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Primary Health Care and Health for All: An Introduction
In this module, we'll go over some basics about the course and introduce you to the concept of primary health care as well as the history of its development There is a short review quiz at the end of the module
Exploring What Primary Health Care Really Is
In this module, we'll dig more deeply into primary health care, examine its more recent history, and then hear from Carl Taylor, a giant in the field When you're ready, please take the review quiz and complete the peer review assignment
Approaches to Implementing Primary Health Care in Resource-Constrained Settings
Implementation of primary health care is challenging work, particularly when resources are in short supply. In this module, we'll examine some of the challenges and opportunities and look at some real-life examples A short review quiz follows the lesson
Achieving Health for All Through Community Health Workers and Innovative Community-based Programming
In most settings, community members are in the best position to provide care to their neighbors In this module, we'll examine primary health care systems that are built around community health workers When you've finished the lesson, you'll take your fourth and final review quiz
Wrapping Up
In this module, we'll summarize what we covered in the preceding modules Then, you'll have an opportunity to describe your own plan for implementing primary health care in our final peer review assignment
This course explores why primary health care is central for achieving Health for All It provides examples of how primary health care has been instrumental in approaching this goal in selected populations and how the principles of primary health care can guide future policies and actions
Developed in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Open Education Lab
Two of the most inspiring, least understood, and most often derided terms in global health discourse are “Health for All” and “Primary Health Care” In this course, we will explore these terms in the context of global health, their origins and meanings, the principles upon which they rest, and examples of how these principles have been implemented at both small and large scale We will also explore some ultra-low-cost approaches to Health for All through primary health care, and the promise that primary health care holds for eventually achieving Health for All
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