Population Health - Disease Prevention and Management, Certificate | Part time online | edX - online learning platform | United States
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EdX is an online learning platform trusted by over 12 million users offering the Population Health - Disease Prevention and Management in collaboration with Doane University - DoaneX. Identify key socio-economic and cultural determinants of population health outcomes, analyze the impact of socio-cultural factors on access to health care and adjust health promotions and interventions accordingly.

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Overview

The connections between prevention, wellness and behavioral health science with healthcare delivery, quality and safety, lifestyle medicine-based disease management and economic issues of value and risk—all in the service of specific populations and subpopulations - need to be made in order that disease can be prevented and managed within these populations. 

Key facts

Learners who take this course will come away with the knowledge to be able to identify key socio-economic and cultural determinants of population health outcomes, analyze the impact of socio-cultural factors on access to health care and adjust health promotions and interventions accordingly.

This Population Health - Disease Prevention and Management course at Doane University - DoaneX is part of the Certified Lifestyle Medicine MicroMasters program. For an introduction to lifestyle medicine, see the Lifestyle Medicine Competencies Professional Certificate program.

Programme Structure

What you'll learn

  • Identify the three types of disease prevention care/management

  • Identify determinants of health and their effect on healthcare outcomes and access.

  • Discuss the social and economic imperative of health promotion. 

  • Define the concept of lifestyle medicine-based disease management and understand the economic case. 

  • Identify the need for and value of integrating lifestyle medicine into the community, including worksites and healthcare institutions. 

  • Characterize the differences between chronic care and preventive care management. 

  • Identify key characteristics and components of a successful lifestyle medicine-based population health model as they pertain to disease prevention and management.

  • Describe the factors that play a role in the shift to population health management and leverage points in the system for intervention. 

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 14 days
    • 5 hrs/week

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

Delivered

Online
  • Self-paced

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Prerequisites:

  • Bachelor’s degree or

  • Minimum 5 years work experience in a healthcare related field

  • Basic understanding of economics and finance

Tuition Fee

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    119 USD/full
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  • National

    119 USD/full
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  • Limited access: Free
  • Unlimited access + Verified Certificate for $119 USD

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