Johns Hopkins University

Community Change in Public Health

This course is part of Foundations of Global Health Specialization

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There are 5 modules in this course

This week, we'll get oriented to the course, learn about the ecological model, and learn how to classify communities on the basis of identity, linkages, group orientation, and integration.

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3 videos6 readings1 quiz1 discussion prompt

Welcome to Week 2 of Community Change in Public Health. This week's lectures will focus on Community Efficacy and Community Change Models. Learning these concepts will help you gain a deeper understanding of the forces at work within communities and how they can be harnessed to affect positive change.

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4 videos1 quiz1 discussion prompt

Welcome to Module 3. This week, we'll take a look at the political economy framework as well as the concepts of community participation and involvement levels. You'll also complete your first peer review assignment this week by reading a case study and using what you've learned to describe community change.

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3 videos1 quiz1 peer review

This week, we'll look at community coalitions, contrasting community-based and community-directed programs, and the results of enhancing community-directed treatment.

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3 videos1 quiz

In this final week, we'll learn about the Community-Directed Intervention (CDI) process, an expansion beyond the Community-Directed Treatment process used with Ivermectin. Finally, you will complete your second peer-review assignment in which you'll describe a community from a case study and also describe two possible interventions to sustain the change that is already underway.

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1 video1 reading1 peer review

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William Brieger, DrPH
Johns Hopkins University
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