University of Michigan - Structural Racism: Causes of Health Inequities in the U.S.
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Structural Racism: Causes of Health Inequities in the U.S. at Coursera Overview
Duration | 18 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Structural Racism: Causes of Health Inequities in the U.S. at Coursera Highlights
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Structural Racism: Causes of Health Inequities in the U.S. at Coursera Course details
- To understand these differences, and ultimately identify solutions to eliminate these disparities, we need to dig deeper and look at the root causes
- We need to examine how our socio-political institutions have racial inequities embedded within their policies and practices
- We need to re-examine history to learn how and why race was created and how it was used to advance the interests of whites
- Learners in this course will be guided through these examinations in order to gain a deeper understanding of why health disparities exist in the U.S. and what will be necessary to eliminate these disparities
- Additionally, course assignments will give learners the opportunity to practice advocacy skills through the creation of writing products intended to convince decision-makers to change their perspective
Structural Racism: Causes of Health Inequities in the U.S. at Coursera Curriculum
Course Introduction & Policy, Politics, and Racial Health Inequities
Welcome to the Course!
Introduction to Systems, Health Equity, and Inequities
Systemic Racism and Health
Health Equity and Inequities: COVID-19 Case
The Affordable Care Act (ACA): Historical and Contemporary Stakes
Race, Politics and Health: Interview with Holly Jarman
Meet Your Instructors
Course Syllabus
Overview of Writing Assignments
Community Guidelines
Course Pre-Survey
Introduction and Guidelines for This Week
Read and Listen: Regulations, Laws, and Legal Practices Affecting Health Equities & How Systemic Racism Determines Black Health & Wealth In Chicago
Read: The Fight for Health Care has Always Been About Civil Rights & How Obamacare Saved Detroit
Watch: Medicare and Medicaid at 50: America's Entitlement Programs in the Age of Affordable Care
Read and Watch: Survey reveals racial, political differences in COVID-19 responses & Political Determinants of Health
Week 1 Wrap Up and Key Takeaways
Brief Introduction to the Workbook Tool
Week 1 Quiz
Historical Roots of Health Inequities
Who invented race, racism, & white supremacy?
How was race, racism, & white supremacy first codified into law in the US?
What is Settler Colonialism & How Does it Impact Health?
Racialization & Marginalization of Immigrants in the U.S.
20th Century Policies as Affirmative Action for Whites
History & Health Inequities: Interview with Jannah Bierens
Introduction and Guidelines for this Week
Read: The Importance of Teaching History of Inequities in Public Health Programs
Optional Listen: How Race Was Made (Seeing White, Part 2)
Listen: Made in America (Seeing White, Part 3)
Optional Reading: The American Indian Holocaust: Healing Historical Unresolved Grief
Watch: Impact of Unresolved Trauma on American Indian Health Equity by Donald Warne
Read: Borders, Laborers, and Racialized Medicalization Mexican Immigration and US Public Health Practices in the 20th Century
Optional Listen: Immigration Nation & Citizen Thind (Seeing White, Part 10)
Watch and Listen: Housing Segregation In Everything & Location! Location! Location!
Optional Listen: White Affirmative Action
Optional Reading: What is Owed
Optional Read: The Case for Reparations
Week 2 Wrap Up and Key Takeaways
Week 2 Quiz
State Violence and Health Inequities
Law Enforcement Making Its Way Into Your Body
Law Enforcement Violence is Patterned by Race
Law Enforcement and Community Response: Interview with Maria Thomas
Race, Drugs and Law Enforcement Violence: Part 1
Race, Drugs, and Law Enforcement Violence: Part 2
Introduction and Guidelines for this Week
Read: Ending police violence requires public health-based approach: APHA statement guiding work, outreach
Explore and Read: Mapping Police Violence & Pain of police killings ripples outward to traumatize Black people and communities across US
Read: The fallout of police violence is killing black women like Erica Garner
Watch and Read: Ice El Hielo & How a major immigration raid affected infant health
Read: Get Armed Police Out of Emergency Rooms
Read: This How Racial Health Inequities Undermine Democracy
Read: Multiple studies find racial profiling in traffic stops
Read: An undercount of Latinos killed by police
Read: The forgotten minority in police shootings
Optional Read: New Report Details How and Why Routine Traffic Stops Turn Deadly
Read: How Racial Profiling Goes Unchecked in Immigration Enforcement
Read: Tired of Being Called a Terrorist
Read: The claim that drugs killed George Floyd relies on a racist trope
Read: What works to reduce police brutality
Read: John Legend: We need to #SayHerName: Happy birthday, Breonna Taylor (Op-ed)
Read: Six Ideas for a Cop-Free World
Week 3 Wrap Up and Key Takeaways
Course Post-Survey
Week 3 Quiz
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