Free Teaching Resources for The Formula for Better Health
Bringing Public Health Strategy into the Classroom
The Formula for Better Health: How to Save Millions of Lives — Including Your Own lays out a practical framework—See, Believe, Create—to stop disease outbreaks, prevent cancer and heart disease, and strengthen health systems in the U.S. and worldwide.
We developed these free teaching materials to help instructors bring the book’s concepts into undergraduate and graduate public health courses. They are a starting point — we welcome your help making them better.
Each resource uses real-world examples, structured discussion, and applied analysis to ground students in the core challenges of public health practice.
You can integrate these materials into an existing course or build a short module around a single concept or group of concepts.
Download and Adapt
All materials are free to download. Use them as they are, or adapt them for your courses.
Acclaim and Endorsements
“The teaching materials accompanying The Formula for Better Health help students understand how evidence-based interventions are developed, implemented, and scaled to improve population health. The book is a must for students of public health and these well organized and engaging materials make it even more valuable for instructors and their students.”
Richard SkolnikFormer Director for Health, Nutrition and Population for South Asia at the World Bank and author of Global Health 101, Fourth Edition
“These course materials bring public health to life, allowing students to experience the work of using data to design and implement programs that save lives. The clarity of ‘The Formula for Better Health’ translates naturally to specific lesson plans that open the world of public health progress to students.”
Dr. Joshua M. SharfsteinVice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
“This toolkit provides a great introduction to core public health skills – regardless of whether you are an undergraduate or a medical doctor. I appreciate how these case studies dive into the full spectrum of modifiable root causes of poor health, ranging from bacteria to cigarettes to stigma.”
Dr. Megan RanneyDean, Yale School of Public Health
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These materials will improve with use. We invite instructors to join a Community of Practice dedicated to strengthening public health education. Share what works in your classroom, suggest new case studies, propose revisions, and help build a resource that reflects the collective experience of educators across the field. If you’re interested, please register below.