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ABOUT THE COURSE:This course introduces the concepts of Public health and hygiene & health determinants, and provide knowledge about various food components and to educate about communicable and non-communicable diseases. The course will provide awareness and education about various disease preventive and control measures. Students will understand the importance of food components and their deficiency related diseases and balanced diet. The students will learn about causes, and preventive measures of communicable diseases. This course will make the students understand about the cause of life style diseases and how to control them.INTENDED AUDIENCE: Undergraduate and postgraduate level students with interest in Zoology and/or Life Sciences and/or Biomedical Sciences.PREREQUISITES: 12th PCBM and BScINDUSTRY SUPPORT: Public Health sector of Government and NGOs.

Reflect on the responsibility of a nurse in public health Public health and the promotion of health and well-being is now at the centre of national and global agendas. On this course, you’ll reflect on the value of nurses as promoters of health – a model for nursing first established by Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. Discover how to define ‘healthy’ You’ll identify what it means exactly to be ‘healthy’, before going on to define what globalisation is, and learn how it is impacting on healthcare. You’ll identify why your nursing might need to change with the times, and describe what the future of public health looks like in practice. Explore health promotion strategies and nursing ethics In week two, you’ll go on to explore the concept of health promotion, understanding how nurses can act to empower individuals to lead healthier lives – just as Nightingale initiated nursing training and education programmes. You’ll also consider the ethical dilemmas nurses can face when working in the field, and how to reconcile these with your work as social reformers and health campaigners. This course is designed for experienced nurses wanting or needing to extend their understanding of how nurses can act as promoters of health.

This free course, Introducing public health, presents some key elements of public health and health promotion. It considers the scope and focus of public health and how it is subject to change and located within the wider global context.

What are the effects of a healthy individual on the world around them? Beyond the hereditary connections between parents and children or the implications of communicable diseases, public health has intrinsic value as a basic human right. Furthermore, health and the three pillars of sustainable development i.e. economic, social and environmental well-being, are intrinsically connected. Global Public Health, is a course taught by experts from the Public Health Foundation of India. It explores the institutions, infrastructure, and the interplay of actors that constitute health not only in local communities but also on a global scale. In this course, you’ll discover how health is influenced by the environment, food systems, energy security, transport, trade, and human migration. You’ll also learn health’s positive influence on other sectors, with investments in health shown to have a positive impact on economic development. Finally, this course will illuminate how health impacts and is essential to achieving poverty reduction, gender empowerment, universal education, conflict resolution, and other Sustainable Development Goals. This course is for: Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students studying public health, international development, public policy, nursing and medicine and other fields who are interested in the key concepts and practices in global public health Healthcare professionals and other practitioners who want to understand their work within the broader context of international policy and the concept of sustainable development Sustainable development practitioners who want to understand the lifecycle of needs and support necessary to improve health globally, including those who work for international aid organizations and nonprofits in the realms of healthcare, poverty, and nutrition

Explore a comprehensive examination of public health's current challenges and future directions in this 51-minute conference talk from The Aspen Institute. Delve into the critical need to rethink public health approaches in light of diminished financial support, outdated methodologies, and eroded public trust in expert guidance—issues intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic. Analyze persistent domestic and global health challenges including obesity epidemics, food and water safety access, infectious disease management, reproductive health services, and tobacco control initiatives. Discover innovative solutions through creative partnerships, technological advancement, and modernized approaches to data utilization, service delivery, and workforce development. Gain insights into building a more responsive and efficient public health system capable of addressing contemporary health crises while preparing for future challenges.

1. Outline various health reforms and disease control programmes in India2. Examine the structure and functioning of country-level and local (District and Taluka level) healthsystems and assess their performance3. Explain the principles of community participation and identify strategies to improve communityparticipation in health programmes4. Compare/contrast various health financing models and use tools to assess degree of coverage ofhealth services in a given community

The Foundations of Public Health Practice: The Public Health Toolkit builds on public health thinking (introduced in the previous course) and introduces a variety of core public health approaches (the toolkit) to conceptualising problems, conducting analysis and bringing forward recommendations. In this course we cover health needs assessment, evaluation and public health intelligence-approaches.

The Public Health Approach course is the first instalment of the wider Foundations of Public Health Practice specialisation from Imperial College London's Global Master of Public Health (MPH). The scope and content of this course has been developed from the ground up by a combined team of academics and practitioners drawing on decades of real-world public health experience as well as deep academic knowledge. Through short video lectures, practitioner interviews and a wide range of interactive activities, learners will be immersed in the world of public health practice. Designed for those new to the discipline, over four modules (intended for four weeks of learning), learners will become familiar with the scope, origins, ethics, principles and paradigms of public health practice. But there is also important foundational content for those coming from more experienced practitioner backgrounds. The 'Public Health Approach' is a phrase that is used widely to describe an up-stream, preventive, values-driven and evidence-based approach to improving population health. By the end of this course, learners will be confident with identifying and describing a wide range of public health challenges using the language and reference points of the public health profession. The subsequent courses require the knowledge from this course, as learners will be introduced to the public health toolkit of health needs assessment and evaluation, before taking deeper dives into behaviour change and health protection.

Using the evidence to inform public health policy decisions for good MSK Having and maintaining a healthy musculoskeletal system is crucial for your overall health. So, what public health approaches can policy makers and organisations take to ensure that for everyone? On this three-week course you’ll learn about the importance of maintaining good musculoskeletal health. Discover data, evidence, and resources that help prevent some conditions and injuries to the musculoskeletal system. Learn about common musculoskeletal conditions Find out what medical diagnosis are most commonly associated with musculoskeletal problems. Discover what a healthy musculoskeletal system is like, and what factors affect its wellbeing. Prevent musculoskeletal problems with early intervention To avoid the pain and disability musculoskeletal conditions can cause, the best approach is to prevent it. This course talks about how people can get ahead of musculoskeletal conditions, and the importance of early intervention when your health is at risk. Learn about the connection between musculoskeletal health and mental health There is a growing evidence of the links between musculoskeletal health with mental health. This course will explore the correlation and causation of mental health in individuals with musculoskeletal pain. You’ll also receive useful resources on prevention, early detection and intervention and promotion of wellbeing throughout. Learn with Public Health England This course was developed by Public Health England, a leading group of experts on musculoskeletal health. Rely on their experience and expertise to deliver an informative course, thanks to their collaborative network, researched data, and relevant partnerships. This course is great for anyone who wants to learn more about the musculoskeletal system and how to prevent its conditions. This can include health professionals, policy makers, clinicians, academics, third sector organisations, and those who want to improve their own health can all learn from this course.

Engaging in this course will provide you with the opportunity to think about breastfeeding and its public health implications. The Socio-Ecological Model will be the framework of the course as we think about how each level of the Model (individual, interpersonal, community, organizational, and public policy) impacts breastfeeding practices in the United States, and globally. Through short video lectures you will be introduced to relevant topics related to the public health perspectives of breastfeeding such as the maternal and child short- and long-term health benefits, economic and environmental impacts, the state of health profession curricula surrounding breastfeeding education, and breastfeeding practices of the LGBTQ+ community. You will apply this knowledge to critique breastfeeding literature, create a breastfeeding budget for a particular breastfeeding parent persona, and design an education material to promote breastfeeding. As you complete this course, you should feel confident in identifying the barriers to successful breastfeeding practices and understand how adequate breastfeeding will impact population health.

In this course, you will be introduced to the basics of artificial intelligence and machine learning and how they are applied in real-world scenarios in the AI for Good space. You will also be introduced to a framework for problem solving where AI is part of the solution. The course concludes with a case study featuring three Jupyter notebook labs where you’ll create an air quality monitoring application for the city of Bogotá, Colombia.

Public health students across the country are incredibly qualified to be powerful advocates, but they often don’t have training to turn research and evidence into law, policy, and funding. Using real-life public health examples, this course teaches every tactic in the book to create change. Expert speakers include: Flint, Michigan’s water crisis advocate Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH AIDS activist and lawyer, who led a successful class action to gain recognition for women to receive HIV/AIDS diagnoses, Terry McGovern, JD Founder of West Harlem Environmental Action (WE ACT), who succeeded in turning NYC’s bus fleet hybrid electric, Peggy Shepard Civil rights activist from Mississippi Freedom Summer, Bob Fullilove, EdD Expert health lobbyist, Ross Frommer, JD Public health graduate and elected official, Michelle Au, MD, MPH And many more

This specialization is intended for public health and healthcare professionals, researchers, data analysts, social workers, and others who need a comprehensive concepts-centric biostatistics primer. Those who complete the specialization will be able to read and respond to the scientific literature, including the Methods and Results sections, in public health, medicine, biological science, and related fields. Successful learners will also be prepared to participate as part of a research team.

Thousands of new epidemiological studies are conducted every year and their results can have a profound impact on how we live our lives. Decisions regarding the food you eat, how much you exercise, where you live and what treatment you will follow if you get sick are made based on data from such studies. This specialization aims to equip you with the skills that will allow you to correctly interpret epidemiological research, consider its limitations, and design your own studies. The first course of the specialisation, Measuring Disease in Epidemiology, looks into the main measures used in epidemiology and how these can inform decisions around public health policy, screening and prevention. The second course, Study Designs in Epidemiology, provides an overview of the most common study designs, their strengths and limitations. The third course, Validity and Bias in Epidemiology, builds on the fundamental concepts taught in the previous courses to discuss bias and confounding and how they might affect study results. It also provides the essential skills to prevent and control bias and confounding and critically think about causality. At the end of this specialization you will have gained the essential skills to design and critique epidemiological research and you will be able to pursue more advanced courses in epidemiology. Although this specialization is part of the GMPH programme, it can be taken independently of the GMPH.

Understanding the principles of public health What you'll learn: Understand the basics of EpidemiologyUnderstand the the basics of Health EconomicsUnderstand basic statistical methodsUnderstand basic research methods This course will provide you with a basic understanding of public health and the application of public health to your area of work. Public health overlaps with all clinical discipline because of its focus on disease prevention (where possible) and improved health systems and healthcare services for those who need them.Pubic health is about 1) understanding the distribution of various states of health in a given population; 2) understanding the causes and exposures that drive states of health at a population level; and 3) taking action to improve health, improve access to health services and protect people from hazards that might negatively impact on their health.States of health can be thought of as being distributed across physical geography, across social and demographic phenomena and distributed over time. The causes of disease can also be thought of as distributed over those same three domains. Understanding those distributions and understanding the links between exposure and outcome is the domain of epidemiologist. Public health practitioners however takes this one step further and asks the question: what can do to improve health at a population level and then take steps to implement those plans. There are a number of disciplines that contribute to Public Health, including: epidemiology, health economics, health policy, management science, the sociology, anthropology, behavioural economics, data science and research.Public health practitioner very often focus on other disciplines to better understand how population health might be affected or improved. Understanding climate change, for example, provides an opportunity to mitigate some of the health risk associated with it; understanding international trade and intellectual property law provides opportunities to improve access to essential medicines; understanding human rights provides an opportunity to ensure that fair and ethical health systems are put in place.I hope that you enjoy this course. I'm excited about the opportunity to be part of your learning experience!

Designed for working professionals and those who aspire to lead, Public Health Leadership Fundamentals emphasizes practical application of leadership theory to public health. Brian Castrucci, DrPH, MA, President and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, brings valuable experience and insights to help you understand Public Health leaders and to optimize your leadership style in Public Health. Characteristics of effective leaders and their implementation emerge as an in-depth look at leadership yields valuable lessons applied to Public Health. Leadership theories and models, Systems thinking, Individual skills and leadership tendencies, Emotional Intelligence, and Cultural intelligence form the basis for effective Public Health Leadership.

Pathways to Public Health introduces you to a wide array of topics that are fundamental to public health and its place within the broader health sector. These topics are an essential starting point for the study of public health, including as preparation for the Maternal and Child Health MicroMasters. This course examines important and impactful public health topics, approaches, and methodologies, including but not limited to: the genetic and biological basis for disease, environmental factors, social determinants of health, individual levels of behavior change, globalization, research methods, and many more. This course provides a valuable introduction to core public health concepts, theories, and language that will inform your understanding of persistent and emerging health issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic, health disparities, and the impact of climate change on human health.

Analyse the values, theory, concepts, and principles of public and global health Explore how nurses can assess community health needs, and analyse public health theories to lead public health promotion.

The Health Protection course is the fourth instalment of the wider Foundations of Public Health Practice specialisation from Imperial College London's Global Master of Public Health (MPH). The scope and content of this course has been developed from the ground up by a combined team of academics and practitioners drawing on decades of real-world public health experience as well as deep academic knowledge. Through short video lectures, practitioner interviews and a wide range of interactive activities, learners will be immersed in the world of public health practice. Designed for those new to the discipline, over three modules (intended for three weeks of learning), learners will become familiar with the scope, principles and nuances of health protection in the context of public health practice. Beginning with the basics of Water, Sanitation and Health (WASH) based interventions, the course will introduce learners to the science and principles of practical microbiology, before examining vaccines, incident management and the threat posed by a wide range of manmade and natural environmental threats. By the end of this course, learners will be familiar and conversant with core health protection principles and approaches, and confident in discussing health protection issues when they move into practice.

Gain specialized skills in areas of health science including biology, psychology, and social and environmental factors affecting health. Explore fascinating topics related to health and fitness management. This certificate is perfect for working professionals who want a strong foundation in health science or hope to pursue a degree in the future.