STUDY

This module will focus on the main domains, principles and concepts of public health as a discipline as well as defining and exploring the indices of wellbeing in the public health domain. Health promotion will be examined in depth which will incorporate behavioural theories and models and the impact that policies of importance to public health have on population health and wellbeing.

This module will focus on the variety of research methods that apply to public health and the discipline of epidemiology in public health. With a focus on primary research and secondary research, there will be a detailed appraisal of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research alongside literature searching and the importance of a systematic approach to a literature review.

This module will focus on evidence-led leadership and best practice to enhance competencies, embrace values, and empower decisions to become public health leaders in low (lower/upper), middle, and high-income countries. There will be the opportunity to explore principles of health economics and health protection with a strong focus on the Sustainable Development Goals and other relevant policies in public health that have a global reach, all of which will underpin the module. 

Nutrition is one of the pillars for health and wellbeing and in practice, public health nutrition is inextricably linked to the improvement of health and prevention of disease. This module will address core contemporary issues in public health nutrition such as food inequality, obesity and chronic diseases, nutrition transitions, food sustainability and nutrition marketing. This module will have a particular focus on the impact of public health policies on the health and wellbeing of populations at local, national and global levels.

This module will focus on the health behaviour of physical activity and the importance of it within public health. There will be a particular focus on the relationship between physical activity and health status which also incorporates sedentary behaviour alongside the area of interventions and policies in the physical activity and public health arena.

This module will focus on the appraisal of healthcare and public health practice applied during the first 1000 days of life: from conception to age 2. The link between health inequalities/disparities and health inequities will be explored with the view to assess current policies that are designed to nourish strong beginnings for parent and baby, such as breastfeeding support programmes and expand programmes that help the most vulnerable.

This module will focus on the mental health needs of individuals and populations across all age groups exploring the variety of factors that impact mental health, policies designed to support mental health and interventions that assist with the management/support of mental health in populations.

This module provides students with the opportunity to undertake an independent research project of their own design. Supervision and some guided workshops will be provided.