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Advances in Community-Oriented Primary Health Care
Location
Internet
Term
3rd Term
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2018 - 2019
Instruction Method
TBD
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Introduces students to the origins and recent advances in community-oriented primary health care through case studies from both developing and developed countries. Like hands-on clinical bedside teaching, the course uses real cases to help students develop problem-solving skills in practical situations. Program examples included in the course all use community participatory and community-based approaches to address priority health problems. Strongly focuses on equity and empowerment in all cases discussed.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe frameworks and examples of community-oriented primary health care, both classical examples as well as current examples
- Demonstrate practical methods of promoting participatory activities in communities and action groups
- Discuss practical techniques for developing partnerships to improve bottom-up participation of communities, top-down support by officials, and outside-in facilitation by technical advisors and civil society organizations
- Explore in depth and be able to describe concepts of equity, sustainability, scaling up, community empowerment, and challenges in promoting changes in behaviors and social norms
- Describe strategies of multi-sectoral collaboration and integration with health services
- Discuss participatory methods in building community capacity to solve priority problems in varied health care settings
- Incorporate lessons from case studies for the students' own future work and teaching
Undergraduate students should take the in-person course