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Cannabis, Mental Health, and Brain Disorders
by Kent Hutchison- 4.7
Approx. 15 hours to complete
This Cannabis, Mental Health, and Brain Disorders course is designed to have you think critically about the health effects of cannabis (i. e. , marijuana) in the context of several mental health and neurocognitive disorders. You'll be able to identify key features of several anxiety disorders (e. g. Anxiety Disorders and Cannabis...
Population Health: Syndemics
by Matty Crone , Ria Reis- 0.0
Approx. 18 hours to complete
Do you wish to contribute to breaking cycles of ill-health in disadvantaged populations? And explore co-occurrence of diseases, such as substance abuse, infectious and chronic disease, and the relation with social factors (disparities)? Are you disappointed in the poor effectiveness of interventions for combined social and medical problems? Then this syndemics course might provide you with some answers....
Systems Science and Obesity
by Jessica Jones-Smith , Rahmat Beheshti , Daniel Taber , Kayla de la Haye , Thomas Glass- 4.6
Approx. 11 hours to complete
Systems science has been instrumental in breaking new scientific ground in diverse fields such as meteorology, engineering and decision analysis. However, it is just beginning to impact public health. There will also be a lab in which students will use a simple demonstration model of food acquisition behavior using agent-based modeling on standard (free) software (netlogo)....
Global Health Security, Solidarity and Sustainability through the International Health Regulations
by Antoine Flahault , Aude Richard , Alexandra Egorova , Gilles Poumerol- 4.7
Approx. 25 hours to complete
Welcome to the MOOC "Global Health Security, Solidarity and Sustainability through the International Health Regulations". We are very excited to have you on board and hope you will enjoy the course! Along with traditional e-learning resources, it gives access to a highly innovative teaching tool - virtual Simulator IHR 3. Introduction and course outline...
Training and Learning Programs for Volunteer Community Health Workers
by William Brieger, DrPH- 4.7
Approx. 16 hours to complete
Volunteer community health workers (CHWs) are a major strategy for increasing access to and coverage of basic health interventions. Our village health worker training course reviews the process of training and continuing education of CHWs as an important component of involving communities in their own health service delivery. Getting Started Welcome Video...
Global Disease Masterclass: Communicable Diseases Epidemiology, Intervention and Prevention
by Helen Ward , Timothy Hallett- 4.8
Approx. 18 hours to complete
This course is all about infectious diseases. We’ve selected four disease areas — HIV, Malaria, Emerging Infectious Diseases (Ebola and Zika), and TB — and we will go through each in turn. We’ve selected these diseases because they span a range of different types of disease and allow us to look at important issues that relevance of other diseases too....
Health Systems Development: A Focus on Health Service Delivery and Human Resources for Health
by Dr Sondus Hassounah- 4.6
Approx. 20 hours to complete
This specialization is intended for people interested in health systems and how they function. Participants will learn about the global health systems landscape and the challenges and opportunities to achieve better health outcomes. Overall, sessions in this specialisation span 16 week with approximately 96 hours of viewing learning materials per week....
Global Disease Masterclass: Non-communicable Diseases
by Helen Ward , Timothy Hallett- 4.6
Approx. 17 hours to complete
Welcome to this course on the aetiology, epidemiology and interventions for non-communicable diseases of the Global Diseases Masterclass. We’ve selected four disease areas and will go through each in turn. The diseases we’ve chosen are: Colorectal Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Dementia, and Diabetes. Colorectal Cancer Welcome Aetiology and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer...
Improving Immunity Based on Traditional Eastern Exercises
by Wang Huiru , 余建波YU JIANBO- 0.0
Approx. 15 hours to complete
Exercise is medicine. Regular and moderate exercise can effectively strengthen immune system so as to reduce the risk of virus infection and also improve or assist in the treatment of dysthymic disorders like anxiety and depression. This course provides suggestions for the general public about how to actively respond to the outbreak of novel coronavirus....
Compreendendo o Zika e doenças emergentes
by Atila Iamarino , Paolo Zanotto- 5
Approx. 8 hours to complete
Através deste curso você vai saber porque tantas doenças que surgiram atualmente (doenças emergentes) são causadas por vírus, como elas surgem e se espalham. Veremos como vírus causadores de doenças entram em contato com o ser humano e como se espalham, principalmente aqueles transmitidos por mosquitos, como os vírus da Dengue e Zika....