This course is multidisciplinary in nature, and aims to equip the global audience of interested lay people, people with chronic disease, public health researchers, health clinicians, students, administrators, and researchers to reflect on the overall impact of the burden of chronic disease . It shows how all chronic diseases (obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cancer) are related by a set of common causes, and that such diseases should be tackled, not individually, but as part of a complex system, with interrelated contributing factors. These factors are genetic, environmental, psychological, economic, social, developmental, and media related.
The Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney is a unique interdisciplinary education and research hub which seeks solutions to chronic disease through a complex systems approach. Academics in many disciplines (in Science and Medicine, but also in Architecture, Humanities, Law etc) work in a collaborative fashion to produce novel solutions to the problems of chronic disease. All contributors and participants in this course are members of the Charles Perkins Centre and will speak from the unique interdisciplinary perspective that this Centre affords.
The course will describe a complex systems approach as the most productive way to ease the burden of chronic disease. It then describes these diseases in detail, their risk factors, and the environmental and biological factors that have led to the current epidemic of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Finally, the solutions – and more importantly the process for finding solutions- is the subject of the last module. No one approach by itself can ever be the answer, and certainly not a simple diet and exercise approach.
The entire course consists of 5 content modules, plus an extra module for completing assignments and discussions, and takes about 6 weeks to complete. Completion certificates are issued on the basis of participation in all 6 modules.
What you'll learn:
- How the Charles Perkins Centre recruits interdisciplinary teams to ease the burden of chronic disease
- How a complex systems approach is necessary to provide solutions to a complex problem
- The fundamentals of chronic disease research and where it is heading
- The biggest risk factors for chronic disease and their global incidence
- The biological, genetic, social, regulatory, and other influences that have inflated these risk factors
- How to provide solutions globally for the reduction of chronic disease
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1完成时间为 4 小时
Module 1 – Setting the Scene
This module looks at the impact of the increasing incidence globally of non-communicable, or chronic, diseases and how the Charles Perkins Centre is developing a new approach to this complex challenge.
5 个视频 （总计 12 分钟）, 5 个阅读材料, 1 个测验
5 个视频
Understanding NCDs2分钟
How can a multidisciplinary approach solve complex societal problems?3分钟
Solutions3分钟
Module 1 Summary46
5 个阅读材料
Module 1 Reading list
Preparation for Assignment 115分钟
A note on the weekly discussion topics...5分钟
The presenters10分钟
Contributors10分钟
1 个练习
Module 115分钟
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2完成时间为 2 小时
Module 2 - The Big Non-Communicable Diseases
This module outlines the five major non-communicable diseases, Obesity, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Cancer, and the many risk factors that they share.
9 个视频 （总计 42 分钟）, 1 个阅读材料, 1 个测验
9 个视频
Cardiovascular disease7分钟
Secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease3分钟
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease4分钟
Diabetes Part 15分钟
Diabetes Part 27分钟
Obesity6分钟
Cancer2分钟
Module 2 Summary1分钟
1 个阅读材料
Module 2 Reading list
1 个练习
Module 220分钟
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3完成时间为 2 小时
Module 3 - The key risk factors for chronic disease
In this module we look more closely at the main risk factors for the non-communicable diseases and at the impact our modern environment is having on the global burden of these preventable diseases.
8 个视频 （总计 40 分钟）, 1 个阅读材料, 1 个测验
8 个视频
Physical activity5分钟
Diet7分钟
Tobacco6分钟
Alcohol6分钟
Sleep apnoea5分钟
Oral health4分钟
Module 3 Summary1分钟
1 个阅读材料
Module 3 Reading list
1 个练习
Module 315分钟
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4完成时间为 4 小时
Module 4 - How did we get here?
This module will provide an overview of the main factors in our biology, our environment, our food production systems, and our human psychology that have made us susceptible to the chronic disease health crisis.
7 个视频 （总计 33 分钟）, 1 个阅读材料, 2 个测验
7 个视频
Our biology10分钟
Our food supply2分钟
Corporate interest3分钟
Corporate interests and nutrition6分钟
Our domestic environment5分钟
Module 4 Summary2分钟
1 个阅读材料
Module 4 Reading list
1 个练习
Module 430分钟
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12 个审阅热门审阅
I HAVE LEARNT SO MANY THINGS THAT HOW WE CAN CHANGE OUR COMMUNITY TO COMBAT CHRONIC DISEASES THE MATTER ONLY LIES IN TAKING THE SINGLE STEP OF REFORM
Very interesting and educational course. I would recommend it to anyone interested in chronic diseases or anyone who wants to live a healthy life.
讲师
Stephen Simpson
Academic Director and Professor, School of Life and Environmental SciencesCharles Perkins Centre
关于 悉尼大学
The University of Sydney is one of the world’s leading comprehensive research and teaching universities, consistently ranked in the top 1 percent of universities in the world. In 2015, we were ranked 45 in the QS World University Rankings, and 100 percent of our research was rated at above, or well above, world standard in the Excellence in Research for Australia report.
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Cost
Students can take this course for free or elect to purchase a certificate for A$65.
Learners who pre-enroll in an upcoming session can immediately access unlocked course resources, including:
· videos
· slideshows
· readings
· all assessments except peer review assignments
They can’t access peer review assignments before the session begins (every 4 weeks) because there needs to be enough learners enrolled in the session to grade the assignments in a timely manner. Once a session is active, learners gain access to all assessments and resources.
Who can enrol in the course?
As this is an open online course, anyone in the world can enrol!
Is it free for University of Sydney and students?
The course is free for everyone. You can pay for a certificate if you want to show your completion on your LinkedIn profile or get a pdf that you can add to your CV. There are no discounts for University of Sydney staff or students on the cost of the certificate.
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