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Climate Change, Sustainability, and Global Public Health (Coursera)

The third course of the Impacts of the Environment on Global Public Health specialization will introduce you to two major environmental health challenges facing the world today. The first is climate change –the preeminent threat to public health today, and a threat that will impact every human and ecosystem [...]

Environmental Health: the Foundation of Global Public Health (Coursera)

Apr 1st 2024
Environmental Health: the Foundation of Global Public Health (Coursera)
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The first course of the Impacts of the Environment on Global Public Health specialization will provide you with a foundation in environmental health sciences (EHS). We will explore four main topics. The first is an introduction to EHS and the exposure-disease model – a very useful framework for understanding [...]

Tobacco Control: Agile Policy, Research and Practice (Coursera)

Apr 1st 2024
Tobacco Control: Agile Policy, Research and Practice (Coursera)
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This course teaches you about the global health harms caused by tobacco and the efforts underway to combat these. You'll analyse the strategies and tactics used by the tobacco industry, and their allies, to keep people buying their products, and you'll reflect on the role played by public health [...]

Applying Participatory Approaches in Public Health Settings (Coursera)

Apr 1st 2024
Applying Participatory Approaches in Public Health Settings (Coursera)
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This course specifically explores approaches and tools and how to apply them in public health settings. Students will learn how to critically analyse the power dynamics present between multidisciplinary stakeholders and appreciate the need for reciprocity between those delivering and those receiving health care; between both those conducting [...]

Introduction to Participatory Approaches in Public Health (Coursera)

Apr 1st 2024
Introduction to Participatory Approaches in Public Health (Coursera)
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This course will introduce you to participatory approaches to public health. You will learn about the history of participatory health research and why it is essential to solving contemporary public health challenges. The course will help you to understand the social and cultural context of public health, before introducing [...]

Assessing and Improving Community Health (Coursera)

Apr 1st 2024
Assessing and Improving Community Health (Coursera)
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This course is intended to serve as an introduction to population health from both the vantage point of both public health and healthcare. We will examine the key components of community health needs assessments, how they are used, and how to compare population health assessments across subpopulations and time. [...]

The Influence of Social Context on Health (Coursera)

Apr 1st 2024
The Influence of Social Context on Health (Coursera)
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Why are some groups healthier than others, and how do these differences emerge and persist over the life course? How do social policies (e.g., housing, transportation, employment) relate to health and health inequalities? Why are there health disparities even in countries that have free universal health care? This course [...]

Value-Based Care: Reimbursement Models (Coursera)

Apr 1st 2024
Value-Based Care: Reimbursement Models (Coursera)
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This course is designed to help you build high-level knowledge of the current medical coding and payment mechanisms of most U.S. healthcare services, referred to as fee-for-service. You will explore why the fee-for-service model has contributed to higher costs in the U.S. healthcare system without clearly improving health outcomes. [...]

Value-Based Care: Quality Improvement in Organizations (Coursera)

Apr 1st 2024
Value-Based Care: Quality Improvement in Organizations (Coursera)
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Fragmented healthcare has created the need for healthcare reform, changing how healthcare is delivered and managed by shifting the structure and culture of healthcare organizations across the U.S. In this course, you will explore ways that provider organizations can successfully move from volume to value through implementing Quality Improvement [...]

Value-Based Care: Managing Processes to Improve Outcomes (Coursera)

Apr 1st 2024
Value-Based Care: Managing Processes to Improve Outcomes (Coursera)
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This course is designed to introduce you to critical office-based processes that a value-based practice must manage in the drive towards improved patient outcomes. In Module 2, we’ll focus on office-based and clinical patient-based supporting functions. At every level in healthcare, guidelines, processes, and functions exist to improve outcomes, [...]