Free Online Public Health Courses

Make a difference in communities worldwide through public health courses. Learn about epidemiology, health policy, and preventive measures. Taking a public health course equips you to work in healthcare policy and community health.

90 Public Health Courses

Global Health Policy

The University of Tokyo

In this course, learners will become familiar with principles and theories of global health problems, and major challenges and controversies in improving global...

Health Behavior Change: From Evidence to Action

Yale University

Humans often fail to make rational decisions that affect their health. This course seeks to heighten understanding of the social and behavioral factors that contribute...

Health in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies

Emory University

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...

Health Systems Development

Imperial College London

This specialisation aims to expose students to, and engage them in, all-encompassing thinking of ‘health systems’ and the importance of a horizontal approach...

Health Systems Development: A Focus on Health Service Delivery and Human Resources for Health

Imperial College London

This specialization is intended for people interested in health systems and how they function. Participants will learn about the global health systems landscape...

Health Systems Development: Introduction to Health Systems

Imperial College London

This specialization is intended for people interested in health systems and how they function. Participants will learn about the global health systems landscape...

Healthcare Innovation: What Does Success Look Like and How to Achieve It?

Imperial College London

This course focuses on the factors involved in the adoption of innovation - features, organizations, country of origin, cognitive, normative and affective aspects,...

Healthy Aging and the Future of Cannabis Research

University of Colorado Boulder

This Healthy Aging and Future of Cannabis Research course is designed to have you think critically about the health effects of cannabis (i.e., marijuana) in the...

Healthy and Sustainable Foods and Products

University of Michigan

The effects of climate change have prompted individuals and institutions to evaluate their impact on our planet. In this specialization, learn how you and global...

Helping Families Avoid Negative Court Involvement Teach-Out

Johns Hopkins University

This course will teach learners how to understand when issues can become legal issues, encourage learners to recognize legal problems early, identify possible “legal...

High Level Biocontainment for Healthcare Facilities

University of Nebraska

The goal of this 4-week course is to equip learners to safely care for a patient infected with a pathogen requiring high-level biocontainment. This can be accomplished...

Hypothesis Testing in Public Health

Johns Hopkins University

Biostatistics is an essential skill for every public health researcher because it provides a set of precise methods for extracting meaningful conclusions from data....

Impacts of the Environment on Global Public Health

University of Michigan

In this specialization, you will explore how many public health outcomes are directly influenced by human contact with the environment. The four courses in this...

In the footsteps of Zika… approaching the unknown

University of Geneva

Welcome ! Welcome to this on-demand MOOC “In the footsteps of Zika… approaching the unknown”. This MOOC has been produced by Université de Genève (www.unige.ch),...

Infection Prevention in Nursing Homes

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Learn about the role of environment in disease transmission and how to implement standard and transmission-based precautions to prevent the spread of antibiotic...

Infectious Disease Modelling

Imperial College London

Mathematical modelling is increasingly being used to support public health decision-making in the control of infectious diseases. This specialisation aims to introduce...

Instructional Methods in Health Professions Education

University of Michigan

This course provides those involved in educating members of the health professions an asynchronous, interdisciplinary, and interactive way to obtain, expand, and...

Introduction to Digital health

Imperial College London

This course introduces the field of digital health and the key concepts and definitions in this emerging field. The key topics include Learning Health Systems and...