PHH1081 Foundations of public health

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Discuss the principles underpinning public health and examine public health values from different paradigms;

2. 2

   Describe the history and evolution of public health and discuss how they have impacted on the health of the populations;

3. 3

   Discuss a range of behavioural, social and cultural, environmental and political determinants that create health and cause ill-health and inequalities;

4. 4

   Identify a range of public health interventions and appraise their strengths and limitations;

5. 5

   Discuss the critical relationship between human rights and public health, and identify the critical ethical considerations for public health practice;

6. 6

   Examine the inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary systems that comprise good public health and implications for the workforce.