Master the key fundamentals of global health with a certificate program.
Build your knowledge with this self-paced global health course program and earn the distinctive Certificate of Specialized Training - Global Health Basic Concepts issued by North Dakota Public Health Training Network.
About this course
Our global health specialized certificate course teaches you basic concepts within global health and covers topics like:
Reasons to study global health
Examples of global health best practices and the importance of global collaboration
Determinants of global health
Progress and challenges for global health
Major health status indicators and major burden of disease measurement tools
Global burden of diseases like Malaria, Leishmaniasis, Cryptosporidiosis, Foodborne Termatodiases, Schistosomiasis, and Measles and Rubella
Components:
Twelve on-demand lecture sessions (narrated PowerPoint videos) for nearly 9 hours of instruction
Nearly 600 presentation slides with accompanying lecture transcript for each session
Quizzes to test your understanding
Final written assignment to apply what you’ve learned about global health
20.0 Certified Public Health (CPH) continuing education (recertification) credits
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Price: $150
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Access:
This course is delivered through TRAIN, the Public Health Foundation’s Learning Network.
Expiration Date:
To earn your Certificate of Specialized Training - Global Health Basic Concepts, you have 6 months to complete all sessions, pass all post-assessments, and turn in your final written project. The estimated time requirement is 20-30 hours.
Instructor:
Dr. Terry Dwelle is the former North Dakota State Health Officer and the Founder and President of North Dakota Public Health Training Network. He has over 40 years of clinical and public health experience in the United States, Eastern Europe, Latin and South America, and Central and East Africa.
Course Syllabus:
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1) COURSE INSTRUCTOR INTRODUCTION. Meet Dr. Terry Dwelle, the creator of our Global Health Basic Concepts specialized certificate course.
2) GLOBAL HEALTH INTRODUCTION. Discuss reasons to study global health. Review national immunization days and smallpox eradication as examples of global health best practices. Discuss progress and challenges for global health. Review the importance of addressing disparities. Review the concept of health linked to development. Discuss the importance of global collaboration. Define health, public health and global health.
3) DETERMINANTS OF GLOBAL HEALTH. Discuss the important role of understanding the determinants of global health. Review the five categories of health determinants. Discuss the health risks of indoor air pollution and contaminated water. Review the four categories of genetic diseases. Discuss major gender and age determinants of global health. Discuss the close linkages between social environmental determinants and healthy behaviors. Review the importance of deep beliefs and values informing cultural institutions and behaviors. Discuss the 5 support functions communities provide for members. Discuss the how healthcare access is linked to the economy and healthcare payment systems of a country. Discuss the importance of integration to improve global health.
4) INDICATORS AND MEASUREMENT OF GLOBAL HEALTH. Review the definitions of ratios, rates, proportions, morbidity, mortality, incidence and prevalence. Review the uses of health data. Discuss how cultural beliefs and values impact health behaviors. Review the five major health status indicators and how they relate to global health. Review two major burden of disease measurement tools: HALE and DALYs.
5) INDICATORS AND MEASUREMENT OF GLOBAL HEALTH - PART 2. Review the global burden of disease by discussing the global, and WHO region specific leading causes of death and DALYs. Discuss key concepts of demographic and epidemiologic transitions. Discuss key global health projections and predictions for the future.
6) GLOBAL HEALTH, EDUCATION, ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT - PART 1. Discuss how education is linked to health and economics. Review basic concepts of micronutrient and protein-energy malnutrition. Discuss the link of parent education to the health of children. Look at how poverty results in multiple negative impacts on people.7) GLOBAL HEALTH, EDUCATION, ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT - PART 2. Discuss the link of health to workplace productivity. Review the impact of health expenditures on family economics. Discuss health service access and equity. Review suggestions to appropriately use health funding. Discuss selecting appropriate data metrics. Discuss the interaction of population health and economic development.
8) MALARIA AND GLOBAL HEALTH. Review the global burden of parasitic diseases as evaluated by DALY’s. Review the life cycle of malaria. Review malaria risk. Review malaria epidemiology. Review the 5 malaria species that infect humans. Review key clinical aspects of malaria. Review antimalarial resistance. Review laboratory diagnosis of malaria. Review malaria treatment. Discuss the 8 prevention measures for malaria. Review the status of malaria vaccines.
9) LEISHMANIASIS AND GLOBAL HEALTH. Review the Global burden of Leishmaniasis. Review the life cycle of Leishmaniasis. Review Leishmania clinical syndromes. Review Leishmania diagnostic tools. Review basic treatment options for Leishmaniasis. Discuss basic concepts of personal and community control measure for Leishmaniasis.10) CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS AND GLOBAL HEALTH. Review the concept of DALYs as it relates to Cryptosporidiosis. Review the Cryptosporidium life cycle. Discuss the clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of Cryptosporidiosis. Review community and personal control measures.
11) FOODBORNE TREMATODIASES AND GLOBAL HEALTH. Review the concept of DALYs as it relates to food borne tissue termatodiases. Review the life cycles of key liver, lung and intestinal trematodes. Discuss the clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of food borne trematodiases. Review community and personal control measures for food borne tissue trematodiases. 12) SCHISTOSOMIASIS AND GLOBAL HEALTH. Review the concept of DALY’s as they relate to global Schistosomiasis. Review the life cycle of Schistosomiasis. Discuss the three determinants of human infection with Schistosomiasis. Review the concept of Selective Public Health and its relationship to Schistosomiasis transmission. Review Schistosomiasis disease syndromes, diagnosis and treatment. Review the 6 major prevention measures to control Schistosomiasis. Emphasize the importance of a comprehensive approach to control Schistosomiasis. 13) MEASLES, RUBELLA AND GLOBAL HEALTH. Review the global impact of measles and rubella. Review the clinical aspects of measles and rubella diseases. Discuss the concepts of the measles herd immunity threshold and vaccine efficacy coefficients. Review the World Health Organizations Global Vaccine Action Plan, strategic goals and objectives. Review major measles vaccine schedules. Review major concepts behind the 2020 Ethiopia mass measles vaccine campaign during the Covid-19 pandemic. Discuss the importance of global rubella vaccination programs to prevent congenital rubella syndrome.14) FINAL PROJECT. Demonstrate your ability to apply the global health concepts covered during this certificate course to public health practice in a written assignment. You have the choice to either answer a series of short essay questions, or identify key points in each lecture and how these apply to the practice of public health.
Who this course is for:
This training material provides you with a basic understanding of global health for public health practice. It is intended for the public health workforce, and for students in public health or medical academic programs.
public health professionals
Enroll in this course for your own professional improvement and to earn CPH contact hours.
local and state health departments
Use this material to address workforce development needs and provide your staff members with training opportunities.
academic programs*
Use this curricula to equip your students with the competencies to translate their technical knowledge into effective day-to-day practice.
*Contract required. Contact us to discuss options.
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Continuing education credit: 20.0
This curricula is approved by the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE) for Certified Public Health (CPH) continuing education (recertification) credit.
Certificate of Specialized Training:
After you successfully complete all lecture sessions in this course, pass all post-assessments, and submit your final project for a satisfactory rating, you will earn the distinctive Certificate of Specialized Training - Global Health Basic Concepts issued by North Dakota Public Health Training Network.
This assessment-based certificate acknowledges that you successfully learned the course objectives and demonstrated your understanding of the subject matter through a final project.
Purchase course:
Audit - $0
Sessions Only
12 global health lectures
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Standard - $150
Full Course Benefits
12 global health lectures
599 presentation slides with speaker notes
Transcript of 9 hours of lecture audio
Written Project
12 Certificates of Completion (Sessions)
Certificate of Specialized Training (Course)
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This option is for those who only want to take the class lectures. No certificates are included, and there is no final project.
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With this option, you end up with the distinctive Certificate of Specialized Training in Global Health Basic Concepts, along with Certificates of Completion for each of the 12 sessions.
Course requirements include listening to the lectures, taking quizzes, and completing a final written assignment to demonstrate your understanding of the material and how it applies to the practice of public health. In other words, it takes time and effort to earn the Certificate of Specialized Training in Global Health Basic Concepts — making this accomplishment something to be proud of.
As a bonus for our certificate students, you also get the lecture slides with the accompanying lecture audio transcript for each of these classes. This is an valuable go-to resource both during and after the course.
Details:
Click on the items below to learn more about what’s included with each option.
+ 12 Global Health Lectures (Narrated PowerPoint Videos) | Audit, Standard
View and listen to nearly 9 hours of global health lectures. Session titles include:
- (GH002) Global Health Introduction
- (GH003) Determinants of Global Health
- (GH004) Indicators and Measurement of Global Health
- (GH005) Indicators and Measurement of Global Health, Part 2
- (GH006) Global Health, Education, Economics and Development, Part 1
- (GH007) Global Health, Education, Economics and Development, Part 2
- (GH008) Malaria and Global Health
- (GH009) Leishmaniasis and Global Health
- (GH010) Cryptosporidiosis and Global Health
- (GH011) Foodborne Trematodiases and Global Health
- (GH012) Schistomiasis and Global Health
- (GH013) Measles, Rubella and Global Health
+ 12 Certificates of Completion (Sessions) | Standard
All certificates for completing each of the 12 individual sessions are included ($60 value @ $5 each).
+ Certificate of Specialized Training - Global Health Basic Concepts (Course) | Standard
After you successfully complete all course components — passing all Post Assessments and submitting the Final Project — you will earn the distinctive Certificate of Specialized Training in Global Health Basic Concepts.
+ Final Written Project | Standard
The Final Project gives you the opportunity to synthesize and demonstrate your newly gained knowledge in a written assignment. For this course, you have the choice to either answer a series of short essay questions, or identify key points in each lecture and how these apply to the practice of public health.
+ Transcript of Lecture Audio | Standard
Along with each slide, you get the word-for-word transcription of over 9 hours of training lectures — a big time-saver when it comes to note taking, and a useful go-to resource long after the class.
+ PDF of Lecture Slides | Standard
A lot of material is covered in these 12 global health lectures — coming to nearly 600 slides, in fact! As part of your course registration, you will receive PDFs of the lecture slides with the corresponding audio transcript.