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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 5: Planetary Health
  • Introduction to Planetary Health Part 1
  • Evolution of the Planetary Health Paradigm Part 2
  • How Does Planetary Health Address Environmental Determinants of Health? Part 3
Readings
  • Planetary Health: A New Science for Exceptional Action
  • Supplementary Resource
  • From Public to Planetary Health: A Manifesto
  • Podcast - Interview with Sir Andrew Haines
  • Responding to COVID-19 Requires Strong Epidemiological Evidence of Environmental and Societal Determining Factors
  • Case study: The Interconnectedness of People and Planet: Learning from Māori Worldviews
Practice Exercises
  • Introduction to Planetary Health - Practice
  • Introduction to Planetary Health - Graded

Videos
  • Introduction to Planetary Health Values and Sources of Knowledge
  • Planetary Boundaries and Key Data Indicating Our Current Status Part 1
  • Key Disruptions of Natural Systems and Their Human Health Impacts Part 2
  • Planetary Health Values Part 3
  • Sources of Planetary Knowledge Part 4
Readings
  • The Nine Planetary Boundaries
  • Supplementary Resource
  • Effects of Increased Concentrations of Atmospheric CO2 on the Global Threat of Zinc Deficiency
  • Cross-Cutting Principles for Planetary Health Education
Practice Exercises
  • Planetary Health Values and Sources of Knowledge - Practice
  • Planetary Health Values and Sources of Knowledge - Graded

Videos
  • Introduction to Planetary Health Action and Movement Building
  • Emerging Evidence-Based Planetary Health Solutions Part 1
  • Core Principles of Movement Building Part 2
  • Interview with Dr. Julia Nerbonne
  • Reason for Hope Part 3
Readings
  • Improving Rural Health Care Reduces Illegal Logging and Conserves Carbon in a Tropical Forest
  • Case Study - Today's Solutions for the Future of Food
  • Planetary Health: From Concept to Decisive Action
  • Organizing: People, Power, Change
  • The Nurses are Here! Nurses Drawdown, A Global Movement to Address Climate Change
Practice Exercises
  • Planetary Health Action and Movement Building - Practice
  • Planetary Health Action and Movement Building

Videos
  • Planetary Health, Futures Thinking, and Foresight Leadership Part 1
  • Planetary Health, Futures Thinking and Foresight Leadership Part 2
Readings
  • About Futures Studies
  • Global Challenge 8
  • A Stitch in Time? Realizing the Values of Futures and Foresight
  • Addressing the Environmental, Community and Health Impacts of Resource Development
Practice Exercises
  • Foresight - Practice
  • Foresight - Graded

Videos
  • Introduction to Regression Analysis and Scatter Plot Visualization Part 1
  • Regression Analysis and Scatter Plot Visualization Part 2
Readings
  • Planetary Health Case Study: Typhoid and Torrents
  • “Positive” Systems Archetypes
  • Supplementary Resource
  • Regression Analysis and Scatter Plot Visualization R Directions

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