Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Type: PDF Guide & Webinar Slides, Audio
Level: Intermediate
Description: Reviewing differences in how social determinants of health are viewed.
Continuing Education Credits: N/A
Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Type: PowerPoint & Lecture Materials
Level: Intermediate
Description: Introduces the study of aging, its implications for individuals, families, and society, and the background for health policy related to older persons. Presents an overview on aging from different perspectives: demography, biology, epidemiology of diseases, physical and mental disorders, functional capacity and disability, health services, federal and state health policies, social aspects of aging, and ethical issues in the care of older individuals.
Continuing Education Credits: N/A
Source: Empire State Public Health Training
Type : Online course
Level : Basic
Description:
From the course overview:
“This course serves as a primer for illustrating the root causes that shape health and health disparities. In addition to describing the complex interplay of social conditions associated with health disparities, it also provides a framework for exploring public and community health frameworks for addressing health equity.”
*This class requires PHTC login registration
Source: Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy, 2004 (January), 1(1): 1-5.
Type: PDF
Level: Intermediate
Description: An essay by S. Leonard Syme, Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology of the University of California, Berkeley, which discusses the importance and challenges of community partner involvement.
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration
Type: Website
Level: Basic
Description: HRSA offers training, curricula, and other resources with varying focuses to support health care providers in the area of cultural competency
Source: University of Washington
Type: Website
Level: Basic
Description: EthnoMed shares information about cultural beliefs, medical issues, and other topics pertinent to the health care of immigrant and refugee populations served in Seattle and the United States
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