Social Determinants of Health

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Social Determinants of Health

This course is part of The Influence of Social Determinants on Health Specialization

Instructor: Cleopatra Caldwell

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

46 reviews

Beginner level

No prior experience required

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Examine social, economic, and political factors that contribute to health inequalities.
Explore innovative ways to reduce disparities in health when the goal is to achieve health equity.
Practice skills involving cultural humility, deliberative dialogues and professional self-assessments.

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There are 4 modules in this course

This is an introductory course on social determinants of population health with a focus on the United States. The course will introduce you to, or reinforce your knowledge of, issues related to health that consider behavioral, psychological and structural factors in population health beyond the healthcare system. We will examine social, economic, and political factors that contribute to health inequalities and suggest innovative ways to reduce disparities in health when the goal is to achieve health equity.

This course will increase your awareness, knowledge, and understanding of issues related to behavioral, psychological, and structural factors that contribute to understanding population health and health inequities. We will discuss conceptual and methodological issues key to health professionals working towards achieving health equity to reduce health disparities at multiple levels of influence. There will be opportunities to practice skills involving cultural humility, deliberative dialogues and professional self-assessments. By the end of this course, you will be able to: Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequalities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and societal levels

In this module, we introduce the concepts of health disparities and health equity, and we examine the historical factors that led to the health disparities we see today.

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5 videos7 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt

5 videos Total 23 minutes

Course Introduction 2 minutes
Introduction: Social Determinants of Health 4 minutes
Defining Health Disparities 5 minutes
Reasons for Inequalities 5 minutes
Historical Context and Social Justice 7 minutes

7 readings Total 115 minutes

Syllabus 10 minutes
The Final Project 10 minutes
Pre-Course Survey 10 minutes
[Optional] Hebert et al. "When does a difference become a disparity?" 0 minutes
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: What is health equity? 15 minutes
Kawachi et al.: Health disparities by race and class: why both matter 30 minutes
Hill et al.: Exploring transgender legal name change as a potential structural intervention for mitigating social determinants of health among transgender women of color. 40 minutes

1 assignment Total 15 minutes

Quiz 1 15 minutes

1 peer review Total 60 minutes

Health Structural Intervention Paper, Part 1 (OPTIONAL) 60 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Health Disparities verse Health Equity 10 minutes

In this module we describe three conceptual frameworks and we examine how they can be usefully applied to understand disparities in mortality and morbidity and to achieve health equity.

What's included

3 videos3 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt

3 videos Total 19 minutes

Social Determinants of Health 6 minutes
Theoretical Considerations in Achieving Health Equity 8 minutes
Environmental and Cultural Contexts 5 minutes

3 readings Total 75 minutes

Williams: Miles to go before we sleep: Racial inequalities in health 40 minutes
Jones: Levels of racism: A theoretic framework and a gardener's tale 15 minutes
Ford and Airhihenbuwa: Just what is critical race theory and what's it doing in a progressive field like public health 20 minutes

1 assignment Total 15 minutes

Quiz 2 15 minutes

1 peer review Total 60 minutes

Health Structural Intervention Paper, Part 2 (OPTIONAL) 60 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 30 minutes

Davis and Chapa Case Study 30 minutes

In this module we apply the social determinants of health framework to the healthcare system, immigration status, and sexual identity, paying special attention to unconscious bias.

What's included

3 videos4 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt

3 videos Total 14 minutes

Social Determinants of Health and the Health Care System 4 minutes
The Health Care System: Immigration Status and Sexual Identity 4 minutes
Unconscious Bias 5 minutes

4 readings Total 90 minutes

Magnan: Social determinants of health 101 for health care: Five plus five 20 minutes
[Optional] Sequist: Urgent action needed on health inequalities among American Indians and Alaska Natives 10 minutes
Raymond-Flesch et al: There is no help out there and if there is, it’s really hard to find: A qualitative study of health concerns and health care access of Latino “DREAMers” 30 minutes
Sudhinaraset et al.: The influence of deferred action for childhood arrivals on undocumented Asian and Pacific Islander young adults: Through a social determinants of health lens. 30 minutes

1 assignment Total 15 minutes

Quiz 3 15 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Health Structural Intervention Paper, Part 3 (OPTIONAL) 120 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 30 minutes

Identify Structural Interventions 30 minutes

In this module we dive deeper into racism and discrimination, as well as culture, gender and power, and we examine how we can achieve health equity by changing the structures that reproduce bias and harm health.

What's included

6 videos5 readings2 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt

6 videos Total 21 minutes

Social Determinants of Health: Ethnic Identity and Discrimination 5 minutes
Social Determinants of Health: Culture, Gender, and Power 5 minutes
Changing Structures that Reproduce Bias 3 minutes
Progress Towards Health Equity Interventions 3 minutes
Barriers to Health Equity Interventions 3 minutes
Innovative Interventions to Achieve Health Equity: Promising Approaches 3 minutes

5 readings Total 115 minutes

[Optional] Bailey et al.: Structural racism and health inequalities in the USA: Evidence and interventions 30 minutes
Airhihenbuwa and Liburd: Eliminating heath disparities in the African American population: The interface of culture, gender, and power. 30 minutes
Woolf: Progress in achieving health equity requires attention to root causes. 25 minutes
Arcaya & Figueroa: Emerging trends could exacerbate health inequalities in the United States 20 minutes
Post Course Survey 10 minutes

2 assignments Total 30 minutes

Quiz 4 15 minutes
Quiz 5 15 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Health Structural Intervention Paper (Final Paper) 120 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Health Equity Elevator Speech 10 minutes

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Cleopatra Caldwell

University of Michigan

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Reviewed on Apr 6, 2021

Excellent and highly accessible. Loved Prof Caldwell's teaching and the very recent resources offered in this course. Thank you so much.

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This was a really interesting course. I loved every minute of it.

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Excelente, muy informativo y muy organizado, aprendí mucho.

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