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Health for All Through Primary Health Care
Course
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English
75 h
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- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 5 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Week 1 - Primary Health Care and Health for All: An Introduction
In this module, we'll go over some basics about the course and introduce you to the concept of primary health care as well as the history of its development. There is a short review quiz at the end of the module. - Week 2 - Exploring What Primary Health Care Really Is
In this module, we'll dig more deeply into primary health care, examine its more recent history, and then hear from Carl Taylor, a giant in the field. When you're ready, please take the review quiz and complete the peer review assignment. - Week 3 - Approaches to Implementing Primary Health Care in Resource-Constrained Settings
Implementation of primary health care is challenging work, particularly when resources are in short supply. In this module, we'll examine some of the challenges and opportunities and look at some real-life examples. A short review quiz follows the lesson. - Week 4 - Achieving Health for All Through Community Health Workers and Innovative Community-based Programming
In most settings, community members are in the best position to provide care to their neighbors. In this module, we'll examine primary health care systems that are built around community health workers. When you've finished the lesson, you'll take your fourth ... - Week 5 - Wrapping Up
In this module, we'll summarize what we covered in the preceding modules. Then, you'll have an opportunity to describe your own plan for implementing primary health care in our final peer review assignment.
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Dr. Henry Perry, MD, PhD, MPH
Senior Scientist, International Health
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Editor
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