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Do you know we live in a world where more than one billion people are under-nourished while another billion are overweight?
In this course you will understand the challenges in public health, food security. You will explore the connections among diet, the current food and food animal production systems, consider factors such as economics, population and equity. You will learn complex relationships between all these as well as alternative approaches to achieving both local and global food security.
Assessment
This course does not involve any written exams. Students need to answer 5 assignment questions to complete the course, the answers will be in the form of written work in pdf or word. Students can write the answers in their own time. Each answer needs to be 200 words (1 Page). Once the answers are submitted, the tutor will check and assess the work.
Certification
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Course Credit: JHSPH Open
Course Curriculum
| Lecture 1 a Diet, Food Production, Public Health and the Environment (Lawrence) | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 1 b Diet, Food Production, Public Health and the Environment (Lawrence) | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 1 c Diet, Food Production, Public Health and the Environment (Lawrence) | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 1 d Diet, Food Production, Public Health and the Environment (Lawrence) | 00:20:00 | ||
| Lecture 1 e Diet, Food Production, Public Health and the Environment (Lawrence) | 00:15:00 | ||
| Lecture 2 a A Brief Introduction to Food Security and Food Systems (Walker) | 00:20:00 | ||
| Lecture 2 b A Brief Introduction to Food Security and Food Systems (Walker) | 00:20:00 | ||
| Lecture 3 a Ingredients of the Food System (Kim) | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 3 b Ingredients of the Food System (Kim) | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 3 c Ingredients of the Food System (Kim) | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 3 d Ingredients of the Food System (Kim) | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 5 a What Does Agriculture Have to do with Public Health (Kirschenmann) | 00:20:00 | ||
| Lecture 5 b What Does Agriculture Have to do with Public Health (Kirschenmann) | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 6 a Public Health Considerations IFAP Model (Nachman) | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 6 b Public Health Considerations IFAP Model (Nachman) | 00:15:00 | ||
| Lecture 6 c Public Health Considerations IFAP Model (Nachman) | 00:20:00 | ||
| Lecture 6 d Public Health Considerations IFAP Model (Nachman) | 00:15:00 | ||
| Lecture 6 e Public Health Considerations IFAP Model (Nachman) | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 7 a Swine farming and MRSA (Smith) | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 7 b Swine farming and MRSA (Smith) | 00:15:00 | ||
| Lecture 7 c Swine farming and MRSA (Smith) | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 7 d Swine farming and MRSA (Smith) | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 9: Out to Pasture (CLF) | 00:34:00 | ||
| Lecture 11 a Closing the Food Gap Historical Review and Future Perspectives (Winne) | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 11 b Closing the Food Gap b Historical Review and Future Perspectives (Winne) | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 12 a U.S. Food and Farm Policy Where is Health (Neff) | 00:20:00 | ||
| Lecture 12 b U.S. Food and Farm Policy Where is Health (Neff) | 00:30:00 | ||
| Lecture 12 c U.S. Food and Farm Policy Where is Health (Neff) | 00:20:00 | ||
| Lecture 13 a Agriculture, Economic Principles and Rural Communities (Weida) | 00:15:00 | ||
| Lecture 13 b Agriculture, Economic Principles and Rural Communities (Weida) | 00:20:00 | ||
| Lecture 14 From Farmer to Advocate (Spence) | 00:20:00 | ||
| Lecture 16 a A Vision for Sustainable Agriculture (Heller) | 00:25:00 | ||
| Lecture 16 b A Vision for Sustainable Agriculture (Heller) | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 16 c A Vision for Sustainable Agriculture (Heller) | 00:15:00 | ||
| Lecture 17 a Moving Towards a Better Food System Toronto’s Food Policy (Roberts) | 00:15:00 | ||
| Lecture 17 b Moving Towards a Better Food System Toronto’s Food Policy (Roberts) | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 17 c Moving Towards a Better Food System Toronto’s Food Policy (Roberts) | 00:20:00 | ||
| Lecture 17 d Moving Towards a Better Food System Toronto’s Food Policy (Roberts) | 00:10:00 | ||
| Lecture 18 a Growing Local, Sustainable Food Systems The Local Food Plus Approach (Stahlbrand) | 00:15:00 | ||
| Lecture 18 b Growing Local, Sustainable Food Systems The Local Food Plus Approach (Stahlbrand) | 00:05:00 | ||
| Lecture 19 a Advocacy for Better Health and a Smaller Footprint The MM Campaign (Lerner) | 00:15:00 | ||
| Lecture 19 b Advocacy for Better Health and a Smaller Footprint The MM Campaign (Lerner) | 00:20:00 | ||
| Lecture 19 c Advocacy for Better Health and a Smaller Footprint The MM Campaign (Lerner) | 00:15:00 | ||
| Lecture 20 Concluding Commentaries Opportunities for Public Health (All Speakers) | 00:35:00 | ||
| Assessment | |||
| Submit Your Assignment | 00:00:00 | ||
| Certification | 00:00:00 | ||
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