Jürg Markus Utzinger: Katalogdaten im Frühjahrssemester 2018 |
| Name | Herr Dr. Jürg Markus Utzinger |
| Adresse | Swiss TPH Socinstrasse 57 4002 Basel SWITZERLAND |
| juergmarkus.utzinger@usys.ethz.ch | |
| Departement | Umweltsystemwissenschaften |
| Beziehung | Dozent |
| Nummer | Titel | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701-1704-01L | Health Impact Assessment: Concepts and Case Studies | 3 KP | 2V | M. Winkler, C. Guéladio, M. Röösli, J. M. Utzinger | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | This course introduces the concept of health impact assessment (HIA) and discusses a suite of case studies in industrialised and developing countries. HIA pursues an inter- and multidisciplinary approach, employs qualitative and quantitative methods with the overarching goal to influence decision-making so that negative health effects of policies, programmes and projects can be minimized and posit | ||||
| Lernziel | After successful completion of the course, students should be able to: o critically reflect on the concept of HIA and the different steps from screening to implementation and monitoring; and o apply specific tools and methodologies for HIA of policies, programmes and projects in different social, ecological and epidemiological settings. | ||||
| Inhalt | The course will present a broad set of tools and methods for the systematic and evidence-based judgment of potential health effects related to policies, programmes and projects. Methodological features will be introduced and applied to a variety of case studies in the public sector (e.g. traffic-related air pollution, passive smoking and waste water management) and private sector (e.g. water resource developments and extractive industries) all over the world. | ||||
| Skript | Handouts will be distributed. | ||||
| Literatur | Whenever possible, at least one peer-reviewed paper will be made available for each session. | ||||