Take time to look at a few 2-4 minute videos to be physical, mentally, and logistically be better prepared to recover from your upcoming surgery.…

Learning Objectives: For patients and family members, you often know the date of an elective surgery. This journey will help you count down to it…

 

 

 

A Report of the Surgeon General – Community Health and Economic Prosperity Engaging Businesses as Stewards and Stakeholders

Publisher’s Note: The Force for Health Network is excited to present this Watch and Learn Challenge for our users, especially during National Minority Health Month…

By Toni Bucynski and the Force for Health team lead by Intern Salimatou Bah, and Dr. Robert Gillio

This is not homework or an assignment.  This is where you start to join the real health care and community team to help your neighbors. This is the place to earn your BASIC COVID FORCE badge. It is a series of 7 videos, and will take you about 30 minutes total. We are asking all Force for Health members to take this journey.  We need your help. Appropriate for all ages 13 and up.  

Chemicals in what we eat and drink, and byproducts of digestion of food, can sometimes be toxic. The kidneys act like a thermostat and if…

This system has several complex hormonal and anatomical functions. One of them is controlling the cycle of getting the uterus ready to house a baby…

Chemical messengers are sent through the body from one type of cell to another, via the bloodstream, to give permissions, change processes, or warn of…

These short 3 minute videos give an overview of the sensory organs for hearing, taste, and smell. Watch these to appreciate how they all fit…

It is a long tube that inspired the invention of the assembly line. Take a journey from the mouth the exit at the other end…

This is where we think and mentally exist. Take 3 minutes for each of the two videos and use your brain to better understand the…

The blood carries the oxygen as it flows through the body. It gets it in the lungs and shares it with cells in the body.…

Earn your Let’s Get Cellular Badge! We are a body made of billions of cells. Here is a brief overview of how a cell works.

The decisions we make can affect our future health. Take 3 minutes to understand and visualize better each of these risky behaviors and consider making…

VIVA initially was created to train aboriginal Australians with low reading and health literacy, to understand conditions that may be affecting them or their families.…

In this journey, we will visit major milestones that have occurred over the last 400 years, when the slavery ships first arrived in the US and better understand why me must continue to improve equity and opportunity for all.

Written with Olivia Marker.

Welcome! This brief course will outline the basics of a cholesterol test, why this test is performed, and what the results of a cholesterol test…

 

This course will provide an overview of the basics of an A1C test, why it is performed, and how to interpret the result of an…

Are you ready to earn your Diabetes BASICS Badge? This course will give an overview of diabetes and basic diabetes facts as well as the…