Global Disease Masterclass: Global Disease Distribution
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Global Disease Masterclass: Global Disease Distribution at Coursera Overview
Duration | 12 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Global Disease Masterclass: Global Disease Distribution at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Course 1 of 3 in the Global Disease Masterclass Specialization
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 12 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish
Global Disease Masterclass: Global Disease Distribution at Coursera Course details
- The Global Diseases Masterclass is part of the full-degree Masters of Public Health that the School of Public Health. By the end of this specialisation, our aim is that students will be able to critically apply epidemiological concepts to major global diseases and be able to appraise and recommend policy options to combat them.
- Global Diseases Masterclass: Global Disease Distribution
- In this course, we will introduce students to the most important trends and pattern in health and disease on a global scale. We will look at how health has improved over time, examine the trends for the future and look at between and within-country inequality in health. We will look at the methods that lie behind those statistics and think about different ways in which health can be conceptualised and measured. The course ends by considering the reason that might lie behind the patterns that we?ve pointed out and introducing the distinction between direct and structural interventions.The course ends by considering the reasons that might lie behind the patterns that we?ve described and introducing the concept of structural interventions.
Global Disease Masterclass: Global Disease Distribution at Coursera Curriculum
Introduction to Disease Masterclass: Disease Distributions and Trends
Welcome to Global Disease Masterclass
Intro to Content
Patterns in Global Health and Disease
Important Trends in Global Disease
Trends in Global Health and Disease
Using IHME Data
IHME Example: Global Epidemiology Trends
Patterns and Inequalities within Countries
Reflections on Contemporary Trends in Global Disease
About Imperial College & the team
How to be successful in this course
Grading policy
Important Trends in Global Disease
E-tivity- IHME Data
Additional Readings
E-tivity- IHME Data Quiz
End of Week Quiz
Disease Estimates
Health Data Sources
Estimating Cancer Statistics
Estimating HIV Statistics
Roundtable - Challenges with Making Estimates
Generation of Estimates
Disease Data Sources and Estimates
Measuring disease
Metrics for Evaluating Health (pt1)
Metrics for Evaluating Health (pt2)
Changing Metrics, Changing Impact
Changing Metrics, Changing Impact
Creation of DALY Estimates
Introduction to the Week
DALY Estimates
Diseases Affected by these Parameters
E-tivity - Disability Weight Survey
End of Week Quiz
Disease Frameworks
Introduction to Determinants of Disease
Examples of Disease and Their Determinants
Deterministic Frameworks and Structural Interventions
Structural Interventions for Health
Structural interventions - a conversation with a policy maker
Wrap Up
E-tivity- Exploring Inequalities Between Countries
Underlying Causes Relating to Examples
Deterministic Frameworks
End of Lesson Quiz
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