Health in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
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Health in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
Emory University
Acerca de este Curso
4.7
92 calificaciones
The Center for Humanitarian Emergencies is a partnership between CDC's Emergency Response and Recovery Branch and the Rollins School of Public Health that drives global collaboration, research and evidence based training to improve the lives and well-being of populations impacted by humanitarian emergencies.
- Center for Humanitarian Emergencies: http://www.che.emory.edu/
- CDC's Emergency Response and Recovery Branch: http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/healthprotection/errb/index.html
This course covers the technical and management principles that are the basis of planning, implementing, and evaluating health programs for acutely displaced populations in developing countries. The emphasis is on refugees in camp situations. The course includes modules on assessment, nutrition, epidemiology of major health problems, surveillance, and program management in the context of an international relief operation.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:
1. Describe a complex humanitarian crisis in terms of magnitude, person, time and place.
2. Calculate basic epidemiology measures.
3. Evaluate the strengths and limitations of epidemiological data within the context of CHE.
4. Develop public health programs and strategies responsive to the diverse cultural values and traditions of the community being served.
5. Identify internal and external problems that may affect the delivery of essential public health services in a CHE.
6. Identify the different technical areas in a public health response in CHEs.
Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso
Week
1Setting the Stage: Refugees, Displaced Persons, Conflict, and Complex Emergencies
Defining complex humanitarian emergencies, the top priorities and response, and main actors involved.
5 videos (Total: 36 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
5 videos
What are CHEs/Top Priorities12m
Major Actors8m
Data Collection in Emergencies11m
Overview/Summary1m
2 lecturas
Getting Started10m
Readings & Resources45m
1 ejercicio de práctica
MODULE 1 Quiz12m
Week
2Healthcare in the Emergency Phase
Mental health programming for populations impacted by emergencies, reproductive health, food and nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene.
5 videos (Total: 44 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
5 videos
Reproductive Health8m
Food and Nutrition10m
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene14m
Overview/Summary1m
1 lectura
Readings and Resources45m
1 ejercicio de práctica
MODULE 2 QUIZ16m
Week
3Disease Control
Disease control, and communicable non-communicable diseases.
8 videos (Total: 64 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
8 videos
Vaccine Preventable Diseases / Measles10m
Malaria Control8m
Infectious Disease Emergency Response8m
Communicable Diseases - Acute Respiratory Infections10m
Non-Communicable Diseases8m
Overview/Summary1m
Supplementary: Diarrheal Diseases: A true life example from Haiti, 204m
1 lectura
Readings and Resources45m
1 ejercicio de práctica
MODULE 3 QUIZ18m
Week
4Program Management
Overview of an essential component of emergency management - program management.
5 videos (Total: 42 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
5 videos
Logistics Part I9m
Logistics, Part II8m
Mental Health Aid Workers7m
Wrap Up3m
1 lectura
Readings and Resources45m
1 ejercicio de práctica
MODULE 4 QUIZ16m
Instructores
Dabney P. Evans, PhD, MPH
Assistant ProfessorHubert Department of Global Health. Rollins School of Public Health. Director, Center for Humanitarian Emergencies.
Cyrus Shahpar
Assistant Professor, Adjunct Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine & Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health
Acerca de Emory University
Emory University, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the world's leading research universities. Its mission is to create, preserve, teach and apply knowledge in the service of humanity.
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