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Overview
This Practising and Promoting Public Health in a Global Context course from University of Liverpool explores the history of public health and the role of a public health practitioner working in a global context. You will explore a range of topics, including history, politics, disease burdens, social determinants of health, and health inequalities. You will also learn to critically appraise public health theories and practices in relation to health, disease, and social inequities relevant to practice at a local, regional, national, and global level.
Throughout the standalone module, critical thinking and group assessment methods are used to reflect real-world public health issues. By the end, you will have developed a critical awareness and understanding of the knowledge, application, and practice of public health in a global context.
Career prospects
Practising and Promoting Public Health in a Global Context will be beneficial whether you are looking to progress in your current role or want to take the first step into a career in public health. Upon successful completion of this online short course, you can progress onto one of our full online Master of Public Health (MPH) programmes.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Models of health
- Global burden of disease
- Quantifying health outcomes and trends in disease
- Strengths and limitations of public health data
- Measures of health
- Social determinations of health
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 3 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
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Credits
15 alternative credits
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- Liverpool, United Kingdom
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
IELTS 6.5
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Practising and Promoting Public Health in a Global Context is an ideal gateway to a master’s degree. On successful completion you will be eligible to progress to one of our public health programmes.
- The public health programmes are created for public health professionals and assessments are designed to be authentic – allowing you to apply your professional experience to complete the tasks. Therefore, this online short course is best suited to candidates who have some level of relevant experience to draw upon, including paid, voluntary or even a work placement opportunity.
- You must provide evidence that you have an English language ability equivalent to an IELTS (academic) score of 6.5 (overall) and 7.0 (reading and writing).
Tuition Fees
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Applies to youNon-residents1495 GBP / year≈ 1495 GBP / year -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents1446 GBP / year≈ 1446 GBP / year
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