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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
yesCoursera

The Syllabus

Videos
  • Introduction to Course 3: Health Care Systems
  • Health Literacy Part 1
  • Toward Improved Health Literacy: Measurement and Alternative Ideas Part 2
Readings
  • Health Literacy Around the World
  • Don't Blame Patients, Engage Them: Transforming Health Systems to Address Health Literacy
  • Communication Skills Training for Physicians Improves Health Literacy and Medical Outcomes Among Patients With Hypertension: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Supplementary Resources
  • Patients as Partners in Primary Health Care
Practice Exercises
  • Health Literacy - Practice
  • Health Literacy - Graded

Videos
  • Introduction to Mental Health and Social Determinants of Health Part 1a
  • Substance Abuse and Social Determinants of Health Part 1
  • Mental Health and Social Determinants of Health: Risk and Protective Factors Part 2
  • Strategies to Reduce Barriers in Mental Health Care Part 3
Readings
  • Toward a New Definition of Mental Health
  • Stress and the Mental Health of Populations of Color: Advancing Our Understanding of Race-related Stressors
  • Drug Use
  • Social Determinants of Mental Health
  • Uncovering the Hidden Impacts of Inequality on Mental Health: A Global Study
  • Socioeconomic Characteristics of Drug Use Disorders
  • Social Determinants of Mental Health: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go
  • Rethinking Global Mental Health and its Priorities
  • Mental Health Policy in Kenya
  • Supplementary Resource
Practice Exercises
  • Mental Health & Substance Abuse - Practice
  • Mental Health & Substance Abuse - Graded

Videos
  • Violence, Conflict, Trauma and Social Determinants of Health Part 1
  • Violence, Conflict, Trauma and Social Determinants of Health Part 2
  • Violence, Conflict, Trauma and Social Determinants of Health Part 3
Readings
  • Policy Brief: COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health
  • Using Social Media Data for Assessing Children’s Exposure to Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Injuries and Violence Fact Sheet
  • Briefing Paper: Trauma and Mental Health in Forcibly Displaced Populations
  • Parents' Emotional Trauma May Change Their Children's Biology
  • Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
  • Policy Brief: COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health 
  • Inequity and the Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color in the United States
  • Guided Self-help to Reduce Psychological Distress in South Sudanese Female Refugees in Uganda
Practice Exercises
  • Violence, Conflict and Trauma - Practice
  • Violence, Conflict and Trauma - Graded

Videos
  • Ethical Considerations for Health Systems and Data Part 1
  • Ethical Considerations for Health Systems and Data Part 2
Readings
  • Ethics and Spheres of Influence in Addressing Social Determinants of Health
  • Supplementary Resources
  • Public Health Code of Ethics
  • Guiding Principles for Ethical Use of Social Determinants of Health Data
Practice Exercises
  • Health Systems and Data - Practice
  • Health Systems - Graded

Videos
  • Introduction to Correlation Analysis and Heat Map Visualization Part 1
  • Correlation Analysis and Heat Map Visualization Part 2
Readings
  • Home For Good
  • “Positive” Systems Archetypes
  • Supplementary Resource
  • Correlation Analysis and Heat Map Visualization R Directions

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