Public Health (Taught)

The Master of Public Health (MPH) is ideal if you’re working in public health and you wish to improve your skills and broaden your knowledge in ways that provide you with more autonomy and expertise in public health practice.

• Develop the skills and knowledge needed to become a Public Health Practitioner who can lead, develop and evaluate public health projects

• Critically explore health organisations and health care provision

• You will investigate public health approaches used toward health protection and promotion for individual, community and population health

• Gain a deep, conceptual understanding that enables evaluation of current research in order to use the best evidence base

• Develop a critical understanding of the wider determinants of health and interventions aimed at reducing health inequalities

If you’re a public health worker, such as a community nurse, environmental health practitioner, health promotion officer, community health worker, or if you have a medical or health background, this course will help you to develop the skills and knowledge needed to become a public health practitioner who can lead, develop, and evaluate public health projects in a multi-disciplinary environment.