Find out how to solve some of the world’s biggest healthcare problems and make a positive difference. Learn how to design effective health responses. Health systems across the world are facing unprecedented challenges financially, socially and environmentally. This course will provide you with an introduction to the skills and knowledge required to solve some of the world’s biggest health problems.
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You’ll learn how public health policies affect our daily lives, and explore key philosophies in healthcare.
You’ll explore the determinants of health and their impact on individuals and communities.
You’ll find out how to design health responses to ensure that people can access the right care, in the right place and at the right time.
What topics will you cover?
- The impacts of health policy on our daily lives
- Key concepts and philosophies of healthcare
- Determinants of health and their impact on individuals and groups
- Rise of healthcare expenditure
- Achieving universal health coverage
- Global environmental change and how it affects health
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...
- Describe and compare major philosophies of health care and how they impact on health policy making.
- Identify the key characteristics of selected international health systems, based on governance, funding and provision.
- Identify and articulate the determinants of health.
- Demonstrate understanding of terminology in the context of health.
- Identify large scale healthcare challenges and describe how different health policy mechanisms are being used to tackle them.
