This is an introductory course on social determinants of population health with a focus on the United States. The course will introduce you to, or reinforce your knowledge of, issues related to health that consider behavioral, psychological and structural factors in population health beyond the healthcare system. We will examine social, economic, and political factors that contribute to health inequalities and suggest innovative ways to reduce disparities in health when the goal is to achieve health equity.
Social Determinants of Health
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Social Determinants of Health
This course is part of The Influence of Social Determinants on Health Specialization
Instructor: Cleopatra Caldwell
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Examine social, economic, and political factors that contribute to health inequalities.
Explore innovative ways to reduce disparities in health when the goal is to achieve health equity.
Practice skills involving cultural humility, deliberative dialogues and professional self-assessments.
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There are 4 modules in this course
In this module, we introduce the concepts of health disparities and health equity, and we examine the historical factors that led to the health disparities we see today.
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5 videos7 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt
In this module we describe three conceptual frameworks and we examine how they can be usefully applied to understand disparities in mortality and morbidity and to achieve health equity.
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3 videos3 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt
In this module we apply the social determinants of health framework to the healthcare system, immigration status, and sexual identity, paying special attention to unconscious bias.
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3 videos4 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt
In this module we dive deeper into racism and discrimination, as well as culture, gender and power, and we examine how we can achieve health equity by changing the structures that reproduce bias and harm health.
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6 videos6 readings2 assignments1 peer review
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