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This course covers chemicals in our environment and in our bodies and how they impact our health. It addresses policies and practices related to chemicals, particularly related to how they get into our bodies (exposures), what they do when they get there (toxicology), how we measure them (biomonitoring) and their impact on our health. Most examples are drawn from the US.

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Nivel principiante

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Inglés (English)

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Prueba Coursera para negocios

Fechas límite flexibles

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Certificado para compartir

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Nivel principiante

Aprox. 11 horas para completar

Inglés (English)

¿Podría tu empresa beneficiarse de la capacitación de los empleados en las habilidades más demandadas?

Prueba Coursera para negocios

Instructores

Calificación del instructor

4,73/5 (366 calificaciones)

Dr. Megan Weil Latshaw, PhD

Director of the Masters Programs in Environmental Health

Bloomberg School of Public Health

77.495 alumnos

2 cursos

Beth A. Resnick, MPH

Associate Scientist

Health Policy and Management

68.909 alumnos

2 cursos

Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso

Calificación del contenido97%(5,146 calificaciones)

Semana

1

Semana 1

3 horas para completar

Week 1: Welcome & Introduction

Start off this week with the peer assessment (we know, we know. . .how can we have an assessment before the course even starts, right?). We simply hope to gauge your initial understanding of the topics that we’ll cover (so grade easy).

3 horas para completar

5 videos (Total 65 minutos), 2 lecturas, 1 cuestionario

5 videos

Lecture 0: Chemicals and Health: Course Overview - Megan Latshaw14m

Lecture 1A: Chemicals in Our Environment: What Is a Chemical and How Are We Exposed - Burke7m

Lecture 1B: Chemicals in Our Environment: What Is a Chemical and How Are We Exposed - Burke8m

Lecture 1C: Chemicals in Our Environment: What Is a Chemical and How Are We Exposed - Burke21m

The Chemical Revolution - Megan Latshaw14m

2 lecturas

Syllabus10m

Grading10m

Semana

2

Semana 2

1 hora para completar

Week 2 - Toxicology: What do chemicals do in our bodies?

Now that you have a sense of what a chemical is, and how we are exposed to them, we dive into the science of how chemicals impact our health, starting with toxicology. But before you dive into the study of poisons, please review, evaluate, and grade at least four of your classmates' submissions from last week. After you listen to the lectures by Professor Trush, take the ten-question/multiple-choice quiz that covers weeks 1 & 2. Feel free to go back and use the lectures to help you answer the questions.

1 hora para completar

3 videos (Total 33 minutos)

Semana

3

Semana 3

1 hora para completar

Week 3 - Biomonitoring: How do we measure these chemicals in our bodies and why?

Start by watching a two-minute video and a five-minute news report. Post your reactions not only to the video and audio files, but also to your peers’ thoughts!

1 hora para completar

2 videos (Total 37 minutos)

Semana

4

Semana 4

1 hora para completar

Week 4 - Health effects of chemicals: How do we figure out how chemicals affect our health?

Finally we get to one of the main questions presented in this course - how do scientists assess the impact of chemicals on our health? You’ll hear from a physician who specializes in environmental & occupational medicine and epidemiology. Then you’ll hear how policymakers use the knowledge that we do have (about chemicals & health) to assess risk and drive policy. Once you’ve viewed the two lectures, another ten-question/multiple-choice quiz will assess how much information you absorbed from weeks 3 and 4. Feel free to go back and use the lectures to help you answer the questions.

1 hora para completar

2 videos (Total 57 minutos)

Semana

5

Semana 5

3 horas para completar

Week 5 - Chemicals Policy: What do we do about chemicals & health?

So far we’ve covered: how chemicals get into our bodies and how we measure them, what our bodies do with them and what they do to our bodies, and how that ultimately impacts our health. Now we turn to policy and how society addresses the impact of chemicals on health.

We will hear from a non-profit group that works to change policies such as laws & regulations related to this area. Then we’ll hear how such changes have impacted our health and environment historically, looking specifically at air quality regulation in the US. After you view the lectures in Module 5, there is a second peer-reviewed writing assessment that aims to gauge your shift in understanding the complex relationship between chemicals and health (again grade each other generously).

3 horas para completar

6 videos (Total 59 minutos)

Semana

6

Semana 6

2 horas para completar

Week 6: Case Studies

At this point you may be wondering: so how do all these pieces fit together? From chemicals in our natural world to production on a large scale, through exposure to health effects and policy . . . this module provides real world examples of how the general public, scientists, industry, governments and non-profit groups come together to effect change. Specifically, we’ll hear about tobacco, contaminated food, drinking water, nanotechnology & worker health. At some point this week (either before, after or in-between listening to the case studies), you’ll need to review, evaluate, and grade at least four of your classmates' submissions from last week. The final lecture offers a summary & conclusion, hopefully providing ideas for next steps for those of you interested in learning or doing more related to chemicals & health. Please let us know how we did and how we can improve!

2 horas para completar

6 videos (Total 114 minutos)

6 videos

Lecture 10: Cotinine and Secondhand Tobacco Smoke in New York - Aldous16m

Lecture 11: Chemicals and Cigarettes - Cohen20m

Lecture 12: Arsenic Exposure from Food: How It Gets There, Why We Should Care, How to Reduce Exposure - Rangan17m

Lecture 13: Drinking Water in the US - Schwab21m

Lecture 14: Nanotechnology & Worker Health - Breysse15m

Lecture 15: Course Wrap-Up - Resnick and Burke22m

Reseñas

4.7

334 reseña

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Principales reseñas sobre CHEMICALS AND HEALTH

por TB10 de jun. de 2020

Well structured, easy to follow, knowledge gained allowed for quizzes and assignments to be answered fully. I feel like I've come away with a good foundation for toxicology.

por MP19 de abr. de 2017

Thank you for giving me excellent information on Chemicals and Health. It is very helpful course for me. Thank you Johns Hopkins University and coursera.

por GK24 de ago. de 2021

This course was full of amazing information. great video lectures, case studies, research, Great professors. I would love to take an advanced course in the same subject. Thank you so much Bravo

por AR21 de sep. de 2020

This course is really good. The lectures are precise and nicely explained. From this course I gained knowledge about toxicity of chemicals, impact of chemicals to human health etc.

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