What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

There are 4 modules in this course

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

Disparities in Mortality and Morbidity by Psychosocial and Demographic Factors, Theoretical Considerations, and Environmental and Cultural Contexts

Social Determinants of Health: The Healthcare System, Immigration Status, Sexual Identity, and Unconscious Bias

Racism, Discrimination; Culture, Gender and Power; Changing Structures that Reproduce Bias and Harm Health

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