Health for All Through Primary Health Care (Coursera)

About Health for All Through Primary Health Care Online Course

Health for All Through Primary Health Care Online Coursera Course Syllabus

WEEK 1

Primary Health Care and Health for All: An Introduction

In this module, we’ll go over some basics about the course and introduce you to the concept of primary health care as well as the history of its development. There is a short review quiz at the end of the module.

WEEK 2

Exploring What Primary Health Care Really Is

In this module, we’ll dig more deeply into primary health care, examine its more recent history, and then hear from Carl Taylor, a giant in the field. When you’re ready, please take the review quiz and complete the peer review assignment.

WEEK 3

Approaches to Implementing Primary Health Care in Resource-Constrained Settings

Implementation of primary health care is challenging work, particularly when resources are in short supply. In this module, we’ll examine some of the challenges and opportunities and look at some real-life examples. A short review quiz follows the lesson.

WEEK 4

Achieving Health for All Through Community Health Workers and Innovative Community-based Programming

In most settings, community members are in the best position to provide care to their neighbors. In this module, we’ll examine primary health care systems that are built around community health workers. When you’ve finished the lesson, you’ll take your fourth and final review quiz.

WEEK 5

Wrapping Up

In this module, we’ll summarize what we covered in the preceding modules. Then, you’ll have an opportunity to describe your own plan for implementing primary health care in our final peer review assignment.