Public Health
Public Health
A course by
University of Auckland
Explore a career in Public Health, focusing on improving the health and wellbeing of populations through research, policy, advocacy, and community initiatives.
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Understand determinants of population health
Develop knowledge of the social, economic, and environmental factors that influence the health of groups and society.
Disease surveillance and research skills
Gain the ability to research, monitor and respond to communicable and non-communicable disease threats within populations.
Policy advocacy and health promotion
Learn to advocate for, and contribute to, health policy development and public initiatives promoting healthy behaviors.
What You're Signing Up For
Public Health addresses the health of a society through promoting healthy lifestyles, researching diseases, addressing health disparities, and working with government and communities to improve quality of life. The subject includes monitoring and responding to communicable diseases, advocating for health policy, and encouraging healthy behaviors within communities.
Course Content
- Promotion of healthy lifestyles
- Disease research and surveillance
- Health disparities and determinants of health
- Mental health, poverty, abuse and addiction issues
- Communicable disease monitoring and response
- Health problem diagnosis and investigation in the community
- Health policy creation and advocacy
- Public and community health initiatives
What sort of industry will this job lead to
Health
Community Services
Government
Research
Future employment opportunities might be
Public health researcher
Disease surveillance and monitoring
Public health management
Health planning and policy-making
Healthcare management roles
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