Public Health (S06)

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Postgraduate Graduate Certificate Distance learning 1 Year MedicineHealthCounselling, psychotherapy, and occupational therapy

About this course

This certificate provides you with critical understanding of public health, health promotion and health security. You’ll study how social determinants of health and illness create inequalities and inequities across populations. This will lead to the consideration of evidenced-based remedies and interventions aimed at individual and communal wellbeing. Successful completion provides the underpinning knowledge to inform public health practice in line with United Kingdom Public Health Register (UKPHR) standards. However, we do not offer a public health practice placement as part of this qualification, so if you intend to register with UKPHR, you must demonstrate their standards in practice.

Key features of the course

  • Explore a rapidly developing area of public health.

  • Critically evaluate how inequalities in society impact individual and community health.

  • Examine the ethical, legal, economic and political issues that influence healthcare provision.

  • Learn about the United Kingdom Public Health Register and its standards for practice.

  • Gain insight into evidence-based practice in public health.
  • Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    3219 Health associate professionals
    2483 Environmental health professionals
    3214 Complementary health associate professionals
    3582 Health and safety managers and officers
    2259 Other health professionals
    3560 Public services associate professionals

    Course Details

    Qualification
    Graduate Certificate
    Study Mode
    Distance learning
    Duration
    1 Year
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Milton Keynes
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Medicine, Health, Counselling, psychotherapy, and occupational therapy