Module PS1510-KP04

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

not available anymore

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Interdisciplinary Courses for health sciences, optional subject, Interdisciplinary modules
• Bachelor Psychology 2020, optional subject, Interdisciplinary modules

Classes and lectures:

• PS1510-S: Planetary Health - Healthy Earth, Healthy People (seminar, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 65 hours private studies
• 25 hours private studies and exercises
• 30 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Basics Climate and health crisis
• Introduction to Planetary Health
• The physiological limits of human heat adaptation
• Air pollution
• Changes in pollen and allergies due to environmental and climate changes
• Environmental change and economic crisis as drivers of pandemics
• Bacteria and other microorganisms: waterborne and vector-borne infectious diseases
• Nutrition and influence on planetary health
• Mental health: Effects of extreme weather events
• Child health in the context of planetary health
• Climate and health equity
• Communication in the context of ecological crises and planetary health
• From knowledge to transformative action
• Developing own project ideas for transformative action

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students will be able to explain the concept of Planetary Health and the links between human health and the state of natural systems
• They can classify the significance of Planetary Health for their own role in the health sector and recognise the need for transformation
• They can classify the scientific background to the topic
• They can demonstrate and justify competences on the topic of 'climate change and health' in the clinical field of work
• They can highlight professional self-reflection on the topic and the importance of the topic for the medical profession

Grading through:

• Oral presentation and written report

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. med. Alexander Katalinic

Teacher:

• Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology
• Dr. med. Maria Raili Noftz
• Studentische Tutoren
• externe Referent*innen

Literature:

• Traidl-Hoffmann, C., Schulz, C., Herrmann, M. & Simon, B. : Planetary Health: Klima, Umwelt und Gesundheit im Anthropozän (1. Aufl. 2021). MWV Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft
• Geneva: World Health Organization : COP26 special report on climate change and health: the health argument for climate action 2021, Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
• Daszak, P., das Neves, C., Amuasi, J., Hayman, D., Kuiken, T., Roche, B., Zambrana-Torrelio, C., Buss, P., Dundarova, H., Feferholtz, Y., Foldvari, G., Igbinosa, E., Junglen, S., Liu, Q., Suzan, G., Uhart, M., Wannous, C., Woolaston, K., Mosig Reidl, P., O'Brien, K., Pascual, U., Stoett, P., Li, H., Ngo, H. T. : IPBES (2020) Workshop Report on Biodiversity and Pandemics of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4147317
• Myers, S. S. : Planetary health: protecting human health on a rapidly changing planet 2017, The Lancet, 390(10114), 2860–2868 /li>
• Romanello, M., McGushin, A., di Napoli, C., Drummond, P., Hughes, N., Jamart, L., Kennard, H., Lampard, P., Solano Rodriguez, B., Arnell, N., Ayeb-Karlsson, S., Belesova, K., Cai, W., Campbell- Lendrum, D., Capstick, S., Chambers, J., Chu, L., Ciampi, L., Dalin, C., . . . Hamilton, I. : The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future 2021, The Lancet, 398(10311), 1619–1662 /li>

Language:

• German and English skills required

Notes:

Last Updated:

04.02.2026