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Foundations of Public Health Practice: The Public Health Approach
by Dr Richard J Pinder- 4.8
Approx. 13 hours to complete
The Public Health Approach course is the first instalment of the wider Foundations of Public Health Practice specialisation from Imperial College London's Global Master of Public Health (MPH). Through short video lectures, practitioner interviews and a wide range of interactive activities, learners will be immersed in the world of public health practice....
Introduction to Digital health
by Lisa Danquah , Céire Costelloe- 0.0
Approx. 30 hours to complete
This course introduces the field of digital health and the key concepts and definitions in this emerging field. The key topics include Learning Health Systems and Electronic Health Records and various types of digital health technologies to include mobile applications, wearable technologies, health information systems, telehealth, telemedicine, machine learning, artificial intelligence and big data....
Impacting the Opioid Crisis: Prevention, Education, and Practice for Non-Prescribing Providers
by Karen Farris, PhD, MPA- 4.8
Approx. 26 hours to complete
This course will empower non-prescribing providers to directly impact the ongoing opioid crisis in the United States through increased knowledge and tools that will transform practice and policies. The course will inform you about the opioid epidemic and provide information and research about evidence-based strategies that are focused on prevention, intervention, education, or policy....
Air Pollution – a Global Threat to our Health
by Steffen Loft , Peter Møller , Zorana Jovanovic Andersen- 4.8
Approx. 12 hours to complete
We all have to breathe to live. But the air we breathe is polluted both outdoors and indoors. Each year, this pollution costs 7 million lives across the globe – and a lot of suffering. 1 in 8 deaths is due to air pollution. What is air pollution? What are the sources?...
Communicating During Global Emergencies
by Dabney P. Evans, PhD, MPH , Julia Smith-Easley- 4.7
Approx. 8 hours to complete
In collaboration with the Rollins School of Public Health and the CDC's Division of Global Health Protection, Emergency Response, and Recovery Branch, this course introduces basic concepts and principles of communicating during a global crisis or emergency. It explores why communication during an emergency is different and the importance of adapting emergency messages to the needs of affected populations....
History of Medical Cannabis
by Kent Hutchison- 4.8
Approx. 17 hours to complete
This History of Medical Cannabis course is designed to have you think critically about past, present, and future research on the health effects of cannabis by developing a more nuanced understanding of the barriers to research as well as different approaches to research. Introduction to Course and to Cannabis Introduction to Module...
Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface
by Rafael Ruiz De Castañeda , Isabelle Bolon , Antoine Flahault , Arnaud Fontanet (in Partnership with UNIGE) , André Ravel (in Partnership with UNIGE)- 4.7
Approx. 49 hours to complete
The University of Geneva, Institute Pasteur, University of Montreal and Centre Virchow-Villermé/University Paris Descartes welcome you to this MOOC on "Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface"! Over the next 8 weeks, you will explore and learn about some of the major and current Global Health Challenges at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface: zoonotic emerging infections (e....
The Challenges of Global Health
by Dr. David Boyd- 4.8
Approx. 20 hours to complete
What are the world’s major health challenges? What contributes to them? What can we do to improve health outcomes and reduce health disparities? Taught by Dr. David Boyd, an award-winning professor at Duke University’s Global Health Institute (https://www. youtube. com/watch? Getting Started Why Should You Take This Course? Before We Get Started...
Global Health: An Interdisciplinary Overview
by Rafael Ruiz De Castañeda , Antoine Flahault- 4.5
Approx. 19 hours to complete
This course proposes an overview of current global health challenges drawing on the insights of several academic disciplines including medicine, public health, law, economics, social sciences and humanities. This interdisciplinary approach will guide the student into seven critical topics in global health. Introduction General Introduction by Antoine Flahault Prof. Antoine Geissbuhler...
Introduction to Climate Change and Health
by Robert Dubrow- 4.8
Approx. 15 hours to complete
Climate change is one of the greatest threats to human health in the 21st century. Yet these impacts to health are still not well recognized. Since you can’t change what you don’t understand, this course is designed to equip health and environmental professionals, as well as other changemakers and the public, with critical and usable knowledge to take positive action....