Spring 2027

Advocating for Populations: Partnering to Improve Community Health

Introduction to advocating for populations by exploring determinants of health, systemic causes in U.S. health care, and strategies for creating change on behalf of patient groups.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Shobhina Chheda

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe clinicians' roles in population health advocacy

  • Identify key advocacy skills and approaches

  • Demonstrate understanding of the levels of macro advocacy

  • Define systems thinking as it relates to advocacy for populations

  • Identify systems thinking tools to apply to population health problems

  • Apply tools to a population health case study

  • Demonstrate understanding of health systems participation in community advocacy

  • Describe the role and value of Community Needs Assessments

  • Identify models of community engagement and partnerships

  • Evaluate advocacy orientations uniquely applicable to organizations

  • Demonstrate knowledge of a behavioral science approach to motivate change

  • Describe the role of individual well-being in organizational, sector, and societal change efforts

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MEDSC-M 941

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

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Introduction to advocacy for population health. Covers determinants of health and the systemic causes that specific populations experience with health and health care in the U.S. Explore a range of strategies and tools for creating productive change with, and on behalf of, groups of patients. Strengthen the ability to see connections between the experiences of individual patients and providers and the organizational, political, social, and economic structures that influence the experiences of all health care stakeholders.

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Topics

  • Determinants of health and systemic causes affecting specific populations in the U.S.
  • Strategies and tools for creating productive change with and on behalf of patient groups.
  • Community Needs Assessments and models of community engagement.

Skills

  • Identifying advocacy skills, applying systems thinking tools to case studies, and evaluating organizational advocacy orientations.

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MEDSC-M 941 · Spring 2027

Advocating for Populations: Partnering to Improve Community Health

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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