The Global Health eLearning Center courses

The Global Health eLearning Center courses are organized into Certificate Programs to help you focus your learning with a more comprehensive study of key topics of global health.

You can earn a certificate in a variety of global health areas by successfully completing all courses within a program area. As always, specific course certificates are available on an individual course basis. Certificates Programs will be expanded as new courses are developed.

MPH Module: Epidemiology

Epidemiology

Introduction to Epidemiology
Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Public Health Surveillance
Community Management of an Epidemic Outbreak
Implementation Science

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MPH Module: Governance, Health Management and Policy

MPH Module: Governance, Health Management and Policy

• Governance and Health
• Health Communication for Managers
• M&E Fundamentals
• Population, Health, and Environment
• Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance and Statutory Abortion…
• Social Media for Health and Development
• Key Practices of Good Governance
• Infrastructure for Good Governance
• Good Governance in the Management of Medicines
• Fostering Change in Health Services
• Gender and Health Systems Strengthening
• Health Workforce Productivity: An Approach for Measurement, Analysis, and Improvement
• Human Resources for Health (HRH): Principles and Practices
• Improving Health Care Quality
• Knowledge Management (KM) in Global Health Programs
• Logistics for Health Commodities
• mHealth Basics: Introduction to Mobile Technology for Health
• Psychological Resiliency – Building Personal Resilience and Self-Reliance
• How to Manage Conflict so it Doesn’t Manage You
• Continuity of Operations Planning
• Cross-Border Collaboration
• Public Health Law
• Public Health Insurance
• Public Health Information Systems
• Public Health Financial Management
• Public Health Economics
• Managing and Motivating Effective Public Health Performance
• The Core Elements of Project Management in Public Health
• Cost-Benefit Analysis for Disaster Preparedness
• The Intersection of Cultural Diversity, Health Policy Development and Policy Analysis
• Psychological First Aid: Building Resiliency for “Us” and “Them”
• Succession Planning for Public Health Agencies
• Needs Assessment and Evaluation
• Productive Communication Skills
• Inescapable Realities in Public Health – Conflict and Collaboration: Building Competency
• Conflict Management: Lessons From the Field
• Evaluating Organizational Effectiveness
• Statutes and Regulations – EPHOC
• Decision Making: A Systematic and Organized Approach
• Leadership and Advocacy: Trends and Challenges in Maternal and Child Health
• Legal Implications and Resources to Assist Community Healthcare Planning Efforts
• Budget Planning and Management
• Evaluating Effectiveness in Public Health at the Individual and Organizational Level
• Establishing Closed PODs: An Overview of Recruitment, Training and Operational Matters
• Lessons From the Storm: Crisis and Collaboration
• Family Advocacy and Involvement in Title V Programs
• Changing World of Work: Are You Changing Too?
• Successful Strategies for Integration of Immunization and Emergency Preparedness Programs in Planning and Practice
• Social Media: The Blurring of Professional Boundaries
• Staffing for Emergency Response and Recovery

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MPH Module: Vector Control for Environmental Health Professionals

Vector Control for Environmental Health Professionals

• Vector-Borne Diseases of Public Health Importance
• IPM Basics for Environmental Health Professionals
• Performance Assessment and Improvement of Vector Control Services
• Tick Biology and Control
• Mosquito Biology and Control
• Toxicology of Pesticides for Environmental Health Professionals
• Rodent Management
• Public Health Insect Pests in Food & Housing Environments
• Pest Management Considerations for Schools
• Risk Communication Basics for Environmental Health Professionals
• Bed Bugs – Identification, Biology and Control

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MPH MODULE: FAMILY PLANNING METHODS & PROGRAMMING

MPH MODULE: FAMILY PLANNING METHODS & PROGRAMMING

• Family Planning 101
• Hormonal Methods of Contraception
• IUD
• LA/PMs – A Smart FP/RH Program Investment
• Standard Days Method®
• Community-Based Family Planning
• Family Planning 101
• Family Planning and HIV Service Integration
• Family Planning Counseling
• Family Planning Programming – Elements of Success
• Gender and Sexual and Reproductive Health 101
• Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy (HTSP)
• LA/PMs – A Smart FP/RH Program Investment
• Logistics for Health Commodities
• Postpartum Family Planning
• Promising Programmatic Approaches for Adolescent and Youth Sexual and…
• Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance and Statutory Abortion…
• Social Franchising for Health
• US Abortion and FP Requirements – 2018
• Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health

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MPH Module: Safe Water Program Improvement

Safe Water Program Improvement

• Introduction: The 10 Essential Environmental Public Health Services for Unregulated Drinking Water Programs
• Assessment: Monitor Health
• Assessment: Diagnose and Investigate
• Policy Development: Inform, Educate, Empower, and Mobilize
• Policy Development: Policies and Plans
• Assurance: Laws and Regulations
• Assurance: Linking People to Services
• Assurance: Assuring a Competent Workforce
• Assurance: Evaluation and Research

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MPH Module: Tribal Education

Tribal Education

• Data into Action for Tribes: Introduction to Epidemiology
• Data into Action for Tribes: Publicly-Available Data Sources
• Weaving the Threads of Culture: Working Effectively with American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN)

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MPH Module: Special Needs Populations and Disasters

Special Needs Populations and Disasters

• Psychological Resiliency – Building Personal Resilience and Self-Reliance
• Two Years Later: Continued Psychological Difficulties of First Responders and the Affected General Population
• Psychological First Aid: Building Resiliency for “Us” and “Them”
• Community Management of an Epidemic Outbreak
• Nuclear Power Plant Safety and the Public Health Response
• Emergency Preparedness: The Role of the Pharmacist
• A Multi-state, Multi-organizational Solution to Limited Regional Pediatric Medical Surge Capacity in the Southeastern United States
• Medical Needs Sheltering
• Supporting Children in Times of Crisis

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MPH Module: Public Health Preparedness and Response

Public Health Preparedness and Response

• Addressing Disaster and Emergency Stress Beyond First Responders: Implications for Individuals, Families, and the Workplace
• Alternative Standards of Care in Disaster
• Biological Response Preparedness for Emergency Medical Services
• Burn Evaluation and Care for Emergency Responders
• Clinical Challenges in the Community Management of Patients with Special Needs in Disaster
• Cost-Benefit Analysis for Disaster Preparedness
• Cultural Competency for Community Management of Special Needs Patients in Disaster
• Decision Making in Disasters: Lessons from the Field
• Disaster Responder Health and Safety
• Emergency Preparedness: The Role of the Pharmacist
• Ethics and Public Health: How Public Health Reacts Ethically in a Disaster
• Facing Fear: Crisis Communication and Disaster Behavioral Health
• Improving Disaster Communication: The Role of Poison Centers in Public Health
• Needs of Our Children: Pediatric Care Before, During and After Disasters
• Overview of Community Management of Patients in Disaster
• Pediatric Issues in Disasters and Emergencies
• Pediatric Trauma and Disaster
• Psychology of Decision Making for First Responders in Disaster Response
• Public Health to the Rescue: Emergency Response is Now a Core Function
• Risk Communication in Public Health Emergencies
• Special Needs Populations in Disaster Response
• Staffing for Emergency Response and Recovery
• Successful Strategies for Integration of Immunization and Emergency Preparedness Programs in Planning and Practice
• Social Media: The Blurring of Professional Boundaries
• The Pharmacist’s Role in Disasters
• The Role of Health Literacy in Disaster Preparedness
• Understanding and Responding to the Needs of Children After Large-Scale Disasters
• Utilizing Government Resources in a Disaster
• Vectors of Disease in Disasters
• Bioterrorism Preparedness: Factors for the Emergence/Reemergence of Infectious Diseases
• Chemical Terrorism
• Communication Gap: Linking First Responders and First Receivers
• Community Management of High-Dose Radiological Events
• Crisis Management: Critical Thinking in Crisis Preparation
• Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Dissecting the Post-Spill Impact
• Establishing Closed PODs: An Overview of Recruitment, Training and Operational Matters
• From Silos to Systems: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Public Health Assurance in the Post-Katrina Era
• Introduction to Points of Dispensing (POD)
• Lessons From the Storm: Crisis and Collaboration
• Mosquito Abatement in Louisiana Post Katrina and Rita
• Nuclear Power Plant Safety and the Public Health Response
• Practice-based Scenarios for Recognition, Detection and Exposure Assessment of Chemical Terrorist Agents
• Psychology of Terrorism and Psychological Counterterrorism: 7 Things You Should Know
• Recognition and Safe Handling of Chemical Terrorist Agents
• Radiological Events in a Community: Low-Dose
• Radiological Events in a Community: High-Dose
• Two Years Later: Continued Psychological Difficulties of First Responders and the Affected General Population
• Mass Casualty Incident Triage
• Bioterrorism Preparedness: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
• Bioterrorism
• Bioterrorism Preparedness: Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Public Health Surveillance
• Bioterrorism Preparedness: Infectious Disease Transmission Dynamics
• Bioterrorism Preparedness: Principles of Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Bioterrorism: The Agents
• Bioterrorism: The Public Health Threat
• Medical Needs Sheltering
• Supporting Children in Times of Crisis
• Explosion and Blast Injury
• Homeland Security: Defining Directives, Organization and Policies
• Planning, Implementation and Exploitation of a Field Exercise
• Consequences of a Foreign Animal Disease on the Rural Community
• Fundamentals of Health Risk Assessment in Public Health
• Health Risk Assessment and Taking an Exposure History
• Introduction to Human Health Risk Assessment
• Evidence-Based Approaches for Post-Disaster Mental Health Disorders
• Cultural Competence in Emergencies
• Transportation Triage during Emergencies

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