Level 5 (20 credits) Introduction to Public Health - Single module
- Part-time study available
- NHS Funding and bursaries available
- Duration :
Part-time one semester intake September
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- Explore the concepts of public health and health promotion
- Discuss the impact of the media on health
- Delivered by staff who are subject experts in their field
This course can be studied as a single module for continuing professional development or as part of the Diploma in Contemporary Health Care Practice.
This module aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills to engage in health promoting activity in a variety of settings.
This module will explore:
- Epidemiology, assessment of health need, profiling
- Concepts of health, public health and health promotion
- The place of health promotion in caring
- Planning, implementing and evaluating public health/health promotion activities
- Contemporary public health policies
- Public health promotion: the international context
- Health promoting hospitals
- Media impact on health behaviour
- Screening and public health
- Culture and health promotion