8 Best Social Determinants of Health Courses on Coursera
We compared 8 Social Determinants of Health courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 3 come from a named university or institution, including University of Minnesota, Imperial College London and University of Michigan. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 8
- Price range
- $49.00 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 8 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "social determinants of health" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Social Determinants of Health: Data to Action
Offered by University of Minnesota
This five course specialization explores dimensions of applied knowledge related to the social determinants of health. This specialization will utilize the Data-to-Action Hourglass Model to support thinking about multipl...
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Social Determinants of Health: Vulnerable Populations
Offered by University of Minnesota
This second of five courses focuses on how social determinants of health affects vulnerable populations. Focusing on four groups of vulnerable populations, students will examine how social determinants of health contribu...
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Social Determinants of Health: Methodological Opportunities
Offered by University of Minnesota
This fourth of five courses examines the methodological approaches and research tools that inform our understanding of best practices in working with science teams, communities, and with data. The topics of this course i...
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Global Disease Masterclass
Offered by Imperial College London
The Global Disease Masterclass specialisation aims to provide students with an overview of core health challenges and lines of epidemiological research being undertaken, across a range of infectious and non-communicable...
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Addressing Racial Health Inequity in Healthcare
Offered by University of Michigan
Recent events have once again put a spotlight on 400+ years of racism that has deeply entrenched our everyday structures, notably healthcare delivery. There is a significant need to provide a deep skillset to learners wh...
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History of Racial Inequity in Healthcare
Offered by University of Michigan
The first course of the Addressing Racial Health Inequity in Healthcare specialization will first situate the role of public health in healthcare, and walk through important concepts and definitions that you will see thr...
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The Influence of Social Determinants on Health
Offered by University of Michigan
Why are some groups healthier than others, and how do these differences emerge and persist over a lifetime? How do social policies on housing, transportation, and employment relate to health and health inequalities? This...
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Participatory Approaches in Public Health
Offered by Imperial College London
This specialisation guides learners through the process of designing an appropriate participatory approach to a given public health challenge, focusing on the history, theory and practice of participatory approaches to p...
$49.00listed price
Best Social Determinants of Health Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Social Determinants of Health: Data to Action | Coursera | University of Minnesota | $79.00 | View → |
| 2 | Social Determinants of Health: Vulnerable Populations | Coursera | University of Minnesota | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Social Determinants of Health: Methodological Opportunities | Coursera | University of Minnesota | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Global Disease Masterclass | Coursera | Imperial College London | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Addressing Racial Health Inequity in Healthcare | Coursera | University of Michigan | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | History of Racial Inequity in Healthcare | Coursera | University of Michigan | $49.00 | View → |
| 7 | The Influence of Social Determinants on Health | Coursera | University of Michigan | $49.00 | View → |
| 8 | Participatory Approaches in Public Health | Coursera | Imperial College London | $49.00 | View → |
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 8 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $30.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 3 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Minnesota, Imperial College London and University of Michigan — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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