Core Elements of Population Health Practice

This first module introduces learners to the scope, origins and ethics of public health. The module begins reviewing different frameworks of public health comprising four domains: health improvement, health protection, healthcare public health and health intelligence.

This second module introduces the wider determinants paradigm: a very different and much broader world-view that recognises more of the socio-cultural, economic and environmental influences on population and individual health.

This third module formalizes understanding of prevention, early identification, resilience and screening. We also begin to explore ideas of strategy and policy and the skills needed for the aspiring professional.

This fourth and final module focuses on the art of public health: examining how we work in political environments, with stakeholders and where a myriad of external influences and personal ideology combine.