About this course: An introduction to key challenges and concepts important to understanding the current status and determinants of global health.
Created by: Duke University
Taught by: Dr. David Boyd, Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health
Duke Global Health Institute
| Commitment | 11 hours of videos and assessments |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
| User Ratings |
Syllabus
WEEK 1
Getting Started
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2 videos, 4 readings
WEEK 2
Basic Concepts in Global Health
This module covers some of the most important basic concept that you need to know to understand global health. In particular we will focus on key terminology and the determinants underlying health and disease.
12 videos
Graded: Quiz: Basic Concepts in Global Health
WEEK 3
Understanding the Key Global Health Challenges
This module focuses on examining the causes and distribution of infectious disease, noncommunicable disease, injury/violence/disaster, and MCH (maternal and child health).
14 videos
Graded: Quiz: Understanding the Key Global Health Challenges
WEEK 4
Actors & Action: Finding Global Health Solutions
This module explores the main global health actors, how they work, and what strategies they use to improve global health outcomes and to solve global health problems.
7 videos
Graded: Quiz: Actors & Action: Finding Global Health Solutions
WEEK 5
The Future of Global Health
This module examines the changes that we expect to occur in global health in the near future and what strategies will best help us to meet the challenges that lie ahead.
6 videos
Graded: Quiz: The Future of Global Health
Graded: Final Exam
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Ratings and Reviews
Excellent course and very interactive despite it being an online course. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to know more about the 'interdependent' global health state we are in. Well done Dr Boyd!
great course for a basic understanding of Global health
This has been a wonderfully motivating course into the field of Global Health. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to get some appreciation of health on the global scale
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Professeur passionné et passionnant. Un véritable voyage à travers le monde et ses enjeux de santé globale. Accessible à tous publics même sans connaissances médicales préalables. Je recommande vivement et je m'inscrirai bien au prochain niveau s'il y'avait un cours d'approfondissement.
Thanks Dr Boyd, truly appreciated this class. I have myself been traveling accross all continents and I can relate to amost all of the things you mentionned in your class, from water sanitation issues to road traffic, street cooking cuys in Perù without refrigeration systems etc etc. Loved listening to your class.