96702 Foundations in Public Health

Description

This subject is designed to provide an overview of conceptual underpinnings of public health, introduce key approaches, and apply these to a range of contemporary issues that impact on health. It first critically examines some of the different conceptions of health including personal, lay, non-Western, and organisational definitions. In the second module, several different models of public health are considered and how population-level approaches differ from those of the individual focus of the medical sector are discussed. Included is a brief examination of several public health processes and models – research, advocacy, implementation, prevention and promotion – that are central to public health. There are then applies to a range of key challenges, including communicable and non-communicable diseases, globalisation, environmental sustainability and social justice.

Typical availability

Spring session, 2019