Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Participatory Approaches in Public Health from Imperial College London

Implementing participatory approaches in public health. Evaluating participatory tools, critiquing the role of sociocultural factors in health contexts, and designing an approach to public health challenges that is participatory in nature.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת בגישות משתפות בבריאות הציבור של אימפריאל קולג' לונדון

Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Communication skills
  • Time management
  • Troubleshooting
  • Critical thinking
  • Teamwork
  • Technological skills
  • leadership
  • Mental flexibility
  • Learning strategies

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Public Health Project Manager
  • Public health researcher
  • Public Health Consultant
  • Public Engagement Specialist
  • Community Health Program Developer
  • Facilitator of workshops on participatory approaches
  • Public Health Data Analyst
  • Public Health Content Manager
  • Health Communication Specialist
  • CEO of a public health nonprofit

Internship – a series of 3-cycle courses

This specialization guides learners through the process of designing a participatory approach appropriate to public health challenges, focusing on the history, theory, and application of participatory approaches in public health. You will understand the impact of the social and cultural contexts in which public health programs operate, as well as why participatory approaches can be more helpful in addressing population needs and solving specific health challenges.

Hands-on Learning Project

  • Learners will develop a proposal for a Participatory Active Research (PAR) project.
  • Conduct a stakeholder analysis
  • Provide an explanation to whom why some votes may be missed
  • Will participate in a test that tests their understanding of public involvement in research

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Introduction to participatory approaches in public health course

  • 18 hours
  • 4.5 (12 ratings)

Course Details

What you will learn in this course:

  • You will be exposed to participatory approaches in the field of public health.
  • You will learn about the history of participatory health research and why it is essential to solving today’s challenges in public health.
  • The course will allow you to understand the social and cultural context of public health.
  • You will learn important concepts for working with communities: knowledge and power.
  • Engage in critical analyses of participatory approaches.

During the course, you will analyze real cases of community-based health projects, including:

  • Historical social movements on HIV.
  • Public health projects with sex workers.
  • Collaborative approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The course will prepare you to engage in public health in collaboration with local communities.

This course will be followed by a second course, Implementing Participatory Approaches in Public Health Settings, which builds on the theoretical foundations of this course.

The skills you will gain

  • Category: Public Participation
  • Category: Participatory Action Research
  • Category: Public Health
  • Category: Community Health
  • Category: Collaboration

Implementing participatory approaches in public health settings

  • Course 2
  • 25 hours

Course Details

What you’ll learn:

  • This course specifically examines approaches and tools and how to apply them in public health settings.
  • Students will learn how to critically analyze the dynamics between diverse stakeholders.
  • Understand the need for reciprocity between those who provide health services and those who receive them.
  • They will also learn how to select and evaluate different participatory approaches.

Tools that will help with this include:

  • Carrying out a stakeholder mapping and needs assessment process.
  • A critical and reasoned narrative to justify the approach.

Although this course focuses on public health, the concepts are also relevant to other fields.

You don’t need to be a public health expert or work in healthcare to gain insights from this course.

Public involvement in research

  • Course 3
  • 16 hours
  • 4.6 (16 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn:

  • This course focuses on participatory approaches to research, known as public participation in the UK.
  • Consider in particular why citizens and patients will be involved in the research.
  • Explore the collaborative approaches throughout the research cycle in more detail.
Questions to be discussed in the course:
  • What types of participation can be carried out in each of the seven stages of the cycle?
  • How can participation in the study be utilized?
  • What examples of the use of participatory approaches exist in research?

Although this course focuses on public health, the concepts are also relevant to other fields.

You don’t need to be a public health expert or work in healthcare to gain insights from this course.

The skills you will gain

  • Category: Patient
  • Category: Health Research

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