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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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.
What's included
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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Reviewed on Aug 24, 2021
This was a really interesting course. I loved every minute of it.
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.
Reviewed on Mar 22, 2021
GREAT. I learned a lot of SDOH, who apply it in my currently job.. A love the professor, because English is my second language, but she explained so easy and pause when she talked.
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