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Addressing Racial Health Inequity in Healthcare Specialization

Addressing Racial Health Inequity in Healthcare Specialization

Instructor: Minal R. Patel

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3 course series

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4.6

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1 month at 10 hours a week

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3 course series

Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

4.6

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No prior experience required

1 month at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

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What you'll learn

Recognize the historical backdrop that created disproportionate disease burden within racial/ethnic groups.
Explain factors within the structure and delivery of healthcare that cause racial and ethnic disparities in health status and outcomes.
Critically appraise approaches to address racial inequity in healthcare, all within the US and international contexts.

Overview

Recent events have once again put a spotlight on 400+ years of racism that has deeply entrenched our everyday structures, notably healthcare delivery. There is a significant need to provide a deep skillset to learners who have significant potential to change this system towards equity. Reducing racial and ethnic health disparities is core to the mission of public health. The healthcare delivery system contributes to these disparities in unique and complex ways.

In this MOOC series, we will learn about the sociological contributions and historical backdrop of why racial inequities exist in healthcare. We will also critically analyze the various causes of racial inequities in healthcare. And lastly, we will go through approaches to achieving equity in healthcare.

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Taught in English

27 practice exercises

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Specialization - 3 course series

There is one peer-reviewed assignment in Week 3 of every course, summarized below:

Course 1: learners will select a country, U.S. state, city or town and explore its health status by creating a "health profile," introducing learners to looking into health-related literature and help develop the skills necessary to recognize racial disparities in healthcare.

Course 2: learners will select a country or U.S. state and explore the healthcare structure by creating a "healthcare structure profile," teaching learners to gather factual statements about healthcare systems and develop the skills necessary to analyze the causes of racial/ethnic disparities in healthcare that stem from the system structure.

Course 3: learners will select a country or U.S. state and create an intervention to address a specific racial/ethnic disparity in healthcare, allowing them to think through the possible interventions and solutions to address a specific disparity in healthcare.

History of Racial Inequity in Healthcare

Course 112 hours4.6 (13 ratings)View course

What you'll learn

How history & the factors of lack of access & representation in healthcare parallels other sectors in the U.S. and international contexts
The evolution of the health insurance system in the United States and in international contexts, and its impact on racial and ethnic populations
Historical events, policies, economic and legal mechanisms created disproportionate disease burden within racial and ethnic groups

Skills you'll gain

Health Disparities, Health Equity, Social Justice, Health Policy, Diversity Awareness, Community Health, Public Health, Health Care, Social Determinants Of Health, Community Organizing, Health Systems, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, and Sociology

Causes of Racial Inequity in Healthcare

Course 214 hoursView course

What you'll learn

What constitutes access to care, how geographic variation in healthcare contributes to racial and ethnic healthcare disparities
History of mistreatment of racial and ethnic groups within biomedical innovation and healthcare systems
The role of implicit bias in contributing to healthcare disparities

Skills you'll gain

Health Disparities, Health Equity, Social Determinants Of Health, Health Care, Health Policy, Health Systems, Diversity Awareness, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Medicare, Social Justice, Medicaid, and Managed Care

Achieving Health Equity in Healthcare

Course 310 hoursView course

What you'll learn

The community health center model is an intervention to combat racial and ethnic healthcare disparities
The role of reparations as an intervention to combat racial and ethnic healthcare disparities
How health systems implement quality improvement initiatives as an intervention to combat racial and ethnic healthcare disparities

Skills you'll gain

Health Equity, Community Health, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), Social Justice, Health Policy, Health Systems, Social Determinants Of Health, Health Disparities, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Public Health, Cultural Diversity, Health Care Procedure and Regulation, and Health Care

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Instructor

Minal R. Patel

University of Michigan

3 Courses3,145 learners

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Frequently asked questions

Each course is 5 weeks long, so it will take you approximately 15 weeks to complete the specialization. Learners are expected to dedicate 4-5 hours per week to the course content.

An interest in public health and a desire to learn more in order to:

Recognize the historical backdrop that created disproportionate disease burden within racial/ethnic groups.
Explain factors within the structure and delivery of healthcare that cause racial and ethnic disparities in health status and outcomes.
Critically appraise approaches to address racial inequity in healthcare.

Yes! We strongly encourage you to take the courses in the following order, as the courses build upon one another in this order:

History of Racial Inequity in Healthcare
Causes of Racial Inequity in Healthcare
Achieving Health Equity in Healthcare

Potential Master of Public Health (MPH) applicants and/or Public Health majors will benefit from this series because it serves as a solid orientation to critical concepts, historical roots, and factors of racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare. Such orientation emphasizes the role of public health in combating racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare.

Students in health professional training programs or those looking to enter health professional training programs will benefit from this series as it highlights the historical and current role of healthcare systems in contributing to racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare. Such highlights will provide future health professionals knowledge of good practices and what role they can play to combat racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare

Healthcare practitioners will benefit from this series as it provides a critical appraisal of the history and the current situation of racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare, in the United States and in international contexts. With such appraisal, healthcare practitioners will be able to understand the issues healthcare disparities they see first-hand, and significantly contribute to combating such issues, in the United States and globally.

Addressing Racial Health Inequity in Healthcare Specialization

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Skills you'll gain

What’s included

Advance your subject-matter expertise