AIDS: Fear and Hope
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AIDS: Fear and Hope at Coursera Overview
Duration | 16 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
AIDS: Fear and Hope at Coursera Highlights
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- Approx. 16 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Dutch, Russian, English, Spanish
AIDS: Fear and Hope at Coursera Course details
- The basic biology of the virus, HIV, and the disease it causes, AIDS. The economic, social and political factors that determine who gets sick and who remains healthy, who lives and who dies. The progress of scientific research and medical treatments. The reasons for hope; the reasons for fear. (To get a glimpse of some of the materials that students have been posting on the course forums, go to @AIDSFAH or #AIDSFAH.)
AIDS: Fear and Hope at Coursera Curriculum
Unit 1 - Beginnings: A New Disease Surprises The World
01.01 - Mini-Intro (1): Terminology, Stigma
01.02 - A Snapshot of the Epidemic
01.03 - Mini-Intro (2): Suggested Books
01.04 - Memories of the Beginning: San Juan and Cambridge, Mass.
01.05 - Some History
01.06 - Memories of the Beginning: Chicago and Philadelphia
01.07 - Mini-Intro (3): Learning about Science; The Bodily Fluids that Carry HIV
01.08 - HIV, Other Viruses, Other Species, Virus Hunters
01.09 - Mini-Intro (4): Talking About Sex
Syllabus
Discussion Forum Guidelines
Welcome to Unit 1!
Video Schedule
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Clarification
Unit 1 Quiz
Unit 2 - Transmission, Gender, Politics
02.01 - Women, Gender Inequality, and HIV
02.02 - Sexual Transmission of HIV
02.03 - Taking a Sexual History
02.04 - Non-Sexual Transmission of HIV
02.05 - Four Presidents (1): Reagan
02.06 - Memories of the Beginning: Princeton and Washington, DC, and Ann Arbor, MI
02.07 - Memories of the Beginning: NIH
Unit 2: What to expect
Unit 2 Quiz
Unit 3 - Testing (and Some Politics and Memories)
03.01 - Working with African Ministers
03.02 - Memories of the Beginning: Detroit
03.03 - Future Ministers Get Tested
03.04 - Test Counselors
03.05 - Professor Tests Himself, Oral Swab
03.06 - Professor Tests Himself, Blood
03.07 - Four Presidents (2): Museveni
03.08 - Update on Testing
03.09 - 03.09 - Course Recap
Welcome to Unit 3
Unit 3 Quiz
Unit 4 - Living With HIV
04.01 - Richard's Story - HIV Diagnosis, Coping, Early Life, Spiritual Quest
04.02 - Richard's Story - Living with HIV
04.03 - Bug Chasers and Gift Givers
04.04 - Four Presidents (3): Bush
04.05 - AIDS, Gender, Sexual Orientation Issues
Unit 4 Preview
Unit 4 Quiz
Unit 5 - Caring for Patients
05.01 - Caring for Patients: Dr. Brown and Ms. Corkery at the Detroit Receiving Hospital (Part 1)
05.02 - Caring for Patients: Dr. Brown and Ms. Corkery at the Detroit Receiving Hospital (Part 2)
05.03 - Memories of the Beginning: St. Louis and Detroit
05.04 - Four Presidents (4): Mbeki
05.05 - AIDS and the Practice of General Medicine
05.06 - Caring for Patients: Dr. Riddell at the University of Michigan
05.07 - The Drugs: Dr. Riddell Describes Antiretroviral Therapy
Unit 5 Introduction
Unit 5 Quiz
Unit 6 - Prevention, Art, Poetry
06.01 - Needle and Syringe Exchange, Addiction, Harm Reduction
06.02 - Blood Nobility
06.03 - Gardenias
06.04 - HIV, Cultural Complexity, Art
06.05 - Vaccine
06.06 - Circumcision and Prevention
06.07 - Trusted Messengers in Zambia
06.08 - Outreach to African-American Ministers
Unit 6 Introduction
Unit 6 Quiz
Unit 7 - Wrapping Up
07.01 - HIV and the Law
07.02 - The Criminalization of HIV
07.03 - The Search for a Cure
07.04 - The Cost of Drugs
07.05 - Infected but not Treated
07.06 - Anti-Retroviral Treatment: The Problems
07.07 - PrEP and PEP
07.08 - Case Management and Community Health Workers
07.09 - Activism
07.10 - Farewell
For the last time . . .
Post-Course Survey
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Unit 7 Quiz
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