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)?
Population Health: Syndemics
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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Intermediate level
Some related experience required
28 hours to complete
3 weeks at 9 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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What you'll learn
What syndemics is and how it was developed.
How to quantitatively identify if health and social conditions cluster and whether an interaction leads to a higher burden of disease than expected.
How qualitative research can be used to explore syndemics.
How you can combine qualitative approaches with quantitative research methods to gain a more comprehensive understanding of a syndemic.
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There are 5 modules in this course
What's included
2 videos3 readings1 discussion prompt1 plugin
Welcome to Population Health: Syndemics!
What's included
5 videos2 readings2 assignments
In this module you will learn about how to assess whether health conditions and social conditions cluster and interact in a person or a population.
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5 videos1 reading3 assignments2 discussion prompts
This module introduces you to qualitative research. Qualitative methods will help you study the social conditions that shape a syndemic.
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12 videos1 reading2 assignments2 discussion prompts
This is the last module of Syndemics. You will be introduced to how to combine quantitative, qualitative and mixed-method research when studying a syndemic.
What's included
5 videos1 reading3 assignments2 discussion prompts
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University of Copenhagen
University of Lausanne
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JS
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Reviewed on Jul 26, 2020
This is a very good course for understanding qualitative and quantitative research. It's worth the time and effort.
AS
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Reviewed on Jul 27, 2020
Informative, just the right pace and the right mix of lectures and tasks. I have learned very useful things for my practice.
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