Course Code: 953P105

Course Title: Issues in public health

College: LSHTM

Course Director: Cathy Zimmerman

Course Description: This course is designed to answer the question: What is public health? and to introduce the main concepts, principles, and practices of public health. The course discusses modern public health its underlying themes, use of basic data on populations and mortality, methods used to estimate the burden of disease and assessing factors that contribute to its determinants, health inequalities, the extent to which health care contributes, or fails to contribute to, population health, and how to determine the effects on health of policies in other sectors such as the environment. The module also looks at the health impact of some of the most important causes of avoidable disease globally.

Assessment: Exam 100%

Course Credit: All LSHTM Short Courses offer transfer of credit to LSTHM Certificate, Diploma or Masters-level programmes within 4 years of completion

Course Study Hours/Duration: 100 hrs over 35 weeks

Schedule of Availability: Oct - June (Enrolment deadline prior to Oct start - 30th June)

Delivery Mechanisms: Print;

Cost: £1,265

How to apply: To enquire about applying for this course, or for any other information, please contact the Course Administrator using the online Enquiry Form below