

Our Courses

Social Determinants of Health: Health Care Systems
This third of five courses explores topics related to the social determinants of health and health care systems. This course will also focus on the relationship between the social determinants of health, mental health, substance abuse, and trauma. The topics of this course include: 1. Health Literacy 2. Mental Health & Substance Abuse 3. Violence, Conflict, and Trauma 4. Ethical Considerations for Health Systems and Data 5. Data Applications: Correlation Analysis and Heat Map Visualization
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Self Paced
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23 hours
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English

Population Health: Syndemics
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. In medicine, diseases are generally approached as distinct entities, in isolation from other diseases ánd the social contexts in which the disease occurs.
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Self Paced
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21 hours
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English