Video lectures – Global Public Health and Peace (GPHP)


These are only some examples of the video lectures for the above course at the American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN).

Enrolled students of AUSN gain credit hours through active live participation in classes. A list of required and elective courses for each degree program are provided in the degree program descriptions.  In addition, they receive the AUSN Video lecture Archive Sheet to record which videos they have watched for additional knowledge. For countries that do not allow Youtube access (Channel: American University of Sovereign Nations), an original file can be shared with enrolled AUSN students. Anyone can request to try out a live AUSN class for free by writing to Dr. Darryl Macer, Provost, AUSN; Email: provost@ausovereignnations.org

AUSN as an intellectual forum for intercultural dialogue upholds the value of academic freedom for all professors and students, and the views expressed in the videos are not those of AUSN. The videos are a selection of the total video archive of AUSN that supplements the contact hours provided by in-person lectures, group skype sessions, and other supervised contact at AUSN.

The course description and expected competencies for this course are provided below. Some students use these videos to prepare for the course examinations, which in AUSN are open book/open Internet exams, where students need to prepare written answers (unless there is some condition that makes an oral exam the only possibility).

Links to example video lectures from the GPHP course

GPHP5, Prof. John LaMuth , Peace and the Brain

GPHP6, Prof. Govindan Parayil , Peace and the United Nations

GPHP7, Prof. Irina Pollard, The true cost of conflict and its implications for future generations

GPHP9, Prof. Nader Ghotbi, Spirituality and science; is there a conflict?

GPHP12, Prof. Darryl Macer, Bioethics for Community Building, Youth Empowerment and Peace

GPHP11, Prof. Miko Ferine, Learning Empathy & Compassion: Student’s Reflection from A Community Service Program

GPHP13, Prof. Zabidi Hussin, Neuroscientific Basis of Empathy

GPHP14, Prof. Darryl Macer, Highlights of Global Peace Index 2015

GPHP15, Prof.  Abdulaziz Sachedina, Bioethics for Sectarian Conflict Resolution

GPHP18, Prof. Ravichandran Moorthy, Conflict and the inherent nature of man

GPHP19, Prof. Soenarto Sastrowijoto, The New Sense of Bioethics for Conflict Resolution

GPHP20, VAdm Prof. Eduardo Ma R Santos, The Ocean as a Medium of Peace and Understanding

GPHP21, Prof. Darryl Macer, Youth Peace Ambassadors Introduction

GPHP22, Prof. Rajesh Arora, Who is responsible for World Peace?

GPHP23, Prof. Ravichandran Moorthy, Constructing an Ethics and Human Security Framework

GPHP24, Prof. Chutatip Umajanavi, Mindfulness, Self Knowledge and Technology

GPHP25, Prof. Leonard Le Blanc, Ethics of Outsourcing Security to Companies and the Blackwater case

GPHP26, Prof. Keiichiro Komatsu, Ethical issues posed by the War on Terror

GPHP27, Prof. Ravichandran Moorthy, Peace and Conflict Resolutions: Perspectives from Indian Thoughts

GPHP29, Prof. Keichiro Komatsu, Human Security, War, Peace and Ethics  

GPHP30, Prof. John LaMuth, Behavioral Solutions for Advancing Global Peace and Harmony (with Discussion)

GPHP31, Prof. John LaMuth, Behavioral Solutions for Advancing Global Peace and Harmony

GPHP32, Prof. Leonard Le Blanc, Ethics of Outsourcing Lethal Force (Dhaka)

GPHP 33, Prof. Darryl Macer, Youth Looking Beyond Disaster: Origins, Achievements &  Future 

GPHP 34, Prof. Hasan Erbay, Ethics of Triage in Emergency Medicine

GPHP 35, Prof. Ananya Tritipthumrongchok, Disasters and Fortune Telling

GPHP 36, Prof. Angelica M Baylon, Combatting Disasters by Addressing Graft and Corruption in the Philippines https://youtu.be/231FR4xIZfM

GPHP 37, Prof. Darryl Macer, Basics of Preparing an LBD or YPA Action Plan https://youtu.be/9JfRnTqdngE

GPHP 38, Prof. Raquel Smith, Navigating the World of Mental Health Interventions and Bioethics Following Community Disasters 

GPHP39, Prof. John LaMuth, Behavioral Solutions for Encouraging Love and Overcoming Hate

GPHP40, Prof. Raffaele Mantegazza, Naming the Unnameable: New words for death after Auschwitz and Hiroshima

GPHP41, Prof. Darryl Macer, Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibit & Nuclear Bomb Testing (The tuna fishing boat exposed to the H-bomb testing in the Pacific) 

 

Course details

Course Objectives: The objective of this course is to present to the student a general framework, structure and health services as related to global health.

Course Purpose: The purpose of this course is to provide the student with the essential principles and foundations of global public health public and for the student to understand how those principles related to general public health and their relations to peace.

Topics that are covered:

1. Dialogues on War and Peace and Human Dignity

2. Hiroshima and the Culture of Peace

3. Peace and Peace-keeping

4. Roles of United Nations and Millennium Development Goals

5. Maritime Trade and Peace

6. History and Concepts of War and Peace

7. Youth Peace Ambassadors

8. Youth as Agents of Change for Peace

9. Peace and the Brain

10. Peace and Public Health

11. Peace and Culture

12. Culture of Peace, Human Rights and Human Dignity

13. Spirituality and Peace

14. Disasters and Looking Beyond Them

15. The Global Peace Index

Competencies:

1. Identify the role of social and community factors in both the onset and solution of public health problems.

2. Examine racial and ethnic disparities within the context of historic and contemporary social and economic climates. Understand the linkages between public health and peace.

3. Recognize the causes of social and behavioral factors that affect health of individuals and populations.

4. Discuss sentinel events in the history of peace, and linkages to health.

5. Create and scrutinize policies and practices in various settings.

6. Be aware of the options for intervention, and the theories behind different conflict resolution approaches.

7. Integrate knowledge, principles and argumentation in rational discussion. Engage in quality thinking, reflective processes and creative thinking.

8. Understand the main structural and psycho-cultural theories about the cause of conflict and methods to overcome this.