ADVOCATING FOR POPULATIONS: PARTNERING TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH
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.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe clinicians' roles in population health advocacy Audience: Graduate 2. Identify key advocacy skills and approaches Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate understanding of the levels of macro advocacy Audience: Graduate 4. Define systems thinking as it relates to advocacy for populations Audience: Graduate 5. Identify systems thinking tools to apply to population health problems Audience: Graduate 6. Apply tools to a population health case study Audience: Graduate 7. Demonstrate understanding of health systems participation in community advocacy Audience: Graduate 8. Describe the role and value of Community Needs Assessments Audience: Graduate 9. Identify models of community engagement and partnerships Audience: Graduate 10. Evaluate advocacy orientations uniquely applicable to organizations Audience: Graduate 11. Demonstrate knowledge of a behavioral science approach to motivate change Audience: Graduate 12. Describe the role of individual well-being in organizational, sector, and societal change efforts Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe clinicians' roles in population health advocacy Audience: Graduate 2. Identify key advocacy skills and approaches Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate understanding of the levels of macro advocacy Audience: Graduate 4. Define systems thinking as it relates to advocacy for populations Audience: Graduate 5. Identify systems thinking tools to apply to population health problems Audience: Graduate 6. Apply tools to a population health case study Audience: Graduate 7. Demonstrate understanding of health systems participation in community advocacy Audience: Graduate 8. Describe the role and value of Community Needs Assessments Audience: Graduate 9. Identify models of community engagement and partnerships Audience: Graduate 10. Evaluate advocacy orientations uniquely applicable to organizations Audience: Graduate 11. Demonstrate knowledge of a behavioral science approach to motivate change Audience: Graduate 12. Describe the role of individual well-being in organizational, sector, and societal change efforts Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027