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Introducing public health

Offered By: OpenLearn

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Course Description

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This free course, Introducing public health, presents some key elements of public health and health promotion. It considers the scope and focus of public health and how it is subject to change and located within the wider global context.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 What is public health?
  • 1 What is public health?
  • 2 The shifting focus of public health
  • 2 The shifting focus of public health
  • 3 Different perspectives on health
  • 3 Different perspectives on health
  • 4 Influences on health
  • 4 Influences on health
  • 5 Life-course effects
  • 5 Life-course effects
  • 6 Scope of public health
  • 6 Scope of public health
  • 7 Partnerships between sectors
  • 7 Partnerships between sectors
  • 8 Reflections
  • 8 Reflections
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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