts of community, community development, gender, and engendering
Describe procedure of carrying out community diagnosis.
Describe the strategies and existing social structures for improving rural communities.
Demonstrate ability to conduct community diagnosis.
Identify existing social structures of community development and recognize their existence.
Mobilize the community to promote their environmental health status.

viii) Equip the community with strategies to improve their well being.

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