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Improve Health Equity in Your Community. Implement data to drive policy and community change.
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Examine social, behavioral, economic, political, and structural factors that contribute to health inequalities.
Suggest innovative ways to reduce disparities in health to achieve health equity.
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Why are some groups healthier than others, and how do these differences emerge and persist over a lifetime? How do social policies on housing, transportation, and employment relate to health and health inequalities?
This specialization will examine social, behavioral, economic, political, and structural factors that contribute to health inequalities, and suggest innovative ways to reduce disparities in health to achieve health equity.You will learn,
-Use conceptual models to understand health disparities in the U.S. and internationally.
-Access and use high-quality data sources to present statistics that illustrate the social-environmental-health issues within a community.
-Identify the main sources of these disparities from a population science perspective, and use public health evidence to inform policy efforts to address these disparities.
-Conduct community health needs assessments and identify evidence-based interventions.
Applied Learning Project
Projects in each course within the specialization will focus on developing presentations that can be used to educate a wide variety of stakeholders (community, business, local government, healthcare, etc.) about the social determinants of health and their relationship to health in our communities to progress toward health equity.
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.
Identify ways in which conditions in the healthcare setting and at work, school, and home influence health.
Identify models for considering how the social context provides both sources of stress and sources of support for health.
Explain how social and physical environments shape health and health inequalities over the life course.
Examine the key components of community health needs assessments.
Outline a plan for population health improvement.
Understand how to select evidence-based interventions to improve population health.
The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.
Taking this Specialization by University of Michigan may provide you with a preview of the topics, materials and instructors in a related degree program which can help you decide if the topic or university is right for you.
Taking this Specialization by University of Michigan may provide you with a preview of the topics, materials and instructors in a related degree program which can help you decide if the topic or university is right for you.
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When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free. If you cannot afford the fee, you can apply for financial aid.
This Specialization doesn't carry university credit, but some universities may choose to accept Specialization Certificates for credit. Check with your institution to learn more.
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