Global Health Course: Resources

Section	Name	Description
Module 1: Lesson 1: Global Burden of Disease	Defining global health: findings from a systematic review and thematic analysis of the literature	Read all the contents starting from section: Attributions of definitions until the Discussion section. (46 minutes) BMJ Global Health - 2021
	What is global health? Key concepts and clarification of misperceptions	Read the entire article. (33 minutes) Global Health Research and Policy - 2019
	Global health initiatives	Read the entire page. (1 minute) WHO - 2021
	Global Health Initiatives Disease Moves Fast. Knowledge Must Move Faster.	See the map about Global health initiatives at the bottom of the web page. Click on each icon on the countries to see the initiatives take on each of one. (10 minutes) BMJ Global Health - 2021
	Implementation of the Global Health Initiative: Consultation Document	Read the content under "Consultation Document " from page 3 to page 11. (36 minutes) USAID/Global Health - 2010
	Pathway to Sutainable Health	Read the entire page; make sure to read the whole content by clicking on the button "read more" until the end of the reading. (66 minutes) Pan American Health Organization - 2017
	Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development	Read the content under "Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" until the heading "Sustainable Development Goals" with the list of goals on pages 3-14. (17 minutes) United Nations - 2015
	Burden: Mortality, Morbidity and Risk Factors	Read the entire document. (59 minutes) WHO - 2011
	Risk Factors in Health and Disease	Read entire document. (7 minutes) EUPATI- European Patient's Academy - 2015
	Factors responsible for mortality variation in the United States: A latent variable analysis	Read entire document. (45 minutes) National Institute of Health - 2014
	Data Sources for Developing Health Indicators	Read entire page. (35 minutes) WHO-PAHO - 2021
	A Guide for Monitoring and Evaluating PopulationHealth-Environment Programs	Read the content under the heading "Types of data used to monitor and evaluation PHE programs" and Methods and data sources used in this guide from pages 24 -33. (23 minutes) USAID-Measure Evaluation - 2018
	New Summary Measures of Population Health and Well-Being for Implementation by Health Plans and Accountable Care Organizations	Read the enitre page. (20 minutes) CDC, National Academy of Medicine - 2016

Module 1: Lesson 2: Globalization of Health and Healthcare	A View of Health Care Around the World	Read the entire article. (4 minutes) Annals of Family Medicine - 2013
	Types of Health Systems	Read the entire page. (1 minute) University of Columbia - 2021
	The Determinants of Health Expenditure	Read the content under "2. Determinants of health care expenditures: A brief review of the literature" on pages 1-5. (18 minutes) WHO - 2011
	What is globalization	Watch the entire video. (4 minutes) Council on Foreign Relations - 2019
	Globalization and Health	Read the entire article. (41 minutes) International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences - 2015
	Key Trends in Healthcare for 2020 and Beyond	Read the content under "Market Trends Are Increasingly Dynamic" to "State-Level Trends Are Increasingly Important." (8 minutes) American Health and Drug Benefits - 2019
	Global Health Trends	Read the entire page. (6 minutes) American University of the Carribean - 2021
	Do Social and Economic Policies Influence Health? A Review	Read the content under the heading "Abstract" and "IV. Conclusions and Implications." (15 minutes) HHS Public Access - 2014
	Human Mobility and the Global Spread of Infectious Diseases: A Focus on Air Travel	Read the entire article. (32 minutes) Elsevier Public Health Emergency Collection - 2018
	Transboundary spread of pig diseases: the role of international trade and travel	Read the entire article. (55 minutes) BMC Veterinary Research - 2019
	Medical “Brain Drain” and Health Care Worker Shortages: How Should International Training Programs Respond?	Read the entire article. (22 minutes) AMA Journal of Ethics - 2016
	Investigating Determinants of Brain Drain of Health Care Professionals in Developing Countries: A Review	Read the content under "Determinants of Brain Drain" on pages 29-31. (12 minutes) Net Journal of Business Management - 2015
	A Dynamic Understanding of Health Worker Migration	Read the content under "Complex Patterns of Mobility: A blurring of 'source' and 'destination'" and "Focus Countries: Results – highlights." (7 minutes) WHO - 2017

Module 1: Lesson 3: Systems Thinking in Global Health	Systems series: Why use a systems approach?	Watch the entire video. (5 minutes) The Australian Prevention and Psrtnership Center - 2021
	Applying systems thinking to knowledge mobilisation in public health	Read the following sections of the article: Abstract; The relationship between KM and systems thinking; and What does systems-informed knowledge mobilization look like in practice? (25 minutes) Health Research and Policy Systems - 2020
	The application of systems thinking in health: why use systems thinking?	Read the entire article. (17 minutes) Health Research and Policy Systems - 2014
	Systems Thinking for Health Systems Strengthening	Watch the entire video. (7 minutes) WHO - 2010
	Systems Thinking for Health Systems Strengthening	Read the content under "Systems Thinking" on pages 39-43. (13 minutes) WHO - 2009
	How the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Aim to Improve Global Health	Read the entire page. (7 minutes) USC University of South Carolina - 2020
	How the SDGs Will Transform Global Health Governance	Read the entire page. (14 minutes) Council on Foreign Relations - 2016
	Public-private partnerships for global health	Read the entire page. (21 minutes) PATH - 2013

Module1: Lesson 4: Social and Environmental Determinants of Health	Cultural Competence In Health And Human Services	Read the content under "What is Cultural Competence?" (3 minutes) CDC - 2021
	Cultural Competency at Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care	Watch the entire video. (3 minutes) University Behavioral Health Care - Rutgers Health - 2015
	How Culture Influences Health	Read the content under "The cultural continuum." (3 minutes) Caring for Kids New to Canada - 2021
	Beliefs and Perception of Ill Health Causation: A Socio-Cultural Qualitative Study in Rural North-Eastern Ethiopia	Read the content under "Background" and "Results." (21 minutes) BMC Public Health - 2017
	Social Determinants of Health: Key Concepts	Read the sections "What are the social 'determinants' of health?" and "What are health inequities or inequalities?" (2 minutes) WHO - 2013
	Social Determinants of Health	Read the entire page. (8 minutes) Healthy People-Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - 2020
	Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity.	Read all of the content under this section: Social Determinants of Health. (86 minutes) National Academies Press - 2017
	Social and Economic Determinants of Health	Read from page 1 to page 5. (24 minutes) Health of Washington State Washington State Department of Health - 2014
	How does economic and social disadvantage affect health?	Read the entire article. (25 minutes) Institute for Research on Poverty University of Wisconsin-Madison - 2016
	Access to Health Services	Read the entire page. (5 minutes) Healthy People 2020-ODPHP - 2021
	Social Determinants of Healthy Life Expectancy: A Global Perspective	Read the entire document. (45 minutes) National academy of MedIcine - 2019
	Social Determinants of Health in the Americas	Click twice on "read more" on the bottom of the reading and read the content under the heading "Conceptual Foundation of the Social Determinants of Health" and "Setting the Scene." (9 minutes) PAHO WHO - 2021
	Social Determinants of Health Status	Read the entire article. (17 minutes) Issues Mental Health Nursing - 2013
	Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Health Burden	Read the entire page. (2 minutes) US Department of Health and Human Services CDC - 2012
	Association of Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Practices with Children’s Nutritional Status, Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Diarrhoea in Rural Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study	Read the "abstract," "background," "discussion" and "conclusion." (14 minutes) BMC Public Health - 2020
	Air Pollution and Noncommunicable Diseases	Read the "Abstract," "Introduction," and the content under "What Air Pollution Is and How It Causes Illness." (14 minutes) CHEST Journal - 2018
	The Legal Determinants of Health: How Can We Achieve Universal Health Coverage and What Does it Mean?	Read the entire document. Int J Health Policy Manag - 2021

Module 2: Lesson 1: Applying Ethical Practice to Global Health	Global Health Ethics Key Issues	Read the content under "Health ethics in practice: key issues and challenges", "Health ethics in practice: key strategies" on pages 14-24. (34 minutes) WHO - 2015
	Public Health Code of Ethics	Read Section 1: Introduction. (14 minutes) American Public Health Association (APHA) - 2019
	Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct	Read the entire document. (7 minutes) WHO - 2019
	National Association for Health Quality Code of Ethics for Healthcare Quality Professionals and Code of Conduct	Read the entire document. (9 minutes) National Association for Healthcare Quality - 2021
	Human rights in patient care and public health—a common ground	Read the sections titled: "What are human rights?" "Defining HRPC and situating it in the legal landscape," "Balancing the rights to health and bodily integrity against other rights and interests," and "Conclusion." (15 minutes) Public Health Reviews - 2017
	Human Rights in Culturally Diverse Societies	Read the content under the Heading "Relevant General Principles" to the heading "Other Measures" on pages 11-25. (32 minutes) Council of Europe - 2017
	International standards	Read the entire page. (6 minutes) UN Human Rights - 2021

Module 2: Lesson 2: Professional Practice for Global Health	Honesty, Integrity and Respect: A Question of Quality	Read the entire page. (5 minutes) American Council of the Blind - 2020
	Cultural humility: Essential foundation for clinical researchers	Read the entire article. (30 minutes) Pubmed - 2013
	Unravelling ‘low-resource settings’: a systematic scoping review with qualitative content analysis	Read the content under results. (31 minutes) Journal (BMJ) - 2021
	Barriers and Facilitators to Health Care for Newcomers	Read the entire article. (19 minutes) Caring for kids New Canada - 2021
	Barriers to Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Rural Areas	Read the entire content. (2 minutes) Rural Health Information Hub
	Learning through reflection: the critical role of reflection in work-based learning (WBL)	Read under the headlines "Graduate employability.", "The reflective practitioner", "Reflection", "Teaching reflective skills", and "Reflecting “in” and “on” action", "Reflection as a development tool". (20 minutes) Journal of Work-Applied Management - 2015
	Reflective practice in health care and how to reflect effectively	Read the entire article. (13 minutes) International Journal of Surgery. Oncology - 2017
	Innovative Strategies to Engage People with Mental Health Conditions or Substance Use Disorders	Watch the entire video. (78 minutes)

Module 3: Lesson 1: Collaboration in Resource-limited Settings	Building Effective Health System-Community Partnerships: Lessons from the Field	Watch the video. (6 minutes) Center for Health Care strategies - 2021
	E-Learning for Medical Education in Sub-Saharan Africa and Low-Resource Settings: Viewpoint	Read the entire article. (25 minutes) Journal of Medical Internet Research - 2019
	Global Health Stakeholders	Watch the entire video. (9 minutes) Global Health Diplomacy- The State University of New York - 2021
	Community Engagement Module B5	Read the entire document.(10 minutes) WHO - 2016
	Innovative Strategies to Engage People with Mental Health Conditions or Substance Use Disorders	Watch the entire video. (82 minutes)
	Calgary’s Mental Health and Addiction Strategy: A Community of Connections Town Hall	Watch the entire webinar. (60 minutes)

Module 3: Lesson 2: Communication and partnerships	CERC: Stakeholder and Partner Communication	Read the content under the heading "Working with Communities" and "Conclusion" on pages 12 to 19. (18 minutes) CDC - 2014
	Collaborative Leadership- Engaging collective intelligence to achieve results across organisational boundaries	Read pages 3-13. (29 minutes) Oxford Leadership - 2016
	Collaborative leadership and the implementation of community-based fall prevention initiatives: a multiple case study of public health practice within community groups	Read from the section "Background" to "Conclusion." Note: Skip the Methods section. (35 minutes) BMC Health Services Research - 2017

Module 4: Lesson 1: Capacity Strengthening	M&E of Capacity Strengthening	Read the content on page 1, except for the title "Challenges". (3 minutes) intrac of civil society - 2021
	Capacity building	Read the entire page. (3 minutes) WHO EUROPE - 2021
	A narrative review of health research capacity strengthening in low and middle-income countries: lessons for conflict-affected areas	Read the content under the heading "Abstract," "Background," and "Conclusion." (17 minutes) Globalization and Health - 2019
	Health Professional Training and Capacity Strengthening Through International Academic Partnerships: The First Five Years of the Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda	Read the content under the heading "Abstract," "Background," and "Conclusion." (15 minutes) International Journal of Health Policy and Medicine - 2018
	A Guide to Organizational Capacity Assessment Tools	Read the following content "Selecting a tool", and "Specific Situations for using the tools on pages 5-12. (27 minutes) William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Informing Change - 2017
	Academic promotion policies and equity in global health collaborations	Read the entire page. (10 minutes) The Lancet - 2018
	Insights for the Future of Health System Partnerships in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Literature Review	Read the "Background" and "Discussion: Implication 3." (16 minutes) BMC Health Services Research - 2020
	Advancing partners and communities	Read the entire tool. (41 minutes) Advancing Partners & Communities - 2012

Module 4: Lesson 2: Community Assets	Brainstorm: Community Assets	Read the entire document. (2 minutes) Healthy People 2020-US Department of Health and Human Services - 2010
	Comparison Between Asset and Deficit Based Approaches	Read the entire page. (3 minutes) The University of Memphis - 2019
	Community health workers: a strategy to ensure access to primary health care services	Read the content under "Introduction" and "Advantages of including CHWs in the health workforce " and "Cost-effectiveness of CHW programmes." (9 minutes) WHO - 2016
	Strategies To Empower Communities To Reduce Health Disparities	Read the entire page. (19 minutes) Health Affairs - 2016
	Community Based Programs Sustainability: A Multidimensional Analysis of Sustainability Factors	Read the content in the sections "Abstract," "1. Introduction," "2. Community Based Programs Sustainability and Sustainability Factors," and "6. Discussion." (19 minutes) Sustainability - 2018
	Country Ownership and Organizational Capacity Building Beyond Principles to Practices	Read pages 2-9 of the document. (23 minutes) USAID - 2012
	Country ownership and capacity building: the next buzzwords in health systems strengthening or a truly new approach to development?	Read the content under Introduction, Discussion, and Summary. (30 minutes) Journal - 2012
	SCDC_What is Community Capacity Building?	Watch the entire video. (5 minutes) Scottish Community Development Center - 2010

Module 5: Lesson 1: Health, Equity, and Social Justice	A Human Rights-Based Approach to Health	Read the entire document. (11 minutes) WHO - 2010
	Social Justice and Human Rights as a Framework for Addressing Social Determinants of Health	Read the content under "Conclusion and Recommendations" on pages 6-7 and "3.2 What are human rights?" on pages 26-27. (7 minutes) WHO - 2016
	Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights – The Key to Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment	Read the content under "Sexual and reproductive health and rights" on page 2, and "Introduction: denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights: a cause and consequence of gender inequality" on pages 9-12. (2 minutes) International Planned Parenthood Federation - 2015
	Human Rights and Health	Read the entire page. (14 minutes) WHO - 2017
	Enabling the participation of marginalized populations: case studies from a health service organization in Ontario, Canada	Read the content under the heading "Introduction," "Findings," "Discussion," and "Conclusion." (30 minutes) Health Promotion International - 2017
	Can human rights bring social justice?	Read the content under the chapter: Human rights and social justice: separate causes (pgs. 47-52). (26 minutes) Amnesty International - 2015
	Why is the Crisis a Global Crisis?	Read the entire page. (2 minutes) WHO - 2021
	Responding to the Global Crisis in Human Resources for Health	Read the content under the heading "Introduction" on pages 9-10 and "Findings" on pages 14-19. (15 minutes) Consortium of Universities of Global Health - 2013
	5 ways to bridge the global health worker shortage	Read the entire page. (7 minutes) World Economic Forum - 2019
	Health Workforce Brain Drain: From Denouncing the Challenge to Solving the Problem	Read the entire article. (10 minutes) PLOS Medicine - 2013
	The right to health	Read the content on the sections "What is the right to health?", "How does the right to Health apply to specific groups?" on pages 3-21. (50 minutes) Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - 2008
	International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	Read the entire page. (14 minutes) Audiovisual Library of International Law

Module 5: Lesson 2: Addressing Social Injustice	Human Rights in Global Health Governance	Read the entire article. (10 minutes) Health and Human Right's Journal - 2020
	The Global Health System: Actors, Norms, and Expectations in Transition	Read the content under "The Global Health System: A Time of Transition." (9 minutes) PLOS Medicine - 2010
	Organizations Working in Global Health	Read the enire content. (8 minutes) University at Albany State University of New York - 2021
	Mapping Global Health Architecture to Inform the Future	Read the content under "Mapping of Global Health Actors" pgs. 6-10. (14 minutes) Center on Global Health Security - 2015
	A Guide to the World Health Organizations	Read the infographic. (15 minutes) WHO - 2020
	Multisectoral and intersectoral action for improved health and well-being for all: mapping of the WHO European Region	Read the content of "Introduction" on pages 1-4, and the following cases from "Case story summaries": 1. Andorra on pages 27-28. 2. Belgium on pages 32-33. 3. Cyprus on page 36. 4. Georgia on page 43. 5. Serbia on page 62. (30 minutes) WHO: Europe - 2018

Module 6: Lesson 1: Strategic Analysis	Community Health Assessments & Health Improvement Plans	Read the content under the heading: What Is a Community Health Assessment? (3 minutes) CDC - 2021
	Conduct a Needs Assessment	Read the content under the heading: Conduct a Needs Assessment. (3 minutes) Rural Health Information Hub - 2017
	The Importance of Individual-Site and System-Wide Community Health Needs Assessments	Read the following sections of the article: Introduction, Discussion (11 minutes) Health Research Center, School of Public Health, West Virginia University - 2020
	Community Health Needs Assessments? Aligning the Interests of Public Health and the Health Care Delivery System to Improve Population Health	Read the first four paragraphs of the paper. (5 minutes) National Academy of Medicine - 2015
	Seven Steps for Conducting a Successful Needs Assessment	Read the entire page. (9 minutes) National Institute for Children Health Quality - 2020
	How to Conduct a Situation Analysis	Read the entire content. (15 minutes) Compass/ USAID - 2021
	Understanding your context using a Situational Analysis	Read the entire page. (17 minutes) GrassCollective organization - 2021
	Community needs assessment	Read the content under the section SECTION 2: Plan for community needs assessment. (25 minutes) CDC - 2013

Module 6: Lesson 2: Program Management and Evaluation	A Primer on Project Management for Health Care	Read the entire page. (11 minutes) Havard University
	At A Glance: The six steps for planning a health promotion program	Read the entire document. (7 minutes) Public health Ontario - 2021
	Implementing an evidence-based program	Read the entire page. (7 minutes) Center for family research & evaluation - 2020
	Developing a logframe	Read the entire document. (12 minutes) UKAid - 2019
	The Logical Framework Approach	Read the following contents of the document: Using the Logical Framework for Project Design pages 12-22. (25 minutes) EU Integration Office - 2011
	Project Planning and Implementation Tools	Read the entire page, including the content of the following hyperlink: Gantt chart: Plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle. (12 minutes) American Society for Quality - 2021
	Project Implementation	Read the entire page and navigate on the tabs "Planner" and "How to" to explore tools for projects implementations. (10 minutes) UNESCO for YOUTH - 2018
	Best Practice in Project Planning and Implementation	Read pages 4-7 of the document. (21 minutes) European Coordination in Science and Technology - 2017
	Best practices--the nine elements to success	Read the entire page. (27 minutes) Progect Management Institute
	Monitoring and Evaluating	Read the entire page. (8 minutes) Youth.gov

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