Search result for Social Sciences Online Courses & Certifications
Get Course Alerts by Email
Improving Global Health: Focusing on Quality and Safety
by Ashish Jha- 0.0
10 Weeks
An introduction to the emerging field of global healthcare quality. Improving access to healthcare is only as useful as the quality of care provided. Many agree that quality is important – but what is it? How do we define it? How do we measure it? And most importantly, how might we make it better?...
$99
Lessons from Ebola: Preventing the Next Pandemic
by Ashish Jha- 0.0
4 Weeks
Understanding the context for the Ebola outbreak: What went right, what went wrong, and how we can all do better. Like no other event in recent history, the 2014 Ebola outbreak has made clear the fragility of existing health systems. What happened during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa? How do we prevent the next the pandemic?...
$99
Protecting Children in Humanitarian Settings
by Hanna-Tina Fischer , Mark Canavera , Michael G. Wessells- 0.0
12 Weeks
Strengthen your approach to protecting and promoting the wellbeing of children in humanitarian settings using the latest evidence on childhood adversity and drawing on experiences from child protection practitioners. Globally, an unprecedented 131 million people are affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. Course participants will engage in critical thought about current international child protection practice and how to strengthen it....
$50
The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Health
by Gabrielle A. Jacquet , Suzanne Sarfaty , Mark Hauswald , Janis P. Tupesis- 0.0
2 Weeks
Learn how to safely and effectively participate in global health rotations, projects, and volunteer work. Whether you’re considering a global health learning experience such as a clinical rotation, a research project, or volunteer work, or are preparing to work abroad, this is the course for you! The course provides guidance for undergraduate and graduate students, medical trainees, and volunteers....
$50
COVID-19 in Slums & Informal Settlements: Guidelines & Responses
by Ceasar McDowell , Karenna Groff , Daniela Beltrame , Amelia Seabold- 0.0
4 Weeks
Learn how COVID-19 has impacted the world’s most vulnerable populations across the Global South and understand the varied responses and guidelines in self-organized, self-built urban poor communities. The COVID-19 pandemic accentuates existing vulnerabilities. What, then, is occurring on the ground in informal settlements, and which guidelines are legitimately helpful? The characteristics of self-organized urban poor communities...
$29
Global Health: Ebola, COVID, and Beyond
by Dr. Donald Donahue- 0.0
6 Weeks
Become part of the global health community and prepare yourself to join teams providing care. This introductory course, first delivered in September 2016, explores how multidisciplinary teams can work more effectively together to address global health needs. The 2003 SARS outbreak and the 2013-2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa focused the world’s attention on global health....
$49
Health and Society
by Ichiro Kawachi , Monica Wang- 0.0
4 Weeks
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the major social variables that affect population health. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the major social variables—social class, race, gender, poverty, income distribution, social networks/support, community cohesion, the work and neighborhood environment—that affect population health. The course covers the theoretical underpinnings of each construct (e....
United States Health Policy
by John McDonough- 0.0
4 Weeks
Learn the essentials of U. S. health care policy from some of the nation's top experts. Many Americans complain that they do not understand the U. S. health reform law called the Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare). They are right, and the main reason is because most Americans do not understand the basics of the U....
$250
Healthy Ageing in 6 Steps. Let your environment do the work.
by David van Bodegom , Remon Rooij , Rudi Westendorp MD, PhD- 0.0
6 Weeks
Learn how to make healthy choices and adjustments to your lifestyle and environment to help you live a healthier, happier and longer life. Many health complaints, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes or joint problems seem inescapable diseases of old-age, but originate mostly from our lifestyle. A lifestyle that is largely dictated by our environment....
$49
U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies
by Thomas E. Patterson- 0.0
4 Weeks
Learn about public policy in America and the dynamics of American politics. Public policy puts laws into action. The executive branch directs the combined activities of the federal government to address a multitude of problems, from the environment to the economy. The policies of the United States affect social issues, economic growth, taxes, regulation, and foreign affairs....
$99