DM Health & Sociology for Media.

Health, relations & human rights issues for media developing society.

Welcome to the DM Health and Sociology for media course! Here follows a breif presentation of this course.

Major areas covered:

• Introduction to the human body

• The holistic view of the human being

• Health issues in a cultural perspective

• International conventions on human rights focusing children’s and women’s rights.

• Family structure and gender roles in different cultures

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

• Reflect on what health means to people in the own culture.
• State the core content of the UN human rights conventions, including children’s and women’s rights
• Describe basically the different parts of the human body and its functions.
• Reflect on common health issues in the own culture compared to other cultures.
• Describe his/her own view of the human being in relation to the holistic view.
• Discuss pros and cons of different types of family structures.
• Describe the symptoms, spreading and possible treatment of HIV/AIDS.
• Reflect on how HIV/AIDS affects individuals and society and give suggestions on how to combat and how to care about the affected.
• Produce programmes on health, and social issues based on Christian ethics, human rights and a holistic view of the human being.

• Teacher: Annette Hektor