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Global Public Health Challenges

Postgraduate | CUR-MPH404 | 2024

Navigate the public health system’s origins. Identify and scrutinise environmental, social and biological factors affecting public health services.Analyse causes of global health issues and plan, introduce and monitor public health interventions. 

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
No ATAR needed,
No prior study
Duration
14 weeks
Start dates
26 Feb 2024

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Global Public Health Challenges

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. critique different perspectives on health, its measurement, determinants and patterns
    2. define public health and analyse its origins, historical development and contemporary approaches
    3. evaluate the role of ethics, equity and evidence in addressing inequality in the context of public health
    4. demonstrate an appropriate understanding of academic integrity principles and apply academic writing, referencing and acknowledgement conventions required for the discipline

Entry requirements

No entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • CUR-CEH601 (Not currently available)

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0.125 EFTSL
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