About Understanding and Strengthening Health Systems Online Course
Understanding and Strengthening Health Systems Coursera Course Syllabus
WEEK 1
Understanding Organizations and How They Change Health Systems are human organizations. Organizations have structure, purpose and membership. To remain “Healthy” an organization must adapt to its environment, whether that be funding and policy changes or expectations of its clients. In this module, we will focus on diagnosing factors related to the health of organizations and consider strategies to help organizations adapt.
WEEK 2
Health Systems: Basic Functions and Building Blocks
The World Health Organization has described six major components or building blocks of a health system. In this module, we will examine those components and delve more deeply into the aspects of financing, commodities and service delivery, especially through Primary health Care. We examine a ‘missing’ component, community systems.
WEEK 3
Human Resource Capacity Development: An Essential Health System Function
Human resources are a component or building block that supports all other components of a health system. This module examines the role of training and continuing professional development in strengthening organizations and systems.
WEEK 4
Health Systems Policy Development and Advocacy Approaches
Health and development organizations and systems are created and funded through policy decisions. Within organizations, there are policies that procedures that determine the actually functioning or the organization. This module looks at stakeholders in the policy process and helps the learner consider advocacy strategies to influence healthful policy change.
Course Teacher
Understanding and Strengthening Health Systems online mooc course taught by William Brieger.
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