MPH304: Population Dynamics
Course Title: Population Dynamics
Course Number: MPH304
Credit Hours: 2
Introduction:
Pakistan is currently going through the demographic transition. This transition and the ultimate effects of
the same are needed to be understood and appreciated in terms of policy, management and research. Not
all health managers, policy makers and researchers know various static and dynamic measures of
populations. The country’s annual growth rate implies effect on its economy and resources. In Pakistan, it
is crucial to break the vicious cycle of poverty, population growth and disease. Changing population
pyramids of the developed world also emphasizes us to look into a twenty year or so time for our
interventions in future for health.
Learning Goal:
The overall goal of this course is to impart basic knowledge and bring a change in attitude of the
participants towards major issues in population dynamics and to make them capable to do research on
some of these issues.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the course, the participants must be able to:
1.
Define demography, its tools and vital statistics.
2.
Describe demographic transition and historical forces leading to the current situation
3.
Explain population pyramid and different profiles of population pyramids
4.
Interpret and compute different mortality and morbidity related measures
5.
Compute and interpret different fertility related measures such as Crude Birth
6.
Rate, Total Fertility Rate, Age Specific Fertility Rate, Net Reproduction Rate and Doubling Time
7.
Discuss the impact of population growth on development and health issues
8.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of scientific, evidence based approaches to the study of
population issues.
9.
Identify causes and consequences of population change and relate these to underlying population
dynamics.
10.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of demographic behavior in social and policy context
Contents:
The contents of the course are:
1.
Introduction to Population dynamics: Various static and dynamic measures of populations
