Search result for Kaplan life and health course Online Courses & Certifications
FollowFilter ![]()
Filter ![]()
Showing 1,009 courses
By Category ![]()
By Subject![]()
By Language![]()
By Duration![]()
By Price![]()
Get Course Alerts by Email
Summary Statistics in Public Health
by John McGready, PhD, MS- 4.8
-
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
Approx. 15 hours to complete
Biostatistics is the application of statistical reasoning to the life sciences, and it is the key to unlocking the data gathered by researchers and the evidence presented in the scientific literature. In this course, we'll focus on the use of statistical measurement methods within the world of public health research. Binary Data: Definition and Summarization (Binomial Distribution, P-Hat, SD)...
The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness
by Charmaine Williams- 4.7
-
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
Approx. 14 hours to complete
Learn how social factors promote mental health, influence the onset and course of mental illness, and affect how mental illnesses are diagnosed and treated. This course explores how our understanding of mental health and illness has been influenced by social attitudes and social developments in North America and around the world....
Population Health: Health & Health Behaviour
by Roos van der Vaart- 3.9
-
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
Approx. 27 hours to complete
In this introduction course on Health and Health Behaviour you will learn about the fundamentals of health psychology. By following this course you'll get a better understanding of why we behave as we do and how this knowledge can be optimally used to improve health care! Health behaviour in your daily life...
Data and Health Indicators in Public Health Practice
by Keri Althoff, PhD, MPH- 4.7
-
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
Approx. 6 hours to complete
Epidemiology in public health practice uses study design and analyses to identify causes in an outbreak situation, guides interventions to improve population health, and evaluates programs and policies. In this course, we'll define the role of the professional epidemiologist as it relates to public health services, functions, and competencies. Common Problems of Routine and Public Health Information Systems...
Population Health: Study Design
by Dennis Mook-Kanamori , Frits Rosendaal , Johanna (Anske) G. van der Bom- 0.0
-
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
Approx. 29 hours to complete
Health care professionals increasingly have to make clinical decisions in aging and diverse populations. Also, they have to deal with rising health care costs, fragmented health care supply and advancing medical technologies and IT systems. If you are interested in learning more about the Population Health Management approach follow the course "Population Health: Fundamentals of Population Health Management" on Coursera....
Survival Analysis in R for Public Health
by Alex Bottle- 4.5
-
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
Approx. 11 hours to complete
In this course, we will recap all these core ideas in brief, but if you are unfamiliar with them, then you may prefer to take the first course in particular, Statistical Thinking in Public Health, and perhaps also the second, on linear regression, before embarking on this one. Welcome to Course...
Feeding the World
by David Galligan , James Ferguson- 4.7
-
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
Approx. 20 hours to complete
This course will explore the concepts driving current food production science (population growth, urbanization, emerging affluence, resource constraints, and underlying biological limits) with the main focus on livestock production. Each of the major food animal species (dairy, swine, beef, and poultry) will be covered in terms of their universal life cycles, constraints to production and emerging societal issues....
Health for All Through Primary Health Care
by Dr. Henry Perry, MD, PhD, MPH- 4.7
-
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
Approx. 11 hours to complete
This course explores why primary health care is central for achieving Health for All. It provides examples of how primary health care has been instrumental in approaching this goal in selected populations and how the principles of primary health care can guide future policies and actions. Primary Health Care in the 1990s and 2000s...
Global Health: An Interdisciplinary Overview
by Rafael Ruiz De Castañeda , Antoine Flahault- 4.5
-
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
Approx. 19 hours to complete
This course proposes an overview of current global health challenges drawing on the insights of several academic disciplines including medicine, public health, law, economics, social sciences and humanities. The Relationship Between Health and Development by Petra Lantz Ecology and Public Health by Roderick John Lawrence The Environment, Sustainable Development and Health...
Bridging healthcare and society
by Olga Zvonareva , Olena Ignaschuk- 0.0
-
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
Approx. 21 hours to complete
While population health is largely produced outside of healthcare settings themselves, the functioning of healthcare, including diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of illness, injury, and other impairments, is essential for people’s wellbeing. Introduction to the course “Bridging health care and society” Welcome to the “Bridging health care and society” course Bridging public health and public...
