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2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

PIED3225 Health and Human Security: Approaches to HIV/AIDS

20 creditsClass Size: 49

Module manager: Dr Jelke Boesten
Email: J.Boesten@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2008/09

This module is approved as an Elective

Module summary

In this module different approaches to HIV/AIDS will be explored. Starting with a historical and epidemiological overview embedded in a framework which emphasises human security, the course is followed by an exploration of a set of relevant issues to the persistence of HIV. Drawing from examples throughout the world, different approaches to fighting the disease are addressed, and successes and failures of policy are discussed. The role of different players at local, national and international levels will be addressed. The module gives the student a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of HIV as a biomedical disease, as a global problem, and as a social and physical problem for those infected and affected.For further information see the School of Politics and International Studies website. If you cannot find the answer to your question then email J.Boesten@leeds.ac.uk

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1) discuss the historical development of AIDS as an epidemic, a moral discourse, and a global threat to human security;
2) describe and analyse the persistence of AIDS in developing regions of the world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa;
3) describe and analyse the possibilities and constraints of different strategies to counter AIDS;
4) understand and explain the dynamics between different actors in the fight against AIDS;
5) demonstrate the ability to critically assess the complexity of fighting AIDS in different settings.

Learning outcomes
At the end of the module the students are expected to understand the complexity of AIDS as a global disease, and the problem of prevention and care as rooted in social relations at both global and local levels.


Syllabus

Week 1) HIV/AIDS: origins, evidence, and epidemiology; 2) Health and Human Security: Considering conceptual relevance; 3) Social vulnerabilities: Gender, sexuality, stigma, and HIV; 4) The problems of prevention: structure versus agency; 5) Social mobilisation and the politics of the pharmaceutical industry 6) Who cares? Survival, communities and local health settings; 7) mid-term essay; 8) From isolation policies to 100 % condom-use: national responses to HIV/AIDS; 9) Being positive and changing notions of (global) citizenship; 10) From WHO to Bill Clinton: International efforts to fight HIV/AIDS; 11) The North-South link once again: globalisation and inequalities.

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Lecture101.0010.00
Seminar101.0010.00
Independent online learning hours40.00
Private study hours140.00
Total Contact hours20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)200.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

A mid-term 1,500 word essay
An end of term 1,500 word essay

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
Essay1500 words25.00
Essay1500 words25.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated


Exams
Exam typeExam duration% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)2 hr 00 mins50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 03/04/2009

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